howdy, fellas!
we love just getting home from work at this time of the night, amirite :::)))))))
anyhow, let's discuss Locke's Letter of Toleration.
I'd like to mention his writing on zealots using their religion as an excuse to enslave, torture, and kill others at their expense.
He states, "The zealots claim that they are acting out of love and care for men's souls when they take their estates, maim them with whips, starve and torture them in stinking prisons, and finally kill them. If that is right–if all this is done merely to make men Christians and save their souls–then why don't these zealots also go after the prostitution, fraud, malice, and so on...that are so conspicuous among their flocks?"
I relate to his thoughts here because I've always wondered how men/women can hide behind their religious beliefs to a)scrutinize others to the point of hatred and b)decide to dehumanize others by taking away everything that makes them so.
I am an empathizer, so seeing the aftermath of a cruel person's actions always baffles me. Now that I am older I realize that there actually are people capable of feeling absolutely nothing, and that, my friends, is the scariest notion of them all.
Song: Welcome to the Black Parade by MCR
Commented: ezra's & abbie's
we love just getting home from work at this time of the night, amirite :::)))))))
anyhow, let's discuss Locke's Letter of Toleration.
I'd like to mention his writing on zealots using their religion as an excuse to enslave, torture, and kill others at their expense.
He states, "The zealots claim that they are acting out of love and care for men's souls when they take their estates, maim them with whips, starve and torture them in stinking prisons, and finally kill them. If that is right–if all this is done merely to make men Christians and save their souls–then why don't these zealots also go after the prostitution, fraud, malice, and so on...that are so conspicuous among their flocks?"
I relate to his thoughts here because I've always wondered how men/women can hide behind their religious beliefs to a)scrutinize others to the point of hatred and b)decide to dehumanize others by taking away everything that makes them so.
I am an empathizer, so seeing the aftermath of a cruel person's actions always baffles me. Now that I am older I realize that there actually are people capable of feeling absolutely nothing, and that, my friends, is the scariest notion of them all.
Song: Welcome to the Black Parade by MCR
Commented: ezra's & abbie's
flocks?
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