RE: Could it be said that "Activism" is a religion?
February 3, 2012 at 11:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2012 at 11:28 pm by KichigaiNeko.)
While I have not read (in any depth) the details of the above groups, the news articles relating to the violence associated with these groups "getting their voices heard" and making sure everyone who does not follow them guilty, seems to me to be more religious in nature/ modus operandi. I often wonder if these people have lives, or even understand that there is life, outside their "pet activist project" a bit like religion really in my opinion.
I am of the position that I live my life with my own set of morality, lifestyle, world view, and belief (or lack there of) systems and have no desire to rule, coerce, bully, blackmail, impoverish, disempower or blow up anyone who does not share my understanding of living a good life. I have found something that works for me and I am not about to go on a fucking crusade/ jihad/ evangelistic spree about it. If you like what I do..then that's great; if not then that is great too. I really don't care and am not so insecure that I need 'Safety in Numbers'
I am of the position that I live my life with my own set of morality, lifestyle, world view, and belief (or lack there of) systems and have no desire to rule, coerce, bully, blackmail, impoverish, disempower or blow up anyone who does not share my understanding of living a good life. I have found something that works for me and I am not about to go on a fucking crusade/ jihad/ evangelistic spree about it. If you like what I do..then that's great; if not then that is great too. I really don't care and am not so insecure that I need 'Safety in Numbers'
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5