reign over humility
reign over humility
Most people tend to believe that they are the centre of the world and that their culture is the backbone of human history.
Britain, France, Germany, the United States, and Russia do not have to be great, and Greece, China, Hindu supremacists and devout Muslims all say that they are the start of the world.
But all these claims are false. It is simply the result of deliberate ignorance of history and clear racism. When humans colonized the world, tamed plants and animals, built cities, invented writing and money, no religion or nation existed today. Morality, art, spirituality, and creativity are universal human abilities imprinted in our DNA.
Throughout history, mankind has created hundreds of different religions and sects. Very few of them have affected billions of people. The overwhelming majority of others are far less influential.
Ideas from men less than the cruel conquerors of the world are worthy of modesty in many religions.
But then they imagine themselves to be the most important beings in the universe. It demands individual meekness while at the same time mixing with collective arrogance. It would be better if all religions took humility more seriously.
Of all forms of humility, perhaps the most important is humility before God. People always put themselves extremely low when talking about God. Then he uses the god's name to rule over his followers.
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