Day: September 8, 2015

How Good People Go Bad: Mob Mentality Understood

How Good People Go Bad: Mob Mentality Understood

From soccer riots to halloween vandalism…Ferguson to France–there are too many terrible examples of rioting and mass violence to count!  But as good historians (and intellectuals) we don’t simply say, “oh man, that was an intense riot!” and dismiss or even acknowledge it.  No, we 

Religious Knowledge Systems

Religious Knowledge Systems

Religion has existed almost as long as civilization itself.  In fact, no civilization has lasted more than 3 generations without developing some kind of religion.  The question is where did religion come from?  Believers obviously say, “GOD” but then how did we end up with