Part 4 Wheat and Tares (concluding thoughts on humanism)
The influence of Eastern religions began with the novelty of Yoga and various teachers of the craft that were popular; particularly during the 1970s with meditation and such. Once the Vietnam war ended; and society more or less prospered for the majority of Americans things focused more into self absorption so that by the 80s and beyond economic status and career aspirations took over as a primary factor driving the youth; and music itself was; in my opinion dumbed down significantly once the synthesizer and more artificial means of entertainment became the standard operating procedure. That has pretty much continued until recent years when certain movements have grown that are almost exclusively far leftist; and funded by rich oligarchs; unlike what was clearly a more spontaneous movement the generation before that had to be held down; today without the financiers nothing much seems to happen.
A basic facet here is the concept of freedom; for now I'll focus on what is considered rights that we fought and; at least theoretically died for that are in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. There used to be some acknowledgment and appreciation in that regard among some but since education on that subject is so sparce kids today don't normally even have the option to value such things. In general our country wants to remain free; which implies some basic elements of the laws still apply to justify this mindset even if most people haven't studied the details. But freedom leans dangerously to pride; and comfort in wanting to retain status no matter what means we come to a crossroads. We either adhere to the Biblical elements meant to accompany our independence; or we seek freedom any way possible; including anarchy and violence associated with it. We have therefore given rights to criminals and in the process the tares have found a way to justify dominion in this world by twisting Scripture.
The influence of Eastern religions began with the novelty of Yoga and various teachers of the craft that were popular; particularly during the 1970s with meditation and such. Once the Vietnam war ended; and society more or less prospered for the majority of Americans things focused more into self absorption so that by the 80s and beyond economic status and career aspirations took over as a primary factor driving the youth; and music itself was; in my opinion dumbed down significantly once the synthesizer and more artificial means of entertainment became the standard operating procedure. That has pretty much continued until recent years when certain movements have grown that are almost exclusively far leftist; and funded by rich oligarchs; unlike what was clearly a more spontaneous movement the generation before that had to be held down; today without the financiers nothing much seems to happen.
A basic facet here is the concept of freedom; for now I'll focus on what is considered rights that we fought and; at least theoretically died for that are in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. There used to be some acknowledgment and appreciation in that regard among some but since education on that subject is so sparce kids today don't normally even have the option to value such things. In general our country wants to remain free; which implies some basic elements of the laws still apply to justify this mindset even if most people haven't studied the details. But freedom leans dangerously to pride; and comfort in wanting to retain status no matter what means we come to a crossroads. We either adhere to the Biblical elements meant to accompany our independence; or we seek freedom any way possible; including anarchy and violence associated with it. We have therefore given rights to criminals and in the process the tares have found a way to justify dominion in this world by twisting Scripture.
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