Have you noticed something interesting about how people who try to defend culture often complain about culture getting lost or destroyed? On the one hand, it is actually impossible for culture to get destroyed because culture is continuously evolving and new cultural elements are being created with every passing second.
So culture itself is not going anywhere, but people complain about culture getting destroyed quite often, and religions in. Are always saying that we are under attack. Why is this? Have you ever wondered in any society I. Religions occupy a position of power and the people who are on the side of religion or people who are in charge of propagating it or making sure that other people follow their religion or bringing in more people into that religion.
These people are always on the, like, you will never find a religious person who says sub . Everything is okay. People are following their religion. Everything is good. It's always some kind of a challenge. Presented as the biggest problem that is happening, right? People always say key. Uh, we are being attacked.
We are being, uh, insulted, we are being undermined, we are being, uh, defamed, et cetera, et cetera. And. You do it. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that these are things that you are right now able to see all around you. In most cases, the people who say this in any society are members of the dominant religious community.
So in America, it'll be Christians in Pakistan, it'll be Muslims. In India, it'll be Hindus always que we are losing, we are under attack, we are being threatened and everything. Why is this the case? Because. Religions are in the business of . means complete control of a sort. Uh, it does not literally mean that I'm just paraphrasing because I'm, I have not written anything down.
I just wanted to share a thought. Religions are the, in the business of complete control. If you let an organized religion into the public sphere, it'll by default, Try to control everything from education to politics, to science to medicine, to which side of the road people should walk on. What kind of jobs should people do, what kind of lives should people, le lead, et cetera.
So this is by default any organized religions ultimate goal control over everything. So it is not really surprising when even. A religion controls 99% of a society. That 1% dent that is being made by values that are irreligious will be seen as an overwhelmingly powerful and offensive attack against religion.
Religions will never have complete control because frankly, they're based on outdated. And therefore religions will never be able to say that everything is okay, because unless they control everything, they will always have to say that uh, we are under attack. Something is being taken away from us. People are undermining my influence.
