(January 30, 2016 at 9:21 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(January 30, 2016 at 8:12 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: I have a huge problem with the concept of "chosen ones", Mystic. Oh, I know where it came from - tribal warfare, tribal war gods, our tribe is special, and those "other" guys aren't people. To say that a group is "chosen" - "we are gods' children" - opens the door to "and those other guys are NOT". Those other guys can burn. In some cases, we'll burn 'em FOR god - he would approve. It's dangerous and divisive and sociopathic.
What I mean by chosen ones are like Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Mary, Jesus, Mohammad, Ali, Fatima, Hassan, Hussain, not people who follow those chosen ones.
Ah, but I'm not talking about prophets or historical figures or saints, Mystic. I'm talking about the mindset of being a "chosen people". It instantly makes the "chosen" better than all other people. Jews have it. Christians have it. Muslims have it. And I think it is divisive and dangerous.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
