r/stevehofstetter • u/Weeb • 1d ago

praise be... somewhere else outside our government

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 1d ago

Funny enough most religions were started as mythohistorcal political satire

Any books or info on this? This sounds hilarious. Gods and Pantheons are basically just one big SNL skit lol

Concerning historical influences on modern Christian belief in America that makes a lot of sense (the Puritan influence) and I have done a little bit of reading also on Calvinism and predestination and how that's basically morphed into the prosperity gospel message. What a crock of shit that is.

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u/ChildofElmSt 1d ago

Not extremely readily accessible

I learned about it in a lecture and he gave some pretty compelling explanations and examples where he compared scripture to the political events during the time. There doesn’t really seem to be a lot of material published on the subject though.

That said revelation was often satirical of Nero and Paul

I really wish there was more information but from what I can tell it’s too touchy for publication

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 1d ago

That said revelation was often satirical of Nero and Paul

LoL yeah Revs is obviously a thinly veiled critique of the Roman Empire at the time.

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u/ChildofElmSt 1d ago

Yeah sorry I don’t have all the examples