RELG 101 Lecture : Religions of the World November 7.docx
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It could be a test from god: how you answer the question, depends on how you view the religion afterwards, divide and conquer devices, skin colors, religions, social customs, nationalities, languages, class or caste systems, political preferences, professional specialization, academic specialization, individual troubles, sufferings, and discontent", take the minority and put them in power, use their resources and keep the rest oppressed. If you have pride in your religion, you would want to hang on to it: pro democracy, women"s emancipation, pro free market = pro colonialism, political statement to hold certain views, reactions people of the cave, god will change the situation for them, set up seminaries and teach the children the laws, until god changes the situation. Rhetoric which has nothing behind it: the majority, most people just want to eat, most people don"t get involved, face of the majority is shaped by the minority group, post colonialism a new narrative, law as law of nations.
