(April 4, 2015 at 5:19 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Good people want to see justice established and they know there are selfish evil people who don't care for justice and want to rule people. They want help the poor, help the oppressed, feed the hungry, and stop corruption. They wish to judge disputes with justice, appoint just people to judge affairs of people, etc.Yes, they wish it... But seldom do they observe it.
(April 4, 2015 at 5:19 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: As for the best of his servants, they are most aware of the wisdom and guidance and goodness, and want people to follow it. It's not that they want control or authority, that's not their desire, they rather wish to demonstrate the shinning path of God and establish his justice, and bring people from the darkness in the light. They see people following vice and falsehood, and wish for them to follow virtue and truth."truth"... curious word... truth.
Whose truth? The prophets' truth? The priests' truth? The rulers' truth? The people's truth?
The Truth... can be different things, for different people, and yet remain true.
The true shining path of god as a tool for true control and authority and true justice.
For truth, I prefer scientific truth. It's the most unbiased truth we, mankind, have come up with.
And, as far as scientific truth can tell, no god features in this Universe.
Hence, no shining path of any god exists, hence the control and authority we see stemming from the claim of following the true path of god is... not true. It becomes a direct tool, by people, of control and authority over people.
