Religion can be a very powerful influence upon a given people, as well as for individuals. So too, certain politicians and leaders can be especially adept at proselytizing that certain peoples are inherently superior to others, because of, for example, their skin color, or their background. Additionally, those that are considered to be royalty, are not adverse to believing that their authority comes from the very hand of God. In all of these cases, what so occurs, is that certain peoples are considered to be superior to others, not because of their character, but rather, as pretty much their birthright.
The problem with any philosophy, in which, certain peoples are thus considered to be the “chosen ones” and of which, these chosen people, often justify themselves, by leaning heavily upon Holy writings which are considered in their interpretation to be applicable, of which, this thus serves to seemingly support such; is that all those other people that are not considered be the chosen ones, are then, by definition, classified as something “less than” the chosen ones. This, not too surprisingly, creates a construct in which those that are not the chosen ones, are frequently prone to resenting those that are the chosen ones, which thus creates an ongoing tension between these two divided peoples.
No doubt, those that are considered to be the favored race, or the favored religion, or supposedly designated by God as being the chosen representatives of the people, might well believe that being the chosen one, is simply the way that it is, and that this is thus the way that it should be. The problem, though, is that in absence of every member of that chosen people, being heads and tails above the non-chosen people of the world, so demonstrated through the actual merits of those chosen ones so accomplished on a level playing field, is that in things, big and small, those that are chosen, typically are rather flawed human beings, themselves.
The reality of the situation is that we are all equal creations of God, signifying that anybody or anyone that stipulates that they are greater than everybody else, has got it all wrong. The supposed greatness that a particular person has, or that a certain civilization so represents, really comes down to the salient fact of the thought processes and therefore the deeds so accomplished by them, which in their effect, represent harmony with the characteristics of that which is good, true, and just.
Those people that best represent the traits that are fair and considerate to all, that are giving in their service to others, and further, that recognize that there is a Higher Power that all must so answer to, are the very ones that have chosen the correct path. This thus signifies, that there are not pre-existing “chosen ones” but rather, those that have through their application and through their merit, have chosen to take the only path that will lead them to liberation and enlightenment, have chosen the better way, and because of that they are the ones that have chosen, correctly.