The problem with what you're saying here is this is your opinion, yet there seems to an authoritative tone to your post. It is your opinion like all of religions is, if we're honest.
It would be like me saying, "2+2=10. No really. It does!"
But you know that my comment is based on opinion. I'm often mystified that religion gets away with talking authoritatively, to the point of affecting laws and government rulings and such, and it's really nothing more than people's opinions on who they think a god is to them.
I'm not judging you, but just stating that observation.
it is your observation and your perception of me and so it is by your own authority and freedom that you have declared about me what you see or might believe me to be or not be.
sadly not everything can be explained with ones own perception of reality. i could just tell you that we are all the same person but you would only use the part of you that is different to say that we are not the same. that is true in its own sense but when it comes to certain facets of reality that you have probably not experienced then what I said is completely true.
2 + 2 = 10 but you have to understand where i'm coming from before you can understand why. when you filter things through your own mind you use all of your understanding and experience to judge what someone else who has different understandings and experiences says. so how can you know what a person speaking in greek says unless you also speak in greek?
tbh if I had authority in this world it would be a better place because I don't force people to abide by all kinds of insane laws. if I did tax people ( which is nothing more than theft ) I would use it to help others, as opposed to fueling a war machine. obviously forced authority is a very evil thing and yet you probably don't realize just how much others force you in one way or another. this is why freedom is very important in spiritual development. freedom is not required for functioning in the world.
but I can see why you think the way you do. you follow a certain philosophical way of thinking based in materialism I suppose. but whatever you may be, because it's not like I understand you on a personal level, I know that when you speak about anything that is good or right... that you are being spiritual.
to judge a category such as government or atheist or religion and apply it to the individual... is a grave error. each person is more important than this entire universe. each PERSON is irreplaceable. my religion tell mes that each human beings is priceless and that they must be free. so obviously I don't fall into the douchey authoritarian-type person though I speak with authority. obviously everyone with a opinion or a world view speak with an authority of sort.
you might reject religious authorities because you feel evil comes with such and you are right at times because sometimes religious people do evil. but you are biased and not being a just judge if you think that only religion is problem. humanity in general has a struggle with evil and this problem infest all spheres of human life and experience.
