If the de facto official religion of the ruling class were Christianity rather than Social Justice, would attending church be considered of greater importance than staying home the same way attending a protest against "racism" currently is?
It's actually really interesting to compare the parallels between medieval Christianity and the modern social justice movement
"You are born evil, and can only redeem yourself of that evil by spending your life doing what we say. Any real criticism/rejection of our ideology is forbidden on penalty of being shunned and ostracized. Also, your children must be properly instructed to believe everything we tell them, but if anyone teaches them different ideas, that's indoctrination. Scientific inquiry and philosophical discussion are permitted as long as all conclusions unambiguously support our beliefs. You can gain clout in our ingroup by accusing others of being sinners or believing in the wrong ideas."
Obviously their actual policies were/are radically different from one another, but the basic principles and group dynamics are similar to an astonishing degree.
The de facto religion is fundamentalist Calvinism. The two tenets they dearly cling to are tabula rasa, everyone is entirely the result of nurture without nature, and the elect, some people are predestined by god to lead. God must be abandoned within that framework in order to resolve the conflict of people born into opposing theistic cultures.
It's been a long time since I thought about Calvinism (one of my closest friends in high school/college was a Calvinist), but I don't remember tabula rasa being part of the "five points". Is that a secondary aspect of Calvinism?
I'm not looking at it from Calvinism proper, rather the philosophical framework for it. The quest to eliminate the unprinicipled exceptions has forced a lot out, including god.
If the de facto official religion of the ruling class were Christianity rather than Social Justice, would attending church be considered of greater importance than staying home the same way attending a protest against "racism" currently is?
Yes.
It's actually really interesting to compare the parallels between medieval Christianity and the modern social justice movement
Obviously their actual policies were/are radically different from one another, but the basic principles and group dynamics are similar to an astonishing degree.
The de facto religion is fundamentalist Calvinism. The two tenets they dearly cling to are tabula rasa, everyone is entirely the result of nurture without nature, and the elect, some people are predestined by god to lead. God must be abandoned within that framework in order to resolve the conflict of people born into opposing theistic cultures.
It's been a long time since I thought about Calvinism (one of my closest friends in high school/college was a Calvinist), but I don't remember tabula rasa being part of the "five points". Is that a secondary aspect of Calvinism?
I'm not looking at it from Calvinism proper, rather the philosophical framework for it. The quest to eliminate the unprinicipled exceptions has forced a lot out, including god.