Imagine a being a nascent nomadic cult of a fictional kingdom called Canaan, grown and composed of the downtrodden of its society, that when the kingdom begins to encounter problems beyond its control because it does not know how to or cannot treat them, say plagues and disease, the religion begins blaming the rest of society and the fact that they do not worship their god, El, enough or by their real name, and begin eulogizing killing the rest of society off in extremely violent ways after they manage to survive the plague and disease due to their seclusion.
Imagine then how no one would admit to being a Canaan because of the risk of getting murdered to such a degree that even the members of the cult, now a religion due to its conquests, would never admit themselves that they came and were formed from said society, making up a story instead about coming from some far off kingdom that most people in the region would know of but would not really know the specifics about, say Egypt.
I’m very far from being a nihilist. I believe in things that can actually be verified. I believe in some people and some ideals.
I just don’t base my beliefs on self-contradictory and often batshit insane orders from long dead idiots and wielders of unearned authority pretending to represent a fictional being that’s its own dad.
Ah, but see, if you don’t call him by his real name, wackytoodlerpops, you are committing blasphemy by worshipping a false idol. Ergo, free grounds for some chop chop in my cult, at least until we get to the religious stage and actually have to establish a stable society which has to consider things like trade from and mingling with the outside world. That’s sort of why Scientology has had to tone down on its fair game policy.
Imagine a being a nascent nomadic cult of a fictional kingdom called Canaan, grown and composed of the downtrodden of its society, that when the kingdom begins to encounter problems beyond its control because it does not know how to or cannot treat them, say plagues and disease, the religion begins blaming the rest of society and the fact that they do not worship their god, El, enough or by their real name, and begin eulogizing killing the rest of society off in extremely violent ways after they manage to survive the plague and disease due to their seclusion.
Imagine then how no one would admit to being a Canaan because of the risk of getting murdered to such a degree that even the members of the cult, now a religion due to its conquests, would never admit themselves that they came and were formed from said society, making up a story instead about coming from some far off kingdom that most people in the region would know of but would not really know the specifics about, say Egypt.
“el” literally just means “god” lmao
So does Allah. Your point?
Yeah. Arabic Christians literally call their God “Allah” too.
That doesn’t answer the “your point?” part lol
It’s all the same invisible sky daddy anyway, just interpreted through different hallucinations 🤷
That you’ve been doing something ridiculous for a long time doesn’t make it any less stupid. Quite the opposite.
Also, this is Lemmy, not Reddit.
Holy strawman, Batman!
I’m very far from being a nihilist. I believe in things that can actually be verified. I believe in some people and some ideals.
I just don’t base my beliefs on self-contradictory and often batshit insane orders from long dead idiots and wielders of unearned authority pretending to represent a fictional being that’s its own dad.
Ah, but see, if you don’t call him by his real name, wackytoodlerpops, you are committing blasphemy by worshipping a false idol. Ergo, free grounds for some chop chop in my cult, at least until we get to the religious stage and actually have to establish a stable society which has to consider things like trade from and mingling with the outside world. That’s sort of why Scientology has had to tone down on its fair game policy.
Do Muslims think that?