Neopaganism Is The Worst

[The Minsky Moment]

Agreed.  Dawkins, Benedict II, Rowan Williams, the Mother-Earth wiccan weirdos, and all their ilk should restrict their preaching to their flock.  Nobody else wants to hear it.  Anglicanism is not bad as a personal philosophy, but one should keep it to themselves.  Buddhism is not bad as a personal philosophy, but one should keep it to themselves. Etc.

That what Jews have been trying to explain for years.  Yes our religion is a bit odd but it's ours and we mostly don't bother anyone else, except on Sukkot when the ultra-othodox importune passerbys to shake a lulav.  But generally anyone who wants to join is told it's a bad idea.

[Caliga]

That what Jews have been trying to explain for years.  Yes our religion is a bit odd but it's ours and we mostly don't bother anyone else, except on Sukkot when the ultra-othodox importune passerbys to shake a lulav.  But generally anyone who wants to join is told it's a bad idea.

If you keep begging to join, you are eventually allowed to, though.  Friend of mine converted to Judaism (he was raised Mormon, actually).

[Razgovory]

I've had people mistake for a Rabbi.  People who already knew me, and knew that I was not a Rabbi.

[Caliga]

I don't really know why he wanted to convert, and he actually had to go through circumcision to complete the process. 

I mean, I know what he told me ("I studied all religions and felt in my heart that this was the true one") but in an interesting coincidence, he happened to be dating a Jewish girl at the time, who he has since married.

At one point before becoming a Jew he was also interested in neopaganism, ironically.  He's been a Jew--an Orthodox Jew, no less*--since about 1999 though, so I'm guessing he will stick with it.  He even has earlocks and shit now.


*which is odd since I think Orthodox Jews are less accepting of converts

[Ideologue]

Sometimes I get my heart and my dick confused too.

[Razgovory]

Sometimes I get my heart and my dick confused too.

When you pass the bar you won't have this problem anymore.  They remove one of those organs during the induction ceremony.

[garbon]

Sometimes I get my heart and my dick confused too.

One's easily palpable.

[Ideologue]

[palp]

[garbon]

Eww!

[Neil]

You cannot keep polishing a turd, though. Social cohesion created by religion is a confidence game. Christianity has lost its ability to create social cohesion for the overwhelming majority of the society, and this is irreversible. You can lament this but you cannot do anything about it.

All social cohesion involves manipulation and lies.  Something needs to be done to allow the masses to feel some level of contentment with their lives.

We'll see what happens after the attempt to create social cohesion through consumption fails.  Christianity might make a comeback, or maybe Islam.