Having done an essay on the religious origins of belief in evolution, I suspected that same type of opinion of evolution would also apply generally to liberalism. I tabled that thought for a few years until it recently came back to me because of the general state of America and recent political events.
What I'm going to say I think has been said nowhere else. I know that liberalism is considered a secular religion, but nobody has attempted to match individual nuances of liberalism with those of, say, Christianity - that is, until now.
I claim that the deeply secular liberals - the "true believers" if you will - who are intent on propping up liberalism with any bit of fake news, faulty evidence, and logical fallacies - have no need for God in their lives but still have the deep religious longing in their hearts that needs to be satisfied. Their only recourse then is to wrap their secular beliefs around a quasi religious framework that apes the kind of history that Christianity has, a kind of history they wish their secular religion had as well.
Let's take the liberal desire to find the downtrodden in society whether victims of injustice or not, whether victims of their own failures or not. Thomas Sowell, black conservative writer, calls them the "mascots" of the "anointed." I claim they are not mascots. I claim they are martyrs.
Here's how I think liberals think of themselves. Liberals see the way Christianity conquered the Roman Empire and became dominant and they want that type of success for themselves. Only this type the dominant force needing to be overthrown is not the Roman Empire but patriarchy (if you are a feminist) or white male domination or Wall Street (if you are a Bernie Sanders supporter) or "the rich" but whatever the dominant group is the reaction is the same: revulsion and blame for all the misery the liberal has. Those who are oppressed in the liberal mind, including the liberals themselves, of course, are the Christians who of course will eventually overcome the dominant group. Christians overcame the Roman Empire and liberals believe they will overcome their foes as well. What else explains their continued faith in their beliefs despite evidence to the contrary? They believe it's inevitable they will succeed.
Christians have positive views toward those who gave their lives to spread their faith. Liberals have the same view toward those who suffer injustices at the hands of oppressive patriarchy or the rich or male domination or whatever. In fact, I saw National Review online feature an article about a liberal who said that oppressed groups are incapable of being oppressive themselves. They (liberals) can't see the oppressed that way because they want to see their mascots in the same way Christians see their martyrs.
Even secular liberal goals ape the final destination of heaven that Christians hope for. Liberals believe that if we eliminate inequalities of any kind then evil deeds and desires will disappear. That would indeed be heaven on earth. Marxists believed that they needed to eliminate the gulf between the rich and poor for secular heaven on earth to happen also. As they push for this type of secular utopia, they see themselves as the disciples of the movement. Since they have no secular equivalent of Jesus, they invent all sorts of secular bishops or popes to follow. This explains the undying devotion to the Clinton's and Obamas of the world.
See what do you think? Is it a worthy theory you can get behind?
What I'm going to say I think has been said nowhere else. I know that liberalism is considered a secular religion, but nobody has attempted to match individual nuances of liberalism with those of, say, Christianity - that is, until now.
I claim that the deeply secular liberals - the "true believers" if you will - who are intent on propping up liberalism with any bit of fake news, faulty evidence, and logical fallacies - have no need for God in their lives but still have the deep religious longing in their hearts that needs to be satisfied. Their only recourse then is to wrap their secular beliefs around a quasi religious framework that apes the kind of history that Christianity has, a kind of history they wish their secular religion had as well.
Let's take the liberal desire to find the downtrodden in society whether victims of injustice or not, whether victims of their own failures or not. Thomas Sowell, black conservative writer, calls them the "mascots" of the "anointed." I claim they are not mascots. I claim they are martyrs.
Here's how I think liberals think of themselves. Liberals see the way Christianity conquered the Roman Empire and became dominant and they want that type of success for themselves. Only this type the dominant force needing to be overthrown is not the Roman Empire but patriarchy (if you are a feminist) or white male domination or Wall Street (if you are a Bernie Sanders supporter) or "the rich" but whatever the dominant group is the reaction is the same: revulsion and blame for all the misery the liberal has. Those who are oppressed in the liberal mind, including the liberals themselves, of course, are the Christians who of course will eventually overcome the dominant group. Christians overcame the Roman Empire and liberals believe they will overcome their foes as well. What else explains their continued faith in their beliefs despite evidence to the contrary? They believe it's inevitable they will succeed.
Christians have positive views toward those who gave their lives to spread their faith. Liberals have the same view toward those who suffer injustices at the hands of oppressive patriarchy or the rich or male domination or whatever. In fact, I saw National Review online feature an article about a liberal who said that oppressed groups are incapable of being oppressive themselves. They (liberals) can't see the oppressed that way because they want to see their mascots in the same way Christians see their martyrs.
Even secular liberal goals ape the final destination of heaven that Christians hope for. Liberals believe that if we eliminate inequalities of any kind then evil deeds and desires will disappear. That would indeed be heaven on earth. Marxists believed that they needed to eliminate the gulf between the rich and poor for secular heaven on earth to happen also. As they push for this type of secular utopia, they see themselves as the disciples of the movement. Since they have no secular equivalent of Jesus, they invent all sorts of secular bishops or popes to follow. This explains the undying devotion to the Clinton's and Obamas of the world.
See what do you think? Is it a worthy theory you can get behind?