05-18-2005, 02:54 PM
As for the Bible, Doctrine, Philosophy, and Religion, all of them are a lot like duct tape. There is a dark side, a light side, and it's used to hold everything in the universe together.
All of them can be used as tools of opression. A thought, a Bible verse, dogmatic ideologoy, all of them are dangerous. Powerful. Take the Bible. It's a broad subject, trapped in narrow minds. A single thought can topple governments and kings. Dogmatic ideology... What can I say. When one mass of people is larger than another mass of people, their dogmatic ideology wins out and they seek to opress all those who think differently. This in turn gives creedence to the minority. Also gives credibility. Look at Christianity... The Roman persecution is what made Christianity so big... All that murder and mayhem drove the Christians out to all four corners of the map, spread them far and wide, all those whips and ravenous lions made otherwise lazy homebodies get off their fat asses and run. And in doing so, they spread the message to places that it otherwise would not have gotten. And then in classic reversal, the minority became the majority. Christians became the Romans. Er, Romans became Christians. And they persecuted everybody else and threw them to the lions, making other dogmatic ideologies duck and run for cover.
One can clearly see from this example that it is better in the long run to be the lion. You are bound to get fed. And to Hell with philosophy and all this thinking crap. All it does is give one a headache. What makes one wise and profound one day makes one look foolish and idiotic tomorrow. So it's better to have teeth and claws and just make whoever is popular today into a meal. If somebody has something profound to say, or some new school of thought to preach, or some masses they want to convert or subvert, it's all the same thing, they probably taste good.
My karma ran over your dogma. Neener neener neener.
All of them can be used as tools of opression. A thought, a Bible verse, dogmatic ideologoy, all of them are dangerous. Powerful. Take the Bible. It's a broad subject, trapped in narrow minds. A single thought can topple governments and kings. Dogmatic ideology... What can I say. When one mass of people is larger than another mass of people, their dogmatic ideology wins out and they seek to opress all those who think differently. This in turn gives creedence to the minority. Also gives credibility. Look at Christianity... The Roman persecution is what made Christianity so big... All that murder and mayhem drove the Christians out to all four corners of the map, spread them far and wide, all those whips and ravenous lions made otherwise lazy homebodies get off their fat asses and run. And in doing so, they spread the message to places that it otherwise would not have gotten. And then in classic reversal, the minority became the majority. Christians became the Romans. Er, Romans became Christians. And they persecuted everybody else and threw them to the lions, making other dogmatic ideologies duck and run for cover.
One can clearly see from this example that it is better in the long run to be the lion. You are bound to get fed. And to Hell with philosophy and all this thinking crap. All it does is give one a headache. What makes one wise and profound one day makes one look foolish and idiotic tomorrow. So it's better to have teeth and claws and just make whoever is popular today into a meal. If somebody has something profound to say, or some new school of thought to preach, or some masses they want to convert or subvert, it's all the same thing, they probably taste good.
My karma ran over your dogma. Neener neener neener.
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."