take: the structure of the nuclear family as an authority parallels monotheism; the two are inextricable if so, then nuclear family : monotheism :: institutional/governmental child-rearing : ???
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Replying to @simpolism
there were many nuclear families before Christ tho (???)
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Replying to @eigenrobot @simpolism
What Catholicism did was subsume clan ties *beyond* the nuclear family. And then its role was taken by government and mass media.
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Replying to @eigenrobot @simpolism
Of course not, Islam was Christianity adapted by and to a more tribal culture.
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Replying to @peroxycarbonate @simpolism
Totally just saying it's a counterexample: monitheism sans strong nuclear families
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