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     CP wrote --   
      
   > Winner takes all & can add the others' god(s) to their own personal family   
   pantheon(totem)   
      
     It was far easier for ancients to understand each place or thing had its   
   own god, rather than one God over everything.   
     And make sure that all those gods are appeased in someway.  Miss one and   
   you might wind up in trouble with that god.   
      
   > It was a brutal time & not leaving much chance for humans to begin to evolve   
   a workable society with laws & courts.    
      
     At the time "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" was radical   
   thinking.   
     Before then if someone knocked out your eye or tooth (or whatever) the   
   person/clan would try and wipe out the entire family of the attacker.   
     An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth meant no more than what was done   
   to the other person.   
      
   > My opinion is the ancient cults of Rome still exist, in secret, & disguised.   
      
     They were replaced by the gods of wealth, health, beauty, etc.   
      
   > Or, the kid's version for "sovereign" I came up with: "God is large & in   
   charge."   
      
     Yep.   
     We still ask "why did this happen/not happen?" without looking at the big   
   picture which we may not be able to grasp.  We might be personally affected   
   or be a non-role playing character.   
      
   > Their definition of "peace" is all non-Muslims dead.   
      
     Then they will turn on themselves by people not being X enough.   
     This is seen in the current culture wars where someone is cheered one day   
   for their particular stance and jeered the next when they aren't enough of   
   whatever the group wants or begins to question group think.   
       
   > Exactly.  I tend to rebel against assumed authority -- you need to show me   
   the chain of command from Sovereign Creation to whomever is claiming authority   
   over me.   
      
     Agreed.   
      
   > He gave authority to my parents when I was born.  My parents shared some of   
   their God-given authority to the schools, police, & government, & even the   
   occasional babysitter.   
      
     Yep.   
     At our work we have a certain degree of authority to do/allow this or   
   that or not allow it.   
     But sometimes power goes to ones head.   
      
   > I only consider a polcde officer to have authority while s/he;s acting    
   > according to his/her proper job duties.  When they gho over & above to   
   wghere they are being criminal, they should be treated as any other non-cop,   
   for that is wehat they are when they are pistol whipping a cobnfession out of   
   a suspect.   
      
     There you go, wanting to take all the fun out of the job.  :)   
     Personally I prefer rubber hoses, no marks left.  :)   
      
   > In general, they're good, with a vey tough & thankless job.   
      
     That's for sure.   
      
   > But Io don't have a fixed bias for or against any group.   
      
     As with any group, there are good cops and bad cops but the many good   
   ones are lumped in with the bad ones and everyone is tainted.   
     Weed out the bad ones.   
      
   > I used tobe quite the antisociual little twerp when young & stupid, but    
   > thankfully I outgrew it & here I am, a paragon(maybe) of my local community!    
      
      RFLOL!!!  ==spewing coffee over the keyboard==   
      Joe   
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