RE: Is religion simply more about control than a god?
December 18, 2018 at 3:33 am
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2018 at 3:35 am by Maketakunai.)
All groups are formed from a need for control by people willing to control them. Something you will never see is even a pair of people who are equals in every way. As groups get larger, that inequality grows exponentially with those willing to lead doing so and those being led ceding ever more of their decisions to those in command.
In the Catholic Church authority flows down from the Pope's imaginary friend down through bishops to the parish priests who exercise that authority over the congregation.
In the military you have a nation's leader who tells the generals what to do, who in turn tells lower ranking officers to have the NCOs exercise the leaders authority over the common soldiers.
A sports team has an owner who sets goals for his coaches who in turn instruct the team.
Etc.
In the Catholic Church authority flows down from the Pope's imaginary friend down through bishops to the parish priests who exercise that authority over the congregation.
In the military you have a nation's leader who tells the generals what to do, who in turn tells lower ranking officers to have the NCOs exercise the leaders authority over the common soldiers.
A sports team has an owner who sets goals for his coaches who in turn instruct the team.
Etc.
