• atro_city@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    The most baffling thing is once subjugated peoples now being the most ardent in their beliefs.

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      4 months ago

      Thankfully this is changing with the new generation. Atheism is on the rise throughout Latin America. From 1996 to 2019 it went from 4% to 16%. I’ve been back to my birth country recently and it was like a whole other place from when I left in the 90s. The fact that so many young people have tattoos now, when growing up that was completely unacceptable.

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    4 months ago

    I never understood the disdain for sun worshipping religions. Seems just as valid as any other.

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    4 months ago

    That’s actually a great thought. Of all things, worshipping the sun has merit. But you can’t control people with that concept, because you can’t control the sun. People who want to find solitude in the things that actually matter, and are available to anyone, must be converted into sheep. And they literally call themselves that, as their Lord is their shepherd.

    WTF

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      4 months ago

      But you can’t control people with that concept, because you can’t control the sun.

      Oh, so Akhenaten couldn’t control people?

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          4 months ago

          Well, Michelangelo got paid for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel as well. Who’s “they” and what’s your point?

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            3 months ago

            That people weren’t tricked into work. They were paid for it and likely held great pride in it.

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              3 months ago

              I reacted to, paraphrased: “you can’t control people with sun worship”.

              During his reign, Akhenaten instated monotheistic worship of Aten - the sun disc - and did away with all other gods worshipped in Egypt at that time. Whether or not the workers who built his monuments were paid well I do not know - I suspect you have the Diary of Merer in mind, but remember that Khufu’s and Akhenaten’s respective reigns were more than a thousand years apart - as a pharaoh, Akhenaten could most certainly control people. And if you believe religion can be used as a means to control people, this is definitely a historic example of sun worship being used to this end, wouldn’t you agree?