RE: Was Christianity started to control the masses and dictate poltical agendas
March 24, 2018 at 8:30 am
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2018 at 8:31 am by Fake Messiah.)
Yeah, I think that Bible and Christianity teaches people to obey their masters and the elite. I mean if we just look at this forum we see Christians that obey blindly to politicians and apologize for them because they were told to by their religious leaders.
And there are plenty of verses to back that up, like: Colossians 3:22 Slaves, obey your human masters in all things, not only when they are watching you because you want to gain their approval; but do it with a sincere heart because of your reverence for the Lord
1 Timothy 6:1-2 Those who are slaves must consider their masters worthy of all respect, so that no one will speak evil of the name of God and our teaching. Slaves belonging to Christian masters must not despise them, for they are their brothers. Instead they are to serve them even better, because those who benefit from their work are believers whom they love';
Philippians 2:14 Do everything without complaining or arguing'
And so on. In each instance, serving one's master faithfully is linked to serving the Lord faithfully. Employment of the Bible to strengthen the hand of those on top is unmistakable. Such teachings aid the elite by enabling them to rule more efficiently and thoroughly. Those in charge understandably deplore activism not out of any humanitarian motives but because they do not want the pyramid upset. Peace to the elite is the maintenance of the status quo with itself at the apex.
What comes in my mind also are those fairy tales from the not so recent past, like you had a regular guy that's nobody that finds some magical animal or artifact that turns him into a prince because up until recent past there was no way out of the place you were born into. You were born a peasant or barber or blacksmith and you died like that. The only way you could have any political meaning was if you looked like a king and you were somehow switched in the castle with him or you found a magical frog that turned you into one. Because you were born a king and Pope gave you "holy anointment" to show people that the Lord wants you to be a king and there was no other way.
God and Church was used to show people who is in charge and that's why Church fought a lot against democracy in the 19th century.
And there are plenty of verses to back that up, like: Colossians 3:22 Slaves, obey your human masters in all things, not only when they are watching you because you want to gain their approval; but do it with a sincere heart because of your reverence for the Lord
1 Timothy 6:1-2 Those who are slaves must consider their masters worthy of all respect, so that no one will speak evil of the name of God and our teaching. Slaves belonging to Christian masters must not despise them, for they are their brothers. Instead they are to serve them even better, because those who benefit from their work are believers whom they love';
Philippians 2:14 Do everything without complaining or arguing'
And so on. In each instance, serving one's master faithfully is linked to serving the Lord faithfully. Employment of the Bible to strengthen the hand of those on top is unmistakable. Such teachings aid the elite by enabling them to rule more efficiently and thoroughly. Those in charge understandably deplore activism not out of any humanitarian motives but because they do not want the pyramid upset. Peace to the elite is the maintenance of the status quo with itself at the apex.
What comes in my mind also are those fairy tales from the not so recent past, like you had a regular guy that's nobody that finds some magical animal or artifact that turns him into a prince because up until recent past there was no way out of the place you were born into. You were born a peasant or barber or blacksmith and you died like that. The only way you could have any political meaning was if you looked like a king and you were somehow switched in the castle with him or you found a magical frog that turned you into one. Because you were born a king and Pope gave you "holy anointment" to show people that the Lord wants you to be a king and there was no other way.
God and Church was used to show people who is in charge and that's why Church fought a lot against democracy in the 19th century.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
