Christians not only want to be humbled but broken. Our friend @CrispySea posted an interesting blog about the disgust he felt at a Christian response to a cool video about the vastness of the universe in comparison to the Earth and humanity (see reference). We should use our knowledge of the complexity of the universe and our realization how insignificant and small we are to promote the proper sort of humility before an angy god.
We can kind of understand (but not agree) how a Christian or other religionists believe that they should display a humility before a god that created the vast universe. But there's an even more sinsiter and self-deprecating mindset that especially Christians are subject, it's the doctrine of brokeness.
I monitor Christian radio broadcasts, and have been struck often by comments to the effect that before a Christian can properly relate to their god, not only must they be humble, but they must be broken. This means that they must come to a place where their will, their ego, and any outlook that gives them some reliance on their own internal strength must be shattered by their god so that they can be properly humbled before him. It's reminiscent of the sensory depravation techniques that the Soviet Union experimented with to see if communitst ideology could better be instilled in individuals if they were mentally broken first.
What's even worse than believing such nonsense is that Christians DESIRE to pummeled, shattered and put in their lowly place. They pray and beg their god for it. They think that they can't come to a place within themselves to have a proper appreciation (and fear) of god, they need his help to bring themselves into subservience. Any person in a free society should be disgusted by such brainwashing techniques, but I suppose it's good for religion.
Reference Tweet:
RT @CrispySea Humble - Why? - http://tinyurl.com/bkyh7c #Freedom #Bible #Atheism
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