Studying world religions for decades has made me see how human it is.
Wishing for heaven betrays our mortal concerns and fears.
It is us.
The Greek Gods held petty grievances and capriciously condemned both humans and deities to eternal damnation.
Remind you of anyone?
Next.
Did anybody else feel like something was wrong with them for never feeling the Holy Spirit?
In my youth, I always thought something was wrong with me. In hindsight, I suspect many of my peers parroted church behavior to fit in, leaving me alone to defend what was obvious: there is no god.
The more religions I studied, I was smacked by how obvious it is that humans weave fantastical stories to
construct order and meaning.
For one to elevate and demand respect for their own imagining over countless others is the epitome of arrogance and toxic bias.
Studying religion for years turned me into an atheist. #atheism
It is not ok to proselytize to someone’s child without their knowledge and permission.
While visiting a local county fair, I saw a man (who was volunteering with a permitted JW group) beginning to teach my kid “how to get to heaven.”
When I approached with my other two kids, he proceeded to start the story over! Of course, we missed the beginning of this delusional take and need to hear it from the top.
The look of sheer confusion on his face as I pull all 3 away while I tell him off.
The house can be perfectly calm as I sweep and clean up. But, the second that pile is ready for the dust bin . . .
The Mongols almost taking over Europe doesn't get the attention it ought to, IMO.
@Profblueu Maybe the discussion that there were societies before Europeans came. The Anasazi, the Western pueblos, esp Chaco, the droughts, Cahokia, Etowah (?)..
More context:
I’m presently writing curriculum for early middle school. These students tend to have a limited grasp of US history and even less of world history.
In attempting to connect our present world with the late 1400s, I’m focusing on massively significant events that occurred during that time (e.g. invention of the printing press) or happened as an immediate result (the Columbian Exchange)
The aim here is to have students know US history in the context of world history.
If your audience were learning colonial US history, what are the most significant events of the medieval period (roughly 5th - 15th centuries)? Events that help contextualize Jamestown, for example.
The teleological argument has a lot of staying power for a basic argument from ignorance.
My CoSo discovery today is if you talk about student loan debt cancellation all the people you don't want to interact with will crawl from the dark reaches to debate you and you can easily block them.
Next Congress is going to be interesting.
Republicans blaming Trump for their lackluster midterm performance acting like a SCOTUS attack on women’s bodies never happened.
Completely tonedeaf.
Remember this today as Republicans tweet their Veterans Day messages.
Ted Cruz and fellow Republicans celebrating with a fist bump after blocking a bill to help toxin-exposed veterans survive.
The United States is not founded on the Christian religion.
Republicans found out how important privacy is to Americans.
Thank you for creating this space, CoSo!
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