Hume says a lot of interesting things and too many of them attack me. Demea says that even the best moments of our lives are “so troubling or so unpleasant that all of our hopes and fears look to the future” meaning that we can’t bear staying in the present so we’re always looking for better.
Demea then says that we try so hard to do good works and pray as hard as we can and sacrifice the purest of lambs to appease the gods and supernatural powers that are at work AGAINST us. These powers oppress, suppress, impress upon us and when the pressure gets a bit too much to handle we crack, scream, and cry for help.
But then Philo comes and says that we fear these Oppressions, injustices, slanders, wars and treacheries, from the wrong offenders. We place the blame on invisible people that always plot our doom and are our “natural enemies”, but in reality our biggest enemy is closer than we realise. Philo deems MAN the true enemy, and says that if we weren’t terrified of the greater repercussions we would level and dissolve whole societies. Honestly, I see the truth in it.
We bind up, curse, and cast down demons who become our masters and enemies, but kind of ignore our real enemy. Man is capable of great evil. That’s just fact. The spirits we despise are only spirit. They can’t really do anything, they can only get you to do it.
What’s worse an enemy you can’t see pulling the strings behind all of the worlds suffering or the catalysts for that suffering (without whom, the spirits would have no power)?? I’m not sure if this makes sense, but maybe someone could help me out, haha..
I commented on Jamie’s and Cody’s posts.
Demea then says that we try so hard to do good works and pray as hard as we can and sacrifice the purest of lambs to appease the gods and supernatural powers that are at work AGAINST us. These powers oppress, suppress, impress upon us and when the pressure gets a bit too much to handle we crack, scream, and cry for help.
But then Philo comes and says that we fear these Oppressions, injustices, slanders, wars and treacheries, from the wrong offenders. We place the blame on invisible people that always plot our doom and are our “natural enemies”, but in reality our biggest enemy is closer than we realise. Philo deems MAN the true enemy, and says that if we weren’t terrified of the greater repercussions we would level and dissolve whole societies. Honestly, I see the truth in it.
We bind up, curse, and cast down demons who become our masters and enemies, but kind of ignore our real enemy. Man is capable of great evil. That’s just fact. The spirits we despise are only spirit. They can’t really do anything, they can only get you to do it.
What’s worse an enemy you can’t see pulling the strings behind all of the worlds suffering or the catalysts for that suffering (without whom, the spirits would have no power)?? I’m not sure if this makes sense, but maybe someone could help me out, haha..
I commented on Jamie’s and Cody’s posts.
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