(January 7, 2021 at 10:16 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: They do it because their peers are watching (and the performative nature of that aspect of their religion is a huge part of why it's a problem when it comes to discrimination), none of them think that theyre being watched by god in reality - that would be a mental disorder.
I want to stress that these people aren't evil loons. They earnestly believe in what they're doing and do not see a problem with it. They're good and sane people doing a shitty thing - which is how most shitty things get done.
On the second part, I don't doubt that at all. I do believe they are indoctrinated with a political/religious/cultural mind virus that, while it isn't entirely bad, it is certainly not a clear representation of the principles our country was founded on. It's a version of those principles and interestingly enough it doesn't really put god above country or even family. Just as in the Roman Republic, people acted in ways that they must have believed were good for the republic, but were in actuality killing it because ultimately they were acting in self-interest.
On the first point, I always struggle with this. Do they believe god is watching or not? I've had this actual discussion with Christians I know (not military particularly) and to a person they all say yes. I find it preposterous because they don't (almost to a person) behave in a way that reflects this.
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller