We the (little) people are the focus of government’s and religion’s attention because we are the source of their power. We are the believers, the tithers, the voters, the tax payers, the craftsmen and the consumers, the soldiers & police men, the priests & the politicians. The elites in power depend on us to carry […]
Independent Thinking
More powerful and potentially more destructive than a hydrogen bomb
China, North Korea, Russia, Israel, Thailand, and Afghanistan. What all these governments have in common is that they don’t represent the will of their people. Like religions, these types of governments only can only survive by controlling the flow of information thought control through force and coercion. They can do this because they are organized […]
Why Western Thinking Is So Toxic
Western thinking is toxic to closed societies because it empowers the individual person to think, question authority, and make choices. But closed societies can only survive through conformity which is historically sustained through force and coercion. China, North Korea, and Iran are typical examples of closed societies based on governments. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are […]
The Fate Of The Average Man
A chance of fate determines the society and culture we are born into: our gender and race roles, our nationality, language, religion, social class, etc. Then the voices of socialization (custom, tradition and public opinion) so overwhelm us that by the time we reach the age of reason we accept them as fact and ride […]
What Religions And Governments Fear The Most
Religions fear outside knowledge more than anything else. The biblical word for this is worldly knowledge. The modern word is secular. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;” Proverbs 3:5 And repressive governments have the same fear. How often do we hear of some traditional government complaining […]
Indoctrination v. Education
Indoctrination is about looking inward to a fixed subset of information. It’s about producing dependent thinkers. Education is about looking outward to all of reality. Education has no bounds and no sacred cows. It’s about independent thinking. Indoctrination is all about boundaries and sacred cows. Education is inclusive of all sides and points of view. […]