Church God
Church God (a.k.a. Father God) refers to the patriarchal personification of God offered to the masses by priests of Western ecclesiastical institutions.[1] Church God is a sexist and racist archetype used to both a) control the thinking and behavior of the masses, and b) justify wealth and privilege, in particular in the archetypal variation Alpha God.
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Church God, specifically the patriarchal and violent God of Western Monotheisms, supports imperialist doctrine and imperialist societies. Mary Daly, for example, points out how a patriarchal God is used was used to justify and deify Richard Nixon and American Imperialist. "...God is an American and Nixon is "his" annointed one..." [2]
Further Reading
Sosteric, Mike. 2017. “The Trouble with Atheists.” Socjourn. https://www.academia.edu/36823156/the_trouble_with_some_atheists.docx
Video: What Did Einstein Say About Religion? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Kg8WEVkgA
Footnotes
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike. 2017. “The Trouble with Atheists.” Socjourn. https://www.academia.edu/36823156/the_trouble_with_some_atheists.docx
- ↑ Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973. p. 16.