Theocentric Musings

It's funny, when crazy things happen American Christians™ act like the past was all rosy, sunshine, lollipops, & rainbows. Well I'm here to tell ya, no, no, it wasn't.   There was more violence in the past, the type of violence you will most likely never have to deal with, even as crazy as things look now, there just wasn't social media to spread it around the world in an instant, and there wasn't a politics driven media trying to manipulate your emotions and feelings to cause   an "us against them" mentality.   Grow up and learn history, your vacuous memories are as false as your many Christian beliefs are.  

They had reached a point in time years before where facts no longer mattered, opinion did. People themselves didn't want to hear facts because with the facts came responsibilities to uphold the "right" thing, and many due to their own biases, bigotry, hatred, or prejudices were clamoring for a way to escape guilt over supporting actions their conscience told them was wrong.  Those in power quickly realized what the public was clamoring for and they placed enormous sums into controlling public opinion, they realized that they could get away with any atrocious acts if they simply manipulated people into believing their lies. The lies became more and more brazen, but the people still wallowed in them like pigs in slop.  A time came where it became an every day occurrence. The worst part was when those who are to have a different mind relished in the whispers of deception and gladly ate of the dark bile they were being fed out of the mouths of serpents. They began to s...

The easiest way to receive support and assistance for bad treatment of an opponent is to dehumanize that opponent.  Make them appear as subhuman, or of such an evil that your supporters no longer judge them as worthy of the rights of other human beings.  This type of manipulation has been successful in various types of conflicts, from occupation, to wars, to slavery, etc. for ages.  Many are a victim of this manipulation in our country right now and don't even realize it.