Because they ARE religious zealots. Only people who've grown up in a Judeo-Christian world think that a religion requires a god (many religions didn't have gods & many people's concept of god didn't include omniscience, omnipotence, creation or eternality). For example, the Greek Gods were not eternal, they did not create the universe, they were neither omniscient nor omnipotent. Same w/ Norse Gods, who weren't even destined to prevail.
The Left is a religion. It's a system of beliefs that separates the believer from the non-believer, elevates the former over the latter, and that provides salvation (both to individuals and their societies); it has original sin, ritualistic practices. It's a religion.
If I told you that Jesus can eliminate hatred, poverty, inequality, disease and save the planet, you'd know I'm making a religious claim. If I tell you the government can eliminate hatred, poverty, inequality, disease and save the planet, you'd ask me where to vote for that....don't you see the obvious religiosity of these claims? You're simply making government or experts or both into gods. It's sheer paganism (pay your taxes, wear your mask, support LGBTQ+ etc) and the gods/experts/government will save you. (There's a profound difference between the Christian God & the pagan gods, but pagans still equal religion; the Left is pushing a pagan concept of god,but it's a religion.)
We've all become so secular that we can't recognize religion w/o the label, but let's be clear: the Left isn't like a religion, it IS a religion. These are religious nutters, so act accordingly.
I recall that some of the academics who survey professors' political affiliations and document the turn toward uniformity mention the role of politics as a substitute religion. And John McWhorter has explored the religious parallels quite a bit.
Because they ARE religious zealots. Only people who've grown up in a Judeo-Christian world think that a religion requires a god (many religions didn't have gods & many people's concept of god didn't include omniscience, omnipotence, creation or eternality). For example, the Greek Gods were not eternal, they did not create the universe, they were neither omniscient nor omnipotent. Same w/ Norse Gods, who weren't even destined to prevail.
The Left is a religion. It's a system of beliefs that separates the believer from the non-believer, elevates the former over the latter, and that provides salvation (both to individuals and their societies); it has original sin, ritualistic practices. It's a religion.
If I told you that Jesus can eliminate hatred, poverty, inequality, disease and save the planet, you'd know I'm making a religious claim. If I tell you the government can eliminate hatred, poverty, inequality, disease and save the planet, you'd ask me where to vote for that....don't you see the obvious religiosity of these claims? You're simply making government or experts or both into gods. It's sheer paganism (pay your taxes, wear your mask, support LGBTQ+ etc) and the gods/experts/government will save you. (There's a profound difference between the Christian God & the pagan gods, but pagans still equal religion; the Left is pushing a pagan concept of god,but it's a religion.)
We've all become so secular that we can't recognize religion w/o the label, but let's be clear: the Left isn't like a religion, it IS a religion. These are religious nutters, so act accordingly.
I recall that some of the academics who survey professors' political affiliations and document the turn toward uniformity mention the role of politics as a substitute religion. And John McWhorter has explored the religious parallels quite a bit.