The Concepts Of Self Preservation And Deliberate Faith In A Religion

The concept of self preservation and deliberate faith in a religion are especially big in humans. Since the crusades, to the middle ages and the present terrorist attacks in 2001, these feelings have been present. The war in Iraq relies on self-preservation of the American state, and the recent attacks done by the dogmatic Muslims rely in their faith. It’s highly difficult to not touch the religious topic (which I have in past blogs).The western states (most of them) are based in an organization were self-preservation and tolerance are the bases for their democracies. Countries as the United Sates, England, France and Italy contain a big percentage of immigrants; which makes them with a big diversity and cultural diffusion. Cities as London, New York, Miami and Rome contain large communities of immigrants, even neighborhoods, such as China town, little Italy or little Havana. The different religions that these cities host are innumerable; for there to be a proper organization there has to be tolerance. In these countries there is no such absolute religion (as there is in the Middle East) which create this “war martyrs” fighting for a sacred war, implored by god. Although that doesn’t exempts the concept of self-preservation (which in this case the hole world has) being another pillar, and even being a priority over tolerance. The extremes of the so called “self-preservation or self-defense” become simple survival. And as the US did invading Iraq, King James did on the Catholics.Tolerance isn’t so present in the east (especially In the Middle East) were the organization of states isn’t based on and ideology but in a religion. The so called Muslim states, are build on the 5 pillars, which may create this “deliberate faith”. That may become on terrorist attacks against the king of England or the civil populations of the United States.In the Middle Ages and renaissance (although most of the world was under the irresponsible Catholic Church reign, there were some exceptions) the “deliberate faith” was present in every house, with no exceptions of social classes. The Catholics had a direct rival the Anglican church of England. As the Muslims who crushed those planes to the twin towers, the Catholics tried to blow up the parliament.On the Jacobean England seems that the concept of self-preservation is prior to the religious diversity, and their faiths, “Errors of faith could be tolerated as long as they didn’t threaten the order of the kingdom. The idea of blowing up the parliament, needless to say, stepped over the line.” (Nicolson, page 109) To defend the unity and the security of a state is quite clear. In England over 70 criminals were tortured a year in the 1600s, the tortures are described as tremendous. Even if the individual accused had no prove against him the monarchy would intake him to an “appropriate suffering”, sometimes killing, sometimes and torture. Garnet, a normal person was accused of burglar. They tortured him in a machine, were the person was tied to the corners of a “bed”, which they started to expand until the person confessed (most of the time people were innocent, they had nothing to confess) it expanded until the person was ripen. And England was supposed to be save then.