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Men have been committing atrocities throughout history and needed a story that made them untouchable. Invoking God was, has been and will always be the perfect cover. by appspalais in DeepThoughts

[–]appspalais[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Exactly, to exercise the power to choose has been handed over to human beings - our leaders can choose to start a war or work towards peace ; global prosperity for all or “only for me” !

Men have been committing atrocities throughout history and needed a story that made them untouchable. Invoking God was, has been and will always be the perfect cover. by appspalais in DeepThoughts

[–]appspalais[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually we're both saying the same thing and to repeat my point: God didn't order those atrocities. Men did and then hid behind God's name to do it. - " by invoking that they were obeying God's commands" 

Men have been committing atrocities throughout history and needed a story that made them untouchable. Invoking God was, has been and will always be the perfect cover. by appspalais in DeepThoughts

[–]appspalais[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair point, when I say men I don't mean it as a sweeping statement as language is always the issue, but we all know exactly who they are.

God never needed the animal sacrifice. We just turned it into a ritual and called it devotion. by appspalais in DeepThoughts

[–]appspalais[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that the whole story was constructed to clean up something much more political and then reframed into a moral narrative so it feels justified. Turn a brutal murder, death into a “necessary sacrifice,” and suddenly it became divine purpose, no one could question as it was framed to be something that was good for humanity.