Can the state become a religion?

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---------- "The Deification of the Nation" Lasky Can there be a kingdom of heaven in which the "country" is the belief in

human society? In other words, can the state exist if government agencies replace religious institutions? As an institution of faith, for thousands of years, religion has established the Inquisition for only a few hundred years. However, it was these hundreds of years that reversed the development trend of religion. Use violence to maintain faith, and ultimately ruin his own destiny.

The redemption of believers is generally through repentance, and at the same time, it is also to abandon oneself to approach infinity and achieve self-transcendence. Is religion falling apart because of violence that breaks faith, or is it the use of violent rules that alienates morality? I'm afraid the latter is fundamental. For the true believer will renounce himself for the rules of faith, as Socrates did.

From another perspective, if all citizens agree with the law and are willing to accept the ruling and punishment of the law, the country can get rid of violence and become a belief.

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  • Constance Harraway: Stop that!

    David Gale: What?

    Constance Harraway: Active listening, I hate active listeners. I always feel like they're to busy *pretending* to be listening to hear what I'm saying.

    David Gale: I can listen and actively listen at the same time. I'm good at that.

  • David Gale: Fantasies have to be unrealistic because the moment, the second that you get what you seek, you don't, you can't want it anymore. In order to continue to exist, desire must have its objects perpetually absent. It's not the "it" that you want, it's the fantasy of "it." So, desire supports crazy fantasies. This is what Pascal means when he says that we are only truly happy when daydreaming about future happiness. Or why we say the hunt is sweeter than the kill. Or be careful what you wish for. Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it once you do. So the lesson of Lacan is, living by your wants will never make you happy. What it means to be fully human is to strive to live by ideas and ideals and not to measure your life by what you've attained in terms of your desires but those small moments of integrity, compassion, rationality, even self-sacrifice. Because in the end, the only way that we can measure the significance of our own lives is by valuing the lives of others.