"If we cannot find our way to a time when most of us are willing to admit that, at the very least,…"
Feedback/Notes
Top Content
Latest Activity
- Groups News
- Everything
"If God wants something from me, he would tell me. He wouldn't leave someone else to do this,…"
"Atheism may be defined as the mental attitude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason…"
"... and keep EVERYONE else UNDER THEM. It's all about power plays and pecking orders and King…"
"in short, the bible is written by some men in power, to strengthen their power and give them a…"
"What does the bible say about child abuse, abuse of women and owning them, owning slaves, killing…"
"Thanks for the Freud quote."
"The whole thing [religion] is so patently infantile, so foreign to reality, that to anyone with a…"
"Considering that the death toll at Pearl Harbor as a result of the Japanese attack was over 2,400,…"
"was the attack on PH unexpected? Was it really a surprise? a provocation? or a response ?"
"Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters. -- Rosa Luxemburg It always seems to start out that…"
""Happy Birthday!"P.S:Personally I like the term dreamwalker myself."
"Very true, Randall. The Missiles of October were more of a diplomatic and cold-war…"
We are a worldwide social network of freethinkers, atheists, agnostics and secular humanists.
Birthdays
Birthdays Today
Birthdays Tomorrow
I've been exploring a cult-style motivation I've been calling Venerate The Strong Man
There is a thing that I see as a commonality in religious minded people. I've been calling it Venerate The Strong Man. Christianity seems to exemplify the idea, the drive, to Venerate The Strong Man. The Strong Man is Strong because he forgives, except when the Strong Man is Strong because he does not forgive. You can justify any stance under Venerate The Strong Man, so long as you make it part of Venerating The Strong Man. And when you look at secular cults of personality, even theoretically atheist ones, you can see the core foundation they all seem to share is the need to Venerate The Strong Man. Anything anti-democratic seems to rest on Venerate The Strong Man. I guess you could call it hero worship, cult of personality (even if the personality is imaginary), but it seems like this might be the mindset in common with all these things. I'm also seeing this as a moral failing. The more a person is devoted to Venerating The Strong Man in some way, the less moral their stances appear to be.
© 2023 Created by Atheist Universe.
Powered by
Badges | Report an Issue | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service
