Do some religions prime us for war and violence [View all]

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Star Wars is a religion that primes us for war and violence
...At this point you should be ask yourself the question, “Why would ancient elite priests, medieval Catholic clerics, modern Hollywood directors, and authors like J.K. Rowling be dressing up and retelling an ancient Sasanian story?”

For one, because they don’t know better. For two, because ever since the elite Sasanian priests first codified it, it has become the kind of story that people with a lot of money like to pay for. They like to pay for Churches where priests teach it, they like to pay authors to spend time writing about it, and like to pay actors, directors and movie crews money to display it all out....

...They do it because it is useful to them in their “civilization building” activities. This they ideology, these days expressed in multiple cultural forms — like the Western Tarot — helped (and helps) turn otherwise passive and peaceful people into obedient tools of violence. Elites can then easily wield this population to a) defend their nascent or established civilizations or b) go on expansionist and colonial campaigns.

With the population properly programmed it is a simple matter to get even educated folk to rise up and to aim them in attack or defence [sic]. All the ambitious leader of an ancient city state, or a modern nihilistic narcissist, would have to do to get his people to mobilize is paint the target as a heathen, infidel, gay, transsexual, Communist, atheist, feminist, evil or a bad hombre....

https://theconversation.com/star-wars-is-a-religion-that-primes-us-for-war-and-violence-89443 first