Religion cannot be discussed without some mention of the Hitch, so I will borrow something he said which was 'I cannot prove Jesus Christ existed any more than I can prove Socrates did'
Assuming both did, then its worth noting that both were essentially subversive characters put to death for challenging the gods of the state (sic the establishment)
Furthermore, given the New Testament was written some 200 years AD, the accounts are axiomatically made up of a lot of second hand information passed down generations and interpreted literally when the man himself was just as likely to have been metaphoric in his subversion.
I therefore wonder whether the term 'end of time' is actually a reference to the point in the future when the majority of population understand the truth and are no longer distracted by 'bread and circuses' ?
In other words, it’s the end of time for the establishment when no amount of manipulation works on the masses and they finally lose control
Worth storing up the popcorn for the final judgement day when that happens !
I was listening to a podcast about Alfred the Great and the foundation of Albion this week and it was noted that all we know about him was written in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles he founded. His son and grandson, who delivered on Alfred's dream of England, were inattentive to written history and are less well known as a consequence.
What we think we know of the late 9th Century CE comes from Victorian celebration of Alfred, much of which will be fabrication. Did he really burn cakes, or enter the Viking camp disguised as a minstrel? Boy's Own stuff but not featured in the Chronicles. The patriotism the Victorians sought to drum up was an opiate of the day.
Every history needs a narrative that is likely to interweave fact and fiction. Religion is no exception. The challenge is when the narrative morphs into a set of rules to govern behaviour. If you believe time exists (a quantum physics story for another day) then it is likely to be infinite, suggesting a very long wait until the masses are freed from manipulation.
Very thought provoking piece so many thanks
Religion cannot be discussed without some mention of the Hitch, so I will borrow something he said which was 'I cannot prove Jesus Christ existed any more than I can prove Socrates did'
Assuming both did, then its worth noting that both were essentially subversive characters put to death for challenging the gods of the state (sic the establishment)
Furthermore, given the New Testament was written some 200 years AD, the accounts are axiomatically made up of a lot of second hand information passed down generations and interpreted literally when the man himself was just as likely to have been metaphoric in his subversion.
I therefore wonder whether the term 'end of time' is actually a reference to the point in the future when the majority of population understand the truth and are no longer distracted by 'bread and circuses' ?
In other words, it’s the end of time for the establishment when no amount of manipulation works on the masses and they finally lose control
Worth storing up the popcorn for the final judgement day when that happens !
Hi John,
I was listening to a podcast about Alfred the Great and the foundation of Albion this week and it was noted that all we know about him was written in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles he founded. His son and grandson, who delivered on Alfred's dream of England, were inattentive to written history and are less well known as a consequence.
What we think we know of the late 9th Century CE comes from Victorian celebration of Alfred, much of which will be fabrication. Did he really burn cakes, or enter the Viking camp disguised as a minstrel? Boy's Own stuff but not featured in the Chronicles. The patriotism the Victorians sought to drum up was an opiate of the day.
Every history needs a narrative that is likely to interweave fact and fiction. Religion is no exception. The challenge is when the narrative morphs into a set of rules to govern behaviour. If you believe time exists (a quantum physics story for another day) then it is likely to be infinite, suggesting a very long wait until the masses are freed from manipulation.
https://open.substack.com/pub/simonmaughan/p/the-opium-of-the-masses?
Voltaire, on his death bed, was asked by those around him whether he would like a priest and wished to renounce the devil
He replied,
“This is no time to be making enemies”