RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
October 17, 2023 at 10:16 am
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2023 at 10:20 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Broken clocks.
It's the specific content of a particular religion that has to be taught. Religious ideation, otoh, comes factory standard on all of us. We don't all believe that the world should be a specific way for a particular reason, but we all have the experience of thinking the world should be some way. That some things are forbidden or taboo. That some things are sacred and compelling. That this or that thing should be changed from what it is, to whatever that is, with respect to those apprehensions. That's both why and how specific and particular religions can arise. Yet another thing we apparently have no choice in. Even dissenting religious ideologies are based on the premise of rejecting our intuition in this regard - thus implicitly acknowledging the very thing.
IIR we've had this convo already, and we're going to be committed to drowning that minor blip of accuracy in a vast gulf of bullshit. Correct?
It's the specific content of a particular religion that has to be taught. Religious ideation, otoh, comes factory standard on all of us. We don't all believe that the world should be a specific way for a particular reason, but we all have the experience of thinking the world should be some way. That some things are forbidden or taboo. That some things are sacred and compelling. That this or that thing should be changed from what it is, to whatever that is, with respect to those apprehensions. That's both why and how specific and particular religions can arise. Yet another thing we apparently have no choice in. Even dissenting religious ideologies are based on the premise of rejecting our intuition in this regard - thus implicitly acknowledging the very thing.
IIR we've had this convo already, and we're going to be committed to drowning that minor blip of accuracy in a vast gulf of bullshit. Correct?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
