Posted by ShaunS on
URL: https://coalpha.arkian.net/What-is-Liberalism-or-a-history-of-Western-thought-tp6188106p7576194.html

If we take fschmidt's argument we can quote Wikipedia to get that argument:

'Modern liberalism was influenced by liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill's conception of people being "progressive beings".'

Which is from their 'Progressivism' listing.

I live in the UK and the term 'liberal' has no meaning here, just the old meaning. I must also ask if liberalism/progressivism developed feminism as this also appears to be an enemy? Is it one or both? I do think that enemies need to be studied so as well as providing a link to 'Sexual Utopia in Power' a link should also have been provided to the Wikipedia listing for feminism to provide a balanced argument thus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism

However this is probably not an accepted definition. The idea that feminism = equality is another interesting argument. In general the male has much superiority over the female, but I think that their argument is that they do have a number of advantages (which they exploit). It would seem however that these females are winning, and this is something to ponder on. Clearly there is some link between the American notion of Liberalism and the apparent winning streak that the females appear to be on at the present time. If the females win then they must be superior? Just as in a race.

The other argument presented here is that the authority of God results in a different set of choices than would occur with the progressive denial of God. So the idea here is that people should deal with their own race and not be associated with some God. I think that the Christians have dodged this argument by declaring Jesus Christ as God thus a human who is also a God (which is sneaky). Science has the Atomic Bomb while Jehovah has fire from the sky. fschmidt has suggested in the past that Moses invented Jehovah but for this to work Moses would also have needed to invent petrol. Now I would suggest that Jehovah as a local God (of the Earth) may in fact exist - truthfully... but even so why would I delegate to a God instead of a human leader. Why trust God?... if it's useful, if it's smarter, if it's right, if it gives you an edge, but if not then don't. The Jews have not conquered the world despite their God.

So given the CoAlpha arguments could it be suggested that Liberalism is a religion rather in the sense of Buddhism, and that this appears to be a very popular religion. So perhaps the Feminists are the priestesses of the Liberalist religion. 'Priestesses often lead liberation movements.' from:
http://www.suppressedhistories.net/articles/priestesses.html

An interesting link that I'm still studying.