What if you could detonate your identity, and build an entirely new one that looks nothing like the old one, in the same way we bring down a house or a building, and the one we replace it with can look nothing like what was there before?
Both Liberalism and Capitalism sees this as a virtue, each in their respective spheres, as long as what is being built is left to one's own free will, instead of through the imposition of regulations imposed by some governing body, whether in Rome or Washington, while Conservatism and Christianity see this to be as evil as 9/11, and thinks this is only a virtue if what is being built it its place conforms to some tradition or set of proscribed rules and regulations.
And this is even more ironic when you consider how much Conservatives hate government but practically worship their Church, and denounce the decisions passed down by the Supreme Court, even though they believe that their religion legitimizes both the existence and power of that court, while claiming no one has any right to question the Church's interpretation of the Catholic Bible, which derives its existence and power from the same "God" as the Supreme Court.
It is to say that every Catholic is Martin Luther when it comes to the Constitution, one written by "Christians" to found a "Christian nation," as they claim, but to dare to be like Martin Luther toward Rome's final decree on the interpretation of some bible verse or moral claim, is to be treated by the Church in the same way that Christ was treated by the Sanhedrin.
One thinks it would be an insult to the makers of our operating system, if we draw outside the acceptable lines of the coloring book we call our mind, while the other thinks its the biggest compliment of all, because it demonstrates the same kind of daring creativity that gave us that coloring book in the first place.
Or to put it another way, one sees only the edges of the window frame they are convinced they must work within, while the other sees only a canvas as big as the sky.
Both Liberalism and Capitalism sees this as a virtue, each in their respective spheres, as long as what is being built is left to one's own free will, instead of through the imposition of regulations imposed by some governing body, whether in Rome or Washington, while Conservatism and Christianity see this to be as evil as 9/11, and thinks this is only a virtue if what is being built it its place conforms to some tradition or set of proscribed rules and regulations.
And this is even more ironic when you consider how much Conservatives hate government but practically worship their Church, and denounce the decisions passed down by the Supreme Court, even though they believe that their religion legitimizes both the existence and power of that court, while claiming no one has any right to question the Church's interpretation of the Catholic Bible, which derives its existence and power from the same "God" as the Supreme Court.
It is to say that every Catholic is Martin Luther when it comes to the Constitution, one written by "Christians" to found a "Christian nation," as they claim, but to dare to be like Martin Luther toward Rome's final decree on the interpretation of some bible verse or moral claim, is to be treated by the Church in the same way that Christ was treated by the Sanhedrin.
One thinks it would be an insult to the makers of our operating system, if we draw outside the acceptable lines of the coloring book we call our mind, while the other thinks its the biggest compliment of all, because it demonstrates the same kind of daring creativity that gave us that coloring book in the first place.
Or to put it another way, one sees only the edges of the window frame they are convinced they must work within, while the other sees only a canvas as big as the sky.
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