02-15-2015, 04:37 AM
A religion starts with its founder creating doctrine. This is to be followed in order for the thoughtform to gain in spiritual mass.
Let's look at Monica's sig again:
"Humans don't need meat. Eating meat causes unnecessary suffering of other-selves. Knowingly doing so is STS. "
"Humans don't need meat" is an absolute. It is an idea that we are presumably expected to believe, although the concept would be next to impossible to prove. Is the need refered to physical, spiritual, or both?
"Humans don't need cannabis." could be an alternative opener. Some folks believe this too and have dedicated time and money towards the cause.
"Eating meat causes unnecessary suffering of other selves." OK, who is the judge of necessity? Monica?
"Drug taking causes unnecessary suffering of other selves". Well this could be seen as 'true'. For example the theft, muggings, shootings that are drug related, not to mention the social fallout within families and communities.
"Knowingly doing so is STS." It is not defined here if the action of eating meat or just being a carnivore in general warrants the STS branding.
The danger here is that someone could take this literally.
That's how a religion takes hold as a meme.
Let's look at Monica's sig again:
"Humans don't need meat. Eating meat causes unnecessary suffering of other-selves. Knowingly doing so is STS. "
"Humans don't need meat" is an absolute. It is an idea that we are presumably expected to believe, although the concept would be next to impossible to prove. Is the need refered to physical, spiritual, or both?
"Humans don't need cannabis." could be an alternative opener. Some folks believe this too and have dedicated time and money towards the cause.
"Eating meat causes unnecessary suffering of other selves." OK, who is the judge of necessity? Monica?
"Drug taking causes unnecessary suffering of other selves". Well this could be seen as 'true'. For example the theft, muggings, shootings that are drug related, not to mention the social fallout within families and communities.
"Knowingly doing so is STS." It is not defined here if the action of eating meat or just being a carnivore in general warrants the STS branding.
The danger here is that someone could take this literally.
That's how a religion takes hold as a meme.