ieniemienie witter dan wit mydibrainwashsocieties?



't Heeft voor mij waarschijnlijk totaal geen zin om in te gaan op 'Patrice, Blabla, Frankevrij' & dergelijke
'monomanen' met dogma's over 'God, Complotten, Marokkanen' & dergelijke xenofobe griezelscenario's!

Dat doe ik dan ook niet, 't zou alleen maar tijd- & ruimteverspilling zijn? Voldoende is om zo nu & dan te
vermelden dat ik 'n hekel heb aan die 'extreem fanatieke oproepen tot discriminatie, haat & geweld' ...

Voorwaarts dus maar weer met de achtergronden van dergelijke hersenspoelingen & de bevrijding ervan?!

Apocalyptic beliefs
are intended from the outset to motivate believers to change their ways:
they are formed for this very purpose, and accepted by their holders as such.

The nature of the change depends,
of course, on the content of the beliefs.
Thus, the belief of Yehoshua ["haNatsri aka haMashiach" etcetera]
& his disciples that the kingdom of heaven had already appeared, situated them
in a realm of purely ethical considerations,
which lead to a fundamentally
pacifistic decision.

In contrast,
the doctrine of the absolute eradication of evil in the end of days
- which appears in all the major scrolls -
contains a strong element of resistance
to contemporary society as such.

This apocalyptic view is rooted
in the dualistic nature of Qumran's teachings:
in the end of days the lot of Belial will be annihilated
and the sons of light will rule the world.

But the hope for eschatological revolution
was not presented as a flight of fancy. For it is this hope that inspired one of the Qumran scribes
to compose the War Scroll, with its detailed discussion of the war between the sect
and its enemies.

In this war,
which will last forty years {?},
the sons of light will emerge from the desert,
conquering the Land of Israel,
then the entire world.

The author
does not merely imagine the development of the war -
the opening paragraph of the War Scroll {1QM 1.1-7} sets out the historical conditions
that will hold at the time of its outbreak.

As noted,
we are of the opinion that these conditions could not hold after 83 BCE.
The war will begin "when the exiled sons of light return from the desert of the nations to camp
in the desert of Yerushalayim" {1QM 1.5}.

It would appear, then,
that we are situated at the beginning of the community's desert sojourn,
the beginning of its exile.

The ultimate goal of the war
- world conquest -
is admittedly fantastic,
but it should be noted that the scroll allots six years of battle
to the conquest of Israel,
& that most of the text is devoted
to battling a very real enemy,
the "Kittim of Assyria"
and their {Seleucid} king.

The detailed description
of the warriors' armaments and battle tactics
further suggests that the author
believed this to be
a realistic plan.

It appears
the War Scroll was intended to urge the members of the community
to hasten salvation through military force.

After all,
this was a period of fierce civil wars
and recurring invasions by foreign enemies;
a military adventure
might not have seemed
so far-fetched.

Indeed,
a groep centered in the desert
may well have hoped that, given the general upheaval in the Land of Israel,
they might enjoy the same success
as the early Maccabees
...

Treffend dus
die overeenkomsten tussen
toen/daar & nu/hier!

'n Soort van
comfortabel zwartwit denken
dat simpelweg mensen verdeelt in 'gelovigen & ongelovigen',
'alwetenden & onwetenden', 'binnenlanders & buitenlanders', 'Joden & Arabieren',
'links & rechts', 'overwinnaars & verliezers', 'goeden & slechten' of 't
omgekeerde met wederzijdse vooroordelen, pretenties &
aanzetten tot brainwash, discriminatie
& geweld?

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