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What about muh paganismism?
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Dead religions that are "revived on either a local or individual" basis are awful, You always find these "goth shops" in the more "spiritual" parts of the UK like Glastonbury and Cornwall which has cheap edgy T-shirts with skellies and wolves, pewter figures with crystals attached and they always have some consumerist wiccan stuff as well, often targeted at middle aged women or teens. Paganism is literally just another commercialised industry to sell herbs and other assorted crap used in "rituals" borrowed from internet videos.What about muh paganismism?
Discordians. I knew someone who legally changed her name to Eris.
Anyone who takes "chaos magic" seriously.
Dead religions that are "revived on either a local or individual" basis are awful, You always find these "goth shops" in the more "spiritual" parts of the UK like Glastonbury and Cornwall which has cheap edgy T-shirts with skellies and wolves, pewter figures with crystals attached and they always have some consumerist wiccan stuff as well, often targeted at middle aged women or teens. Paganism is literally just another commercialised industry to sell herbs and other assorted crap used in "rituals" borrowed from internet videos.
On the upside they do sell swords which are some of the few retailers that sell anything more aggressive than a fishing rod in this country.
As an ex fedorafag, I used to talk a lot of good shit about Baha'i being the best religion, etc., etc. Then I realized it's a human construct like everything else and learned to accept its faults as well as its strengths. Off topic for saying I'm very surprised they're not on the ballot.
I was going to bring up Church of the Subgenius. I knew a guy in high school that would spreg about it when every religion was brought up. He always had a smug look on his face when he talked about it. He was kind of a proto neckbeard.The invisible pink unicorn is actually pretty funny unlike the flying spaghetti monster which is just embarrassing. I've always found the church of the subgenius kind of amusing too.
What is this "mindfulness" thing I keep hearing about from American Buddhists anyway? Is it part of Eastern Buddhism?Western fuckwads, especially Hollywood types, who practice Buddhism know absolutely nothing about it.
What is this "mindfulness" thing I keep hearing about from American Buddhists anyway? Is it part of Eastern Buddhism?
The Mahayana sect I like the sound of best is Pure Land. Like you said, all one has to do is sincerely recite the Nianfo / Nenbutsu / etc (and not do certain really bad things), and one is assured Nirvana after death, courtesy of the Buddha Amida.Zen Buddhism
I went with the "Jesus Was a Socialist" choice, and it isn't always "I haven't read the Bible" but sometimes they claim to, usually taking verses out of context (which makes it immediately obvious that they really don't). If they really wanted to larp as skeptics, they can take the position that the Apostle Paul distorted much of what Jesus had said and done, and claim that Christianity is illegitimate because of that, but that would require actual theology.
Wouldn't surprise me if they took it from the Discordians, tbh. There timing is right. Eris was a minor ancient Greek goddess.Wait, like Grim Adventures Eris?
Wouldn't surprise me if they took it from the Discordians, tbh. There timing is right. Eris was a minor ancient Greek goddess.
The book you're thinking of is Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It's not as ridiculous as it probably sounds if you enjoy reading about philosophy.The Mahayana sect I like the sound of best is Pure Land. Like you said, all one has to do is sincerely recite the Nianfo / Nenbutsu / etc (and not do certain really bad things), and one is assured Nirvana after death, courtesy of the Buddha Amida.
But anyway like you said, in the West it's this "euphoric" New Age thing. I remember seeing this book in the "New Age" section at a Barnes & Noble which related Buddhism to motorcycle repair or something like that. Along with other stuff that seemed to appeal to the mentality @Ped Xing made this thread about.
Also I heard that something Western Buddhists often miss is the "community aspect" present among Asian believers.