Chilling, but true. The devotees of Trump are rabid. Seen this? It is long, but once you start reading, you’ll want to continue.
“…A first-hand account of a Trump rally.
“Approximately every 15 minutes, the music would be a little more enthusiastic and party-like. I posted my play-by-play feedback of “God bless the USA!” in an earlier post…it was almost church-like. People sang along, raising their hands and were emotionally moved by this anthem. It was intriguing to watch.
“People were being ushered into a deeply religious experience…and it made me completely uncomfortable.
“I love my country; I honor those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom and I respect our history and what we stand for, but what I experienced in that moment sent shivers down my spine. I felt like people were here to worship an ideology along with the man who was leading it. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t the song per se – it was this inexplicable movement that was happening in the room. It was a religious zeal.
“You might liken it to the experience fans would have after their favorite team won the Super Bowl – faces painted, banners flying, confetti in the air and celebrating.
Piercingly accurate observation…
thanks Norbert.
One’s mind can immediately accept the veracity of the sentiment when an extreme example is used…..like Jonestown etc.
And yet, it’s just as true in the “everyday” stuff…….the “religious”, who know best how others ought live their lives, who offer “miraculous” healing…..& false explanations//”answers” rather than encouraging the further seeking of REAL knowledge through science.
The (supposed) comfort of placing faith in an omniscient, omnipotent (sometimes) benign deity is perhaps the most “pedestrian” outworking of Voltaire’s pithy aphorism.
By believing such tripe, people commit the “atrocity” of denegrating their own reason.
True courage in life often involves having the intestinal fortitude to admit to NOT (yet) having satisfactory answers to a great many of the questions of//in life……& yet bravely living the next moment….& the one after that….without recourse to “supernatural” myth for false comfort.
Chilling, but true. The devotees of Trump are rabid. Seen this? It is long, but once you start reading, you’ll want to continue.
“…A first-hand account of a Trump rally.
“Approximately every 15 minutes, the music would be a little more enthusiastic and party-like. I posted my play-by-play feedback of “God bless the USA!” in an earlier post…it was almost church-like. People sang along, raising their hands and were emotionally moved by this anthem. It was intriguing to watch.
“People were being ushered into a deeply religious experience…and it made me completely uncomfortable.
“I love my country; I honor those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom and I respect our history and what we stand for, but what I experienced in that moment sent shivers down my spine. I felt like people were here to worship an ideology along with the man who was leading it. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t the song per se – it was this inexplicable movement that was happening in the room. It was a religious zeal.
“You might liken it to the experience fans would have after their favorite team won the Super Bowl – faces painted, banners flying, confetti in the air and celebrating.
“But this – this was deeper.”
Link won’t post: here is is again: https://www.facebook.com/joel.tooley/posts/10155350764828888
Piercingly accurate observation…
thanks Norbert.
One’s mind can immediately accept the veracity of the sentiment when an extreme example is used…..like Jonestown etc.
And yet, it’s just as true in the “everyday” stuff…….the “religious”, who know best how others ought live their lives, who offer “miraculous” healing…..& false explanations//”answers” rather than encouraging the further seeking of REAL knowledge through science.
The (supposed) comfort of placing faith in an omniscient, omnipotent (sometimes) benign deity is perhaps the most “pedestrian” outworking of Voltaire’s pithy aphorism.
By believing such tripe, people commit the “atrocity” of denegrating their own reason.
True courage in life often involves having the intestinal fortitude to admit to NOT (yet) having satisfactory answers to a great many of the questions of//in life……& yet bravely living the next moment….& the one after that….without recourse to “supernatural” myth for false comfort.