The loftiest biblical principles are obedience, submission and faith, rather than reason, intelligence and human values. Worshippers become humble servants of a dictator, expected to kneel before this king, lord, master, god—giving adoring praise and taking orders. According to the bible, we all eventually will be forced to bow before Jesus: “every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” (Romans 14:11) The master/slave relationship has become so ingrained in the Jewish/Christian/Muslim world that independent thinkers are considered heretical, evil rebels.
