How and why does a person {a} who wishes to save everyone {b} (from an adversary [be it mind, self, or other free agent] {c}) grow to be hated by those {b} that that person {a} wishes to save?
Is it because the people {b} are against the individuality of 'savior' versus a 'group/hive-mind'... and so 'rebel' against the person {a}?
There are many examples of this in past and present tense where the 'savior' was abused by society or by the group, and I am sure that that factors in to any and all belief systems...
Of those many examples, some of these 'self-appointed saviors' have been misled... is this a fear shared by the people {b}... a fear that the person {a} will result to murder or extermination?
2007-06-23 21:31:05 · 11 answers · asked by Invisible_Flags 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have a feeling that group-mind is able to intuitively counter the person {a} due to a disharmony produced by the entity {a} and so acts accordingly. Not all disharmony is harmful, but of course it often is.
2007-06-23 21:40:11 · update #1
Wintermute gets it. stars around her head and roses in arms. yay!
2007-06-23 21:47:38 · update #2
Some people have it within us to be hero's,Otis a part of the evolutionary in man.and if one person has it in them to be something great,then there are some who will be jealous of there achievements many reasons.
2007-06-24 09:17:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The concept of saving everyone obviously goes against the concept of saving the exceptional few.
As most religions over time become fragmentated with each fragment claiming it's hold over a small portion of chosen few. Whenever someone comes along claiming to save everyone, instantly all the prerviously fragmented groups find themselves united with the one threat to their Authority. It is usually groups which are closestly linked to the Saviour that tend to be the persecutors.
2007-06-23 21:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by Bonbu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if I understand your question....so excuse me if I answer incorrectly.
Some people have been blessed with a life of experiences that have taught them to appreciate the life they have...not to expect more than what they have, and to always give more than they receive.
It's almost a martyr complex....and yet it's justified in the mind, as an excuse for (if nobody will believe me anyways, I may as well allow them to believe as they wish to).
The point is always to save others from the burden that you carry....so that they do not have to know what they decided to mis-trust or deny or whatever the word is.
Once again.....Truth is often not believable.
2007-06-23 21:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 Peter 2 warns against false Christians who would offer freedom to those newly escaping from those who live in error. Verses 18 and 19 say: "For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for 'people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.'"
There is another account in Ecclesiastes of a "saviour." 9:13-18 says: "I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me: There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man. So I said, 'Wisdom is better than strength.' But the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded. The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good."
The other reason why people might not want a saviour is because of pride. James 4:6 says: "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble and oppressed."
2007-06-23 21:43:25 · answer #4 · answered by MiD 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is basically because those who present themselves as 'saviours' also present themselves as weird!
They are nearly all delusional and not surprisingly many have a psychiatric problem that is easily dealt with by drugs but refuse to take them.
No one derides true saviours like life guards, firemen etc as these are in the real world!
2007-06-23 21:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that (b)s hate (a)s because (b)s may percieve (a)s as persons who pinpointed (b)s incapability (weakness) of saving themselves. Since (b)s are almost always really weak, they also have the weakness of character - not to admit someone's help. It is always this, even in political and national problems (although the nation takes care to "revive" (a)s ) Remember the case of Turing in WWII for example.
2007-06-23 21:46:07 · answer #6 · answered by Wintermute 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one should be murdered, but people who are arrogant enough to come around and tell everyone that their most deeply held beliefs are all just crap is bound to not be very popular.
2007-06-23 21:43:46 · answer #7 · answered by MSB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hate is such a strong word and hardly seems appropriate. To reject a "saviour" especially one for whom it is debatable exists is not the same as hating him.
2007-06-23 21:39:09 · answer #8 · answered by StillMarchingOn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time the person did not wan to be saved.They just said they did.
2007-06-24 00:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by Terri C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by his or her good intention and kind heart
2007-06-23 21:37:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋