Good points, Thom, but I'm surprised you never (or I failed to notice) mentioned the role of religion, where whatever god is involved is the father figure, who is of course omniscient, omnipresent and infallible. God can do no wrong, so whenever something great happens, the pious always thank their god, but of course, he never gets the…
Good points, Thom, but I'm surprised you never (or I failed to notice) mentioned the role of religion, where whatever god is involved is the father figure, who is of course omniscient, omnipresent and infallible. God can do no wrong, so whenever something great happens, the pious always thank their god, but of course, he never gets the blame when things go wrong - because his idolators are afraid to criticize him. Always, there is another entity (or scapegoat) that gets blamed. Sound familiar?
How many people have raised their fists into the air in defiance of "the father god" for what they see as suffering & grieving brought on by him? Those of us who, like myself, put our faith in "father/mother god" (God cannot have a gender, since all such divisions are one, and are only used to help our feeble minds to understand such a being), we know there's much more contained in the backstory than just a human desire to allocate blame.
Good points, Thom, but I'm surprised you never (or I failed to notice) mentioned the role of religion, where whatever god is involved is the father figure, who is of course omniscient, omnipresent and infallible. God can do no wrong, so whenever something great happens, the pious always thank their god, but of course, he never gets the blame when things go wrong - because his idolators are afraid to criticize him. Always, there is another entity (or scapegoat) that gets blamed. Sound familiar?
Spot on. It would have made the article too long, but you're right.
How many people have raised their fists into the air in defiance of "the father god" for what they see as suffering & grieving brought on by him? Those of us who, like myself, put our faith in "father/mother god" (God cannot have a gender, since all such divisions are one, and are only used to help our feeble minds to understand such a being), we know there's much more contained in the backstory than just a human desire to allocate blame.