Wednesday, March 28, 2018

In God We Trust.

Vox populi vox Dei. From the Latin, the voice of the people is the voice of god. or as Ambrose Bierce put it, " the voice of the people is god. " So with a twisted mind, god becomes the voice of the people, and with such concept of god, even Thomas Paine went along with in god we trust, for it was a republic they sought to create. With a bit of manipulation and substitution we have... "In the voice of the people we trust." What did I miss? It is a different god that is being refereed to, not the Christian god, but that of the original Roman Republic, vox populi.

Have you ever considered the difference between a democracy and a republic? One nominates delegates, the other representatives. One we pick to represent us, to vote and act as a good steward of us, the other to carry out our wishes in the government. And in the US, those party names, carry on the long resolved issues.

Ambrose and Ayn Rand have similar ideas on some subjects, just as a stopped clock has the right time twice each day. Individualism. Life is our most valuable asset, all flows from there. But one holds a christian figure as a great leader, the other not so much. Oh well, life goes on for now, but in the end we all just die anyway.

Religion can bring such comfort and consolation late in life. Too bad it is based on an concept with no evidence. For a concept to be knowledge, it must have evidence and no evidence against it, and the evidence needs to be "admissible in court".

So the Sweet Jesus offends the christians. So bloody what!!  There attitude offends me, as does the moors. Oh well, in the end we all just die anyway.

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