Reading about pantheism, I discovered that each century has some miserable story to reveal, concerning free thinkers being prosecuted. Each generation has their own iinterpretations of literature, drama, architecture, cinema, journalism, design, marketing, business, history, law, culture and religion
Remember Galileo Galilei? During his life time another such character was Giordano Bruno, an Italian astronomer, philosopher, priest and mathematician. He was burned in 1600 by the Roman authorities who found him guilty just because he had opinions which did not concur to the Catholic faith, spoke against the faith, had misguided opinions on Christ, incarnation and the bread and wine/body and blood theory. He was found guilty for believing that the soul passes on to other bodies after death and that it migrated from the human to animals. He was found guilty for believing in magic and questioning the virginity of Mary.
So beware. Times have not changed much as Bob Dylan claims in the title of his song, “The Times They’re A Changing.” If you dare to think or scorn at established opinions or have a theory contrary to what the mass and authorities believe and do not throw a veil over your sentiments, you might be heading for the gallows or burned, if not pulverized, stabbed or shot to death.
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