(April 2, 2014 at 12:26 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote:(April 2, 2014 at 8:50 am)Revelation777 Wrote: Jesus preached loved but also had a strong word to those who opposed Him.
So he was a tyrant then, using a Machiavellian philosophy to scare those who don't believe in him (the majority of the world's current population) through threats of punishment?
Even lowly human ethics and morals realise that using a stick is far less effective than using a carrot.
Aye. Religion taught Machiavelli much.
Quote:“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
