do you think that the original authors of the bible and the qur'ran thought that their "how to control the masses manuels" would still be in use today?
2007-02-15 04:52:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm a Christian and nobody controls me. I choose to believe of my own free will.
2007-02-15 04:59:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think they hoped they would be, and with the Koran they probably felt more confident than early christians because they started spreading the word by the sword early on. Believe or die!! Then Europe and much of the rest of the ancient world went through the dark ages when "men of the cloth" were the only people who were taught to read, except for some royalty, and to not believe was sacreligious. You could be burned at the stake for not worshiping in a certain way, so it must have been easy to herd the masses into conformity. The church has always been against people using their minds to seek and discover.
2007-02-15 13:04:27 · answer #2 · answered by Pierre Patelin Longshanks 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was the Roman Emperors who grabbed the control-the-masses aspect of Christianity and ran with it.
As for Torah and the Hebrew writings; that was really more about history. The original authors and redactors had no idea what Christianity would do with their work. Judaism has never been about controlling the masses.
2007-02-15 13:04:18 · answer #3 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just demonstrates that behaviorial engineering is not a new concept and the protocols of the process were understood and utilized for the past 3000 years by the "priest/holy man" classes requiring very little modification and becoming more effective with each technological innovation (printing press, radio, TV, etc).
Nearly all of the doctrines of the worlds greats religions were developed 2000-3000 years ago.
2007-02-15 12:58:16 · answer #4 · answered by Dane 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep. When you hand out sentences of Cosmic Judgment (Heaven/Hell) ppl easily get into line. What was true of humans 2,000 yrs ago is still true today, ppl fear the unknown and are very willing to buy into anything that will give them a sense of security and hope.
Kill your GOD
-Amen
2007-02-15 12:59:23 · answer #5 · answered by plferia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually much of the bible was taken from Egyptian and pagan texts.
"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping people quiet." Napoleon Bonaparte
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
KARL MARX, Criticism of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right."
2007-02-15 12:55:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Possibly, its hard to estimate the ignorance of future generations.
I bet many of the more intelligent believers would renounce their faith if they came in to contact with science today. Believing in creationism when its the only game in town - after Darwin? Its just embarrassing.
2007-02-15 12:59:02 · answer #7 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
lol im not athiest but you make a good point...i am christian but some aspects of the bible i def. disagree with..in my opinion you can be faithful christian without following the book word for word..after all it is manmade and therefore not a direct reflection of god and could possibly be loaded with bull ****..who knows.
2007-02-15 12:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by Gone, Gone, Gone. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope. The Bible was just little bits and pieces that they carried around with them to preach from. I seriously doubt that it ever really crossed their minds.
2007-02-15 12:56:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think that most religious leaders only wished to perpetrate what they thought to be an ethical ideal, as opposed to controlling populations...
Of course, as soon as others get their hands on it, the religion goes downhill from there.
2007-02-15 12:57:06 · answer #10 · answered by eigelhorn 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋