This is a fascinating video. At 7:00, Tom Rowsell (SurviveTheJive) reads out some excerpts of the Srimad Bhagvatam(an important hindu scripture) where many if not every single prophecy comes true. The higher values are replaced by lower ones. Ones only worth in society is based upon their level of affluence and sex, people have no loyalty to their own family, culture or values. The only thing people will satisfy will be their genitals and bellies.
Everything will decay but there is a glimmer of hope. Just taking the name of Krishna would help one escape life and attain moksha.
Tom makes references from other indo european religions as well, this is not a culture war or culture war adjacent thing, mostly just something I found super fascinating given that they all were faiths that were very similar for the most part and got many things about the future right. The issue with kaliyuga is that of values, we have seen astounding technological and economical growth, the truth in many places is that many have lost values that were considered important by those who appreciate antiquity (I do at least). Many will not agree but even then, would appreciate any thots on this.
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The thing is though, we pretend we are so much smarter than our ancestors for being enlightened rational atheists, but there have always been atheists. God even gives them shit about it in the bible - The fool has said in his heart that there is no God. Atheists have existed forever, and the benefits of atheism have existed forever, all the enlightenment did was make them sound cooler than the benefits of faith. Hedonism and narcissism (two attributes commonly present in depictions of Satan btw) which sound much better to the atomised westerner/rootless cosmopolitan/globohomo bugman than a strong and safe community, the same way they sound better to every teenager. Of course religions will predict they will consume a society if unchecked, it's what the religious always say is the problem with atheism.
Or does it just seem that way to me because the religious I know have been parroting the prophecies of the ancients?
Indo European descriptions are much more accurate in this regard given they all describe pretty common scenarios. What is funny is that these things happened because of Industrialization of society which is inevitable. Nick Land talks about something similar with the idea of techno capital.
True freedom in the religious sense is freedom from bodily pleasures and being a servant to the Gods and higher values whereas freedom today is the freedom from the Gods and higher values and a service to bodily pleasures. Overall, the ancients got this right. Buddhism was the atheism of India while stoicism was the atheism of the ancient Mediterranean's. Do check out the scriptures he reads from in this video. I am more interested in seeing how the things he talks about came true despite having been predicted thousands of years ago with utmost certainty.
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