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Philology (theology in disguise) emanated out of such unscience. With Philology any <i>ad hoc </i>conclusion is possible. Prahalada was a monotheist battling the polytheist Rakshasas. Buddhism as reaction to Brahmanism. The scions of Sramanism battling against the votaries of Brahmanism. Rishis as nudist colonies. Monotheist Akhenaten. Trivial heathen vandalism as ideological iconoclasm. These are all convoluted ways to decontextualize the traditions and impose a secondary (marxist, normative) narrative upon these traditions, all under the pretense of 'social science' and historical linguistics (and then they also expect the traditions to conform to their philological 'conclusions').
An entire interpretative edifice is built around something as innocuous as 'sound changes'. It is simply a way to extend their precious 'normative ethics' into the past and obliterate all traces of the non-normative origin and truth. The problematic normative framework thus become problem-free.
Philology (theology in disguise) emanated out of such unscience. With Philology any <i>ad hoc </i>conclusion is possible. Prahalada was a monotheist battling the polytheist Rakshasas. Buddhism as reaction to Brahmanism. The scions of Sramanism battling against the votaries of Brahmanism. Rishis as nudist colonies. Monotheist Akhenaten. Trivial heathen vandalism as ideological iconoclasm. These are all convoluted ways to decontextualize the traditions and impose a secondary (marxist, normative) narrative upon these traditions, all under the pretense of 'social science' and historical linguistics (and then they also expect the traditions to conform to their philological 'conclusions').
An entire interpretative edifice is built around something as innocuous as 'sound changes'. It is simply a way to extend their precious 'normative ethics' into the past and obliterate all traces of the non-normative origin and truth. The problematic normative framework thus become problem-free.