Re:Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World...
by danans on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @02:08PM
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> grant me ... conformity to your will
The "your will" is the part that gets interpreted, either by the individual, often with the help of an outside institution, to serve whatever objective they seek.
Perhaps that objective is a good one, or maybe it's horrifying. Such a professed humility to a God's will could also just be serving as a cover for whatever else the person is doing. History is replete with examples of that.
But at that point, you are back to where we started: needing to understand and judge the intent of people and the institutions that they take guidance from.
The "your will" is the part that gets interpreted, either by the individual, often with the help of an outside institution, to serve whatever objective they seek.
Perhaps that objective is a good one, or maybe it's horrifying. Such a professed humility to a God's will could also just be serving as a cover for whatever else the person is doing. History is replete with examples of that.
But at that point, you are back to where we started: needing to understand and judge the intent of people and the institutions that they take guidance from.
EDIT: wording clarification