I guess i've just got classic political literature on my mind. When reading about the Levellers there were several quotes that i felt could have come straight from Emma Goldman's Anarchy and Other essays. Goldman, in her essays tries to set the record straight against slander of the anarchists, and the Levellers do to, and they had kind of similar beliefs about the social system. Obviously there are distinct differences in their teachings but this was once again a comparison i couldn't help but draw several times throughout reading the statement of the Levellers.
The Schleitheim Confession was difficult for my to read for many reasons. First and foremost i feel that my views on religion are made fairly obvious by my previous blog posts, and also the language itself can be hard to process, but it was mostly just the rules that people force themselves to follow, and the authority that some are vountarily given, that confuses me. We see over and over again rules made by the church and the wars fought over religion, but it seems that no one realized that maybe they should just remove their religion from their politics. still today, it plays such a big part.
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Religion is definitely a big issues. (Obviously since the majority or wars are based in differences/conflicts of religion beliefs). At any rate, people have a hard time removing religion from anything. For many people, they are passionate about the religion whether they are Christian, LDS, Buddhist, Muslim or whatever the case may be. With this passion, comes pride, conviction and loyalty. Putting all this aside for other people could seem that a person was ashamed or not proud of their religion; a black mark. In theory, yes it would be best that all could put apart their differences and we could all just get along. I think this is called utopia?
I agree with Megan, we should put our differences aside and respect each other beliefs. If we analyze the religions, we can see that the all of them have similar purposes and goals. We should stop using religions as shields to justify our actions. If we decide to be religious we should truly analyze the reasons why we choose to believe what we believe.
I feel the biggest thing that our government doesn't do is tell us what our beliefs should be. That is a positive thing. Religion should be personal not government regulated. In the history we've studied so far religon has played a role in the wars that were fought in some cases. Charlemagne wanted to convert the Saxons and the Thirty Years War was largely about religious conflicts. Some wars are about control and money. World War I and II were not about religion. Our country's Revolutionary War wasn't about religion and neither was the French Revolution.
i agree with all of you, these have been some of the most thoughtful comments i've received.
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