RE: Democracy fails...
March 24, 2015 at 1:26 pm
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2015 at 1:31 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 24, 2015 at 1:11 pm)Chad32 Wrote: As soon as the "benevolent" dictator starts telling people to worship him on pain of death or torture, you know he's already corrupt. The only thing a benevolent person would ever demand is equality. Jesus does say treat others as you would have them treated, but he also says to love god more than anyone else. That's not equality.
It is a certain and very attractive kind of benevolence to assert equality between his own auagust personage and all his minions. But it is not the only kind, nor a required component for all kinds. Ultimately benevolence is judged by whether one attempted to price commensurate with demonstrable benefit one succeeded in bringing, or if one attempts to exaggerate the benefit one brings is order to be able to exact a higher price for it. Jesus certain exaggerated the nothing he brought into each and everything, and through it attempt to parley the zero price he deserves into an infinite perpetual annuity. So while he was without a doubt less able then even Kim Jung un, the wickedness of his intention certain exceed those of Kim by an very large order of magnitude.