It’s turning into a busy blog over there, with posts from unique pro-gun perspectives.
Some of the latest:
“The Ghetto Mentality” by newest blogger Y.B. ben Avraham, on how so many Jews ended up being anti-gun.
Vladka Peltel’s slightly tongue-twisting “I Don’t Want to Hear ‘Never Again!’ Ever Again.”
“Faith and Firearms Revisited” by Nicki Kenyon, who also examines Jews, anti-gun attitudes, and the duty to protect life.
And one that’s near and dear to my heart, Sheila Stokes-Begley’s “Dreidels and Hedgerows,” which draws some similarities between Irish history and the history of the ancient Jews.
History of the Jews in “The Ghetto Mentality” was very interesting. Sounds like the “faith and force” alliance began with the Jews. I had always thought it originated with the Catholic Church against the pagans, but maybe the Pope(s) took a page from the Jews.
Or maybe it started even earlier when Og the Strongest Caveman plotted with Mumbo the Witch Doctor to keep unhappy Neanderthals from leaving to establish a rival territory.
In any case it’s always been about the minority controlling the majority with Faith and Force.
“Faith and force” isn’t just about suppressing minorities. The medieval Catholic church was just as restrictive on Catholics.
The king ruled by divine right, because God appointed him as king. Therefore he owned (ruled) the whole country, parceling it out as fiefs to his loyal followers, who passed their share out as fiefs to their loyal followers, etc. Thus anyone who went against the king or his representative was going against God.
(Well, that was the theory anyway. Reality was a lot messier.)
IMHO there’s a lot more religious tolerance in the U.S., and we’re a lot less likely to get theocracy, because there isn’t a Christian majority that can impose one.
Yes, a majority of us (73% in 2012) may be Christian, but because of denominations we have a collection of Christian minorities, rather than one Christian majority.
Progressives, on the other hand…
“Thus anyone who went against the king or his representative was going against God.”
Right. The alliance of “faith(God) and force(king)” (the phrase that Ayn Rand coined) took in all faiths and all forces around the world that choose to work hand-in-hand to control the masses and tell us what to do, how to do it, and why we should believe them. It has nothing to do with any particular religious group, large or small – but it *is* about suppressing or controlling majorities, not minorities.
Just to clarify what I meant in case it was misunderstood.
So, then many mala prohibita laws were/are religious based. The rest are for economic benefit or for control purposes? Are these the 3 major divisions? Just wondering. Fine articles. Thanks Claire!
I want a Roy Rogers pop up gun hat!!