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William, scary, no?? Some time back I came across what is called the Seven Mountains Mandate, which seems part & parcel w/ Domininism: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S…. I find it odd/interesting/coincidental that it it came to be around the same time (just after) that now famous Powell Memo which ended up guiding so much of the Reagan (and R’s) policies (to this day).
William, scary, no?? Some time back I came across what is called the Seven Mountains Mandate, which seems part & parcel w/ Domininism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate. I find it odd/interesting/coincidental that it it came to be around the same time (just after) that now famous Powell Memo which ended up guiding so much of the Reagan (and R’s) policies (to this day).
Thanks Barbara and thanks for the link. Apparently this ideology comes under many names.
I've laid into Islamism quite a bit, but religious fundamentalism comes in all flavors, it is simply a tool of social control, and social control by men..
The whole thing is as old as time itself, when men called themselves priests or whatever, would wash, garland a virgin, rape her, dress her in white and then sacrifice her (to seal her mouth).
Motives are disguised by "sacred texts", men who use something called god as a sock puppet, but the real purpose is social control, and social control starts at the personal level, and it starts with total control over women and children.
Augustus Caesar knew that, and thus his law of Pater Familia which gave the husband life and death control over his wife and children.
The closest I can come to any “religion” is “may the Force be with you”. I was, IMHO, fortunate to be raised in a three-generation-secular family (now going on 5 gens deep), so nothing to distance myself from, tho I’m all for folks following their own path/choices. Just yesterday for the first time since Covid abated, I was visited by a new pair of proselytizing folks knocking on my door. I’ve always had, as I did today, a pleasant conversation whilst stating clearly my stance. Instead of a WatchTower pamphlet, I was given a business card with a url to check out—something new, so not sure if they’re the same outfit or not. I asked them if they knew about Project 2025 & they did not; I suggested they look into it and, if they believed in choices as they’d indicated, they might want to push back against it with their votes. Worth a try!!!
Thanks for Sharing Barbara, I wasn't raised religiously, though Mom (a single mom) sent us to the nearest church, because they gave food baskets at Xmas and Thanksgiving to the poor members of the church,. However I read the Bible cover to cover at age 12, and without an adult telling me what this or that was suppose to mean, and because I had read books like the Odyssey by Homer at age 8, I realized that the whole thing as a giant, and horrible fable, the incest, murder, genocide ordered by a god, who evidently was not able to kill himself, but needed help from mortal men, was a little too much.
BTW COVID has not abated. My wife and I have had 7 vaccinations with Moderna, she went on a trip to visit her family and picked up a gift in the airport.. COVID. this is day 5, and I am doing well, at least we haven't had those awful respiratory problems. Thanks to the shots, basically we were dealing with a flu. Will self test this afternoon, I have to go to the market, so let's hope.