The author was born into world where inhabitants had already been tutored on civility. Lines had blurred between manufactured civility and naturally occuring primal instincts of human beings. As with any concoction that has been created ad-hoc, there was something off about this circus but it could not be derived without investigation.
There is a reason that religions exist, their canonical texts, and for theatrical representations of triumph of good over evil, again and again and again. Humans are being taught to behave in a way opposing to their instincts. The truth is that humans, much like any apex predator, has a pre-disposition towards violence and nepostism. When you bring in the aspect of intelligence and memory it gives rise to pure, unadulterated evil. Satan does not exist. It is a manifestation of man's capability for evil. One can only imagine the atrocities that were commonplace before religious canons were put in place.
Most of the christian commandments are directed towards respecting a totem, or God. At first glance it might appear to be imperialism but it might be that our forefathers figured out that the only way naturally violent humans can be made civilised is through fear of damnation by a powerful being. Which begins the phase of altruism through fear, and not choice.
There is a reason that religions exist, their canonical texts, and for theatrical representations of triumph of good over evil, again and again and again. Humans are being taught to behave in a way opposing to their instincts. The truth is that humans, much like any apex predator, has a pre-disposition towards violence and nepostism. When you bring in the aspect of intelligence and memory it gives rise to pure, unadulterated evil. Satan does not exist. It is a manifestation of man's capability for evil. One can only imagine the atrocities that were commonplace before religious canons were put in place.
Most of the christian commandments are directed towards respecting a totem, or God. At first glance it might appear to be imperialism but it might be that our forefathers figured out that the only way naturally violent humans can be made civilised is through fear of damnation by a powerful being. Which begins the phase of altruism through fear, and not choice.
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