David Robb ——Bio and Archives--December 24, 2025

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How time flies. It seems just a few centuries ago that a child was born in a small Middle-Eastern village. Only a select few knew at the time that that child would change the world for all time. A few prophets here and there, some ordinary shepherds, some kings, and not many others of the time even knew of the birth.

Born with him was the idea that every individual had unique value that was not determined by their place in a society, or by the value of their contributions to some group or collective. Instead, each individual is imbued at birth with a divine spark all their own. This idea that each person had something uniquely their own that could not be taken from them, that did not depend on any particular good works or membership in a group— something that could only be destroyed by its owner and no-one else, was almost unimaginable. Even if it was denied, that spark could be recovered simply by acknowledging the gift and its source.

Few today realize just how radical that idea was at the time, and even now just how contentious it is. Almost no other religions accept the innate value of individuals, Some of the largest hold that the value of an individual is determined by how well they follow the teachings of authorities, by how submissive they are to their leaders, and by the actions they take and the rites they perform.........

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