well ANHEDONIC think this maybe
the dogma of our abraham faiths and their satellite gnostic/secret societies is that humanity and the world/universe is inherently corrupt/evil
our enlightened leaders, being knowing of this, see themselves as custodians of inherently evil people awaiting god`s divine judgement and destruction upon all
while we await gods will, our enlightened leaders maintain not to comfortable lifestyles for their unholy flock whom are awaiting eternal damnation
whilst at the same time our lightened leaders look out for souls among the flock deemed worthy of saving
so, the fact that our leaders organize their custodianship of the evil flock so the flock pay for our leaders efforts, is seen as god`s reward for their carrying out his duty
same for quality of lifestyle
our leaders permit the flock to experience what is governed by our leaders custodians in the certainty that it must be of enough quality to allow saveable souls to arise to be seen and saved
but
never must it be comfortable enough for the flock to rise above it`s station which is. condemned to be destroyed by god`s will at any divine moment
a tricky balance to maintain for our enlightened leaders in conjunction with god`s will
but
that is what the flock pay them to do and god tells them how to do it to his satisfaction , so they say
variations of the above are expressed pro rata to the level of authority you attain within our enlightened circles
Unlike many other religions, whose sense of time was basically cyclic, Judaism and Christianity worked to preserve a written linear history and mythic timeline, running from the creation to the end of the world. For example, in Aztec mythology the universe is created and destroyed repeatedly in a circular concept of History, but in Judaism and Christianity, the universe has been created only once and will be destroyed only once, and after its destruction it will be restored to perfection once and for all, having a lineal concept of time. Likewise, Islamic mythology has a linear time perspective, running from the creation to the end of the world and the establishment of paradise on heaven. Qur'an 56 describes the end times, the judgment of the dead, and the eternal reward and punishment of saints and sinners—an eschatological mythology similar to the storyline of the Christian Book of Revelation and to some elements in the Jewish Book of Isaiah and Book of Daniel.
Quoting: observation [
link to en.wikipedia.org]
