“It’s Christmas!” On this day, every year, ‘peace’ and ‘giving’ are celebrated, as the holiness of God and Christ, and the magic and fantasy of the Fairy Godmother are all mushed together into the secular form of Santa Clause. But, that’s okay, because, setting aside all aspects of deity, Jesus had a very powerful secular message, too.”
The world into which Jesus was born in the year Zero was, ideologically, almost identical to 2015. Ancient, powerful factions were fighting for control, whether it was Roman Governors, or Praetorian Consuls, or Priests of the Temple. Compare that to modern Democrats, and Republicans, and Dictators, and Religions.
The tools used to inflict such control were also exactly the same then as they are now: strict rules of behavior – wear a certain garment, a certain head cover, meet specific codes for hair growth, eat certain food from certain plates, observe ritual days for work and no work, hate and lie to enemies, cultivate specific attitudes toward un-believers, idealize and idolize the ruler, exploit the rich, control the poor, enslave the middle, restrict interaction and civil liberties for and between all people, and make having a wrong thought a crime. All of these punishable by public humiliation, physical punishment, alienation, isolation, and death; and all designed to induce enough of one particular mental state to remove all aspirations of individuality from everyone – FEAR.
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