[Here is a funny twist.
The elites in one political party openly represent the (infra)sovereign religion of Big Government Liberalism.
The elites in the other political party say that they do not belong to the religion, but behave as is if they do.
The same co-opposition of words3a(2a and bondage2a(1a) that marked Judaism at the time of Jesus also marks the Public Cult of Progressivism today.
[Turn on Progressive TV to see a parade similar to the Second Temple.
The elites of Big government Liberalism demand ritual purity. They demand that the average citizen give up “his” stuff. They say that the average citizen does not get along. They have buckets of nasty labels for the deplorables.
They say that the average citizen is intolerant unless “he” conforms to the multitudinous ritual decrees of the Progressive state, universities and various other sovereign-loving affiliations.]
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[Does this sound vaguely familiar?
Do the previous blogs sound familiar in contemporary America?
The average American citizen just wants to get along. The average citizen just wants to keep “his” stuff.]
[Since the Second Temple Law was complicated and self-contradictory, accusations could always occur (especially if one attracted attention).
This threat of accusation made it easy for common folk to choose a lack of self worth in order to avoid catastrophic accusations.]
[The mirror of the world3a or the thought experiment3a narrows the range of ‘somethings2a’ that a person can envision1a.
The Second Temple elites always acted more ritually pure relative to the subjects.
Therefore, one particular ‘something2a’ became the best option for the common folk.
What was that something2a?
Here it is:
Get along by (trying to) meet ritual demands and, most importantly, avoid being accused of violating the Law.]
[What might help me understand this?
I turn to the model of the thought experiment where I choose ‘something’.]
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[Let me go back to the return from the Babylonian exile.
Why did the common folk of the second temple allow a sovereigninfra to form?
Why did they consistently support Sadducees, Pharisees and Scribes in their devotion to an objectorganization of ritual purity?]
[The decline of the Roman Empire may have been tempered by the multiplication of less politically minded Christians.]
