It's about power, purely and simply. It is an addictive drug, and from the first time that Gruk told Ig and Thad that it's Gruk's cave, and what Gruk says goes, and Ig and Thag agreed - but Lur wanted what Gruk was doing - someone has wanted to be in charge, and someone else has wanted that power.

The "Word of God" enabled this a lot, and this included giving the right to control people as based on a higher unverifiable-but-unarguable entitlement. "You cannot love this person", "you cannot know this", "you must pay me this", "you must hunt for me", etc. have led from this. Governments that are not based on the will of the people have relied on this for centuries.

It would seem that Ireland has taken a large step forward with this referendum. I think this is a positive trend, and we should welcome it. Obviously, the matter is not as black and white as "it's bad for one person to tell another what to do" - raising children, for instance - but we're maturing. Slowly and surely...