everyone from Ben Shapiro to Liz Bruenig hates the idea that parents have tyrannical power over kids which...is not that surprising given their religious commitments.
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And when Buddhism first came to China from the West ("the West" meaning India) the government was wildly reactionary against it for similar reasons -- it seemed to undermine fundamental Confucian values Han Yu's Remonstrance of the Buddha's Bone is a fun read
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the thing that worked most against Mithraism was its secret-society mode of operation, and also, didn't allow women
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Yeah - and I mean, there's also an element where Christian doctrine is pretty skeptical of family hierarchies. The exhortation is usually to be as brothers and sisters, not fathers and sons, etc. Of course, the priests would arrogate that tile.
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