Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by axiologist 498 days ago
This brings to mind following thoughts attributed to Alan Watts about what organized Christianity actually is about:

"There are various models of the universe which men have used from time to time, and the model that lies behind the Judeo-Christian tradition, if there really is such a thing, is a political model. It borrows the metaphor of the relation of an ancient Near Eastern monarch to his subjects, and he imposes his authority and his will upon his subjects from above by power, whether it be physical power or spiritual power. [...]"

Source: https://medium.com/the-agoge/the-religions-of-no-religion-a6...