function of humanity
Submitted by F.O.D. on January 08 2000 at 17:04:25
In reply to Do not post at CE. Submitted by Chris on January 08 2000 at 14:34:21
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I think it's an unfortunate inevitability that whenever human beings get together to create a common society, "power games" will always erupt within that society. There are no exceptions to this observation, I believe. It's all part and parcel of being Fallen Man. You see it all the time, in every human sphere. In the churches, for instance, periodically a revolution must take place in the church because of ingrown corruption or stagnancy. The apostles starting the church growing all over. After some centuries, East had to split from West over disagreements. After some more centuries, Protestants had to break from Catholics, starting with Luther. After yet more centuries, Pentecostal protestant churches had to break from conservative protestant churches. And so on. A simplified time-line, but you see the point. Or take US history. The Revolution took place to free the people from Royal Tyranny. But today some talk about the need to again overturn the US government to free the people from Executive Tyranny (Adam Selene forwarded a most interesting post at BC on this topic today). It will always be true, this side of the Day of Reckoning, that humans will seek to make other humans conform to their flawed vision of how the common society should be. "Lord of the Flies" is a much more realistic picture of humanity, than "Gilligan's Island", I believe. The most tragic thing is that the tyranny is founded on noble virtues. "Keep Papal sedition out of the Church". "Save the children". "Prevent Whimsical from disrupting the board". In light of the exceeding pervasiveness of human corruption, in my opinion the best course is be true to your God and your own heart and conscience, and take your stand regardless of what the bastards do or say. Fleeing in schism is not ultimately the solution, since with time you will inevitably see the very same power corruption in your own group that you were trying to flee from. The bane of protestantism. Though there will be a time when turning your back on the corrupted society is the only possible thing you can reasonably do. As for CE, it has fine ideals. I might spend more time there, but there are only so many hours in a day. Feel free not to go back there, Chris. Fod |