October 1, 2022

Wiccans

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I met an honest Wiccan once. Grew to be really good friends with her. She pushed the whole “it is real” crap on you. Ended up sharing a house with her for a few years. Didn’t care what she really thought, as any respectful human should. She showed same disinterest in my thoughts. This is how meaningful relationships are forged. To each his own. Just relate as people, not beliefs. Got really tanked one night and I was rude.

“Do you really believe that crap?”

“Haha nope”

“Then why?”

“I just feel good doing it. Goblets of wine, full moon and fantasy.”

I understood. I will never begrudge her.

I begrudge the idiots that are not like her.

 

April 26, 2013

Parrhesia, Typhos, Atyphia

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diogenes1

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Several months ago on the slymepit – in a rare lull between rape jokes, posting pornographic photoshops of Ophelia Benson and plotting patriarchal domination of atheism – Rocko2466 presented an uncharacteristically serious question:

Hey slymepitters

I gots a question. If you had to write a book your kid for when s/he’s say 20 – 25, what topics would you include?

Atheism and ethics are two obvious ones, but any ideas (even if they’re within those two broad categories) would be appreciated.

This got me thinking. I would not to seek to impart knowledge per se – that would be tedious and not really special. Knowledge is what any kid with curiosity and motivation will find for themselves. I would instead try to seed habits to cultivate – method and attitude for intellectual integrity; a framework to train yourself to apply to all information you may transmit to others and, more importantly, to apply to all information you apprehend. To instill a mindset that tries to avoid the pitfalls of deception of the self and dishonest manipulation of others. My response to Rocko is reproduced below, with minor corrections. (more…)