A tweet that caught my eye –
It’s interesting to me that a self-identified atheist would find this relevant. What’s “the beast”? I really only think you could find that relevant if you think all this shit going on is supernatural or above [organized] human ability. As much as I am fond of calling a deserving someone evil or a monster, I don’t actually believe such bad actors are some other species. And “the beast” isn’t either- it’s a highly organized network of [nominally human] beings exercising the power they’ve amassed for fun and ultimate victory, though I think the overindulgence in the sheer sadism of it all is going to be one of the biggest downfalls in the end.
I consider myself an irreligious person but I believe we are made in the image of God, Allah, the supreme being. I think this approach has served me well in life in that I don’t think there’s any ability within me that isn’t in another. A couple other influences I hold dear- idolatry is wrong in large part because it is impossible, and therefore, a waste of precious human energy; we have free will by virtue of being born human. So “the beast” is realizable in anyone as well as being of the best of humanity in solidarity with those who have done more than many of us could ever imagine. To have the ability to be here at this juncture. No one still standing can blow that.
I don’t understand why an atheist wouldn’t come to the same conclusion because by their metrics there’s nothing we shouldn’t be able to tell about humans, the physical world before us and what we know to be true to touch, sight, and sound. How can a beast come to be? Is what I would like to ask of anyone using this phrase. The “simple beasts” who need taming as many have it, the masses.
The southeastern US disaster is a lesson to all of us hearing reports out of Lebanon and Palestine at the same time. It’s coming for us all. As things stand, we have to prepare to be prepared to pay it in blood when it’s our turn.
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