Also works well for religious, political, or any authoritarian hype where you're not looking down a gun barrel.
also Trump Declares Atheists are Terrorists Yay that's me!
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Something else besides religion, but not exclusively. There's probably more written justifying gods existence than anyone could read in a lifetime. Most of it is politically driven medieval propaganda based on prehistoric myth. But since God's ultimately a personal matter, anyone can hold god up for scrutiny, so I'm as much an authority as the next person. This is my Notebook.
also Trump Declares Atheists are Terrorists Yay that's me!
:)
Religion is an interesting scam. Before facebook or Truth Social, prehistoric people had to rely on popular rumor for direction in their lives, whoever controled the rumor controled the people. What happens when I die? Well you have this thing called a soul that you need to entrust to a proper authority (definitely not the devil) along with financial support or you burn in hell for eternity. Always trust the official rumor. By the way, it's entirely true that preparation of Holy water requires inclusion of a grain of salt.
“If there’re monsters moving in next door, Danny, you just ignore them. The more you believe in them, the more they’ll try to get you.” (The Far Side)
As the perfect soldier
he must praise them
and die by the sword.
But Putin fears death.
Because he is rational
In this we are the same.
I can see his humanity.
But he can’t see mine.
I’m not his friend.
Oh if only I was his friend
We would be equals
But he must die
Maybe I will too.
It is a good day... (part of an old Klingon homily).
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There are people who strive and fight to leave their mark on the world. Wars driven by scrabbling politicians disguised as patriots eager to impress perceived peers and take slaves and resources for their own personal fame. But the mothers of Ramses, Hitler, or Putin, would be outraged to have their names associated.
This seems odd from a moral perspective, maybe the current meaning of defining words has changed, or maybe they’re just plain biased in favor of winners. Lots of Germans supported the Nazi party because of the way it was presented, same thing for Trump & Putin. Winners write history and propaganda gets a jump on the process.
Later on, the persistence of survivors selects for the values of the next generation who followed the proven path. Most sane people prefer to fish and drink beer … until the tribe upstream puts in a dam. Then it’s feud or intermarriage.
So Dude 1, inspired by Babe’s perfect symmetry, commenced to construct a perfectly symmetrical house of straw. And she was delighted.
Then Dude 2, likewise inspired and improving somewhat on the efforts of Dude 1, built a perfectly symmetrical house of sticks and dimension lumber with a composition roof that didn’t leak. And she was even more delighted.
When Dude 3 saw what was happening, he forced a hostile takeover of the finance company and foreclosed on Dudes 1 & 2 obliging them into capitalist servitude. “If you wish to pay off your debts, gain independence, and find true love, you must build a mansion for me, the likes of which Caligula would never dare to dream (much less Trump, Putin, Saddam, or the Pope). You are now my paintbrush and I am the artist. You may create so long as M’lady and I are not offended”
Anything orderly including Jackson Pollock and battlefield deployment is art. The meaning of life is finding order that will impress babes. Thus does art underlie the expression of society.
How about that, Sugarcakes?
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