waaaaay back in 6th grade, when my social studies teacher was teaching us about ancient civilizations (Mesopotamia, etc) the way she worded something while talking about an ancient religion or two got me thinking... was religion nothing more than possibly what started out as the smartest thing government has ever done?
she was discussing Greek gods, and she asked us something along the lines of "don't you think that's a good idea?... telling someone 'if you don't do this and that then Zeus will strike you down with a thunderbolt', so they'd all obey the law?..." i thought it was a pretty poor way of putting it (I’ve never given this lady any credit for being particularly smart), but she had a point... and when you look into the ten commandments and start to think about it, wouldn't that really make such a wonderful community? apart from no murdering... just no gossiping, no envying something someone else has, no lying, no stealing... i have almost nothing positive to say about
2007-07-21
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