Stanley Milgram
Shock Generator.
Life is not meaningless and amoral.
It is in fact a ‘Stanley Milgram’ Experiment.
A test of your Moral character and conviction.
The decisions you make throughout your life are all being observed and recorded.
One day you will be asked to give account.
When confronted with your sheepish (yet vicious) conformity to the Ungodly system of Leviathan will you reply “I was only following orders!” ???
Will you expect such an excuse to save you from the Judgement of Almighty God?
The Stanley Milgram Experiment was created to explain some of the concentration camp-horrors of the World War 2, where Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, Slavs and other enemies of the state were slaughtered by Nazis.
Read this description of the experiment
How Evil are you?
To what degree will you subordinate your own values to those in power and authority?
Do you have a code of ethics powerful enough to overcome submission to tyranical powers… powerful enough to stop you from tyranizing over the weak?
Or will you obey evil commands?
And where are your charitible deeds?
Where is your compassion? Where is your humility?
Do you practice forgiveness, or do you store up wrath and guile?
“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” (Mat 7vs2)
These are questions that shine a light into the dark places of the soul, and highlight the essential part a persons faith in the moral nature of Reality plays in determining how we live and behaive when faced with morally weighty circumstances… exposing our ultimate values and ideals (Or lack thereof).
“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” (Rev20vs11,12)
Here we sit.
The reality is we all fail the Great Moral test of life.
To understand this moral truth is an enlightenment.
We all sin and come short of the glory of God.
Yet God commenteth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinner, Christ died for us.
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Tim Wikiriwhi
For me Stanley Milgram – the great scientist. His experiment helped me understand why
democratic Power must prohibit propaganda of Fascism – in spite of Freedom of expression.
Ellan, It was a great experiment.
It proves what sheep most people are.
Unfortunately Democracy is no Defense… remember Hitler was elected!
The best defense is an enlightened and Armed Population, whom vigilantly ensures the government obeys a constitution with strictly limits State power, separates the state from religion, separates the state from education, and guarantees Individual rights and liberties.
This is a society which maximises self reliance, self responciblity, and personal ethics.
The experiment proved that it was a weakness in standing strong upon their personal convictions which meant they buckled under Authority. And this is true of world history. Mankind suffers tyranny and subjection because they do not have the moral backbone to resist.
But when people are asked to obey authority and do obey completely, this is usually under force or intimidation. These subjects have free will to stop even though they are being asked to continue, if someone was told ‘do it, or else…’ then they are highly more likely to obey.
Oh crap I just realised I gave permission to use a photo that was not mine to give!
I will have to email him…
Ellan, It was a great experiment.
It proves what sheep most people are.
Unfortunately Democracy is no Defense… remember Hitler was elected!
May I as what is the theme of your Book?
Thanks for this great post