Free Will Infringement, what is it?

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True although I would caveat that individuals whom have gone to the lengths to consciously deceive, have created and maintained such an organization, as well as developing such 'rituals' or demands they are well aware could result in the death of another person, are, in my opinion, definitely pushing some degree of adeptness in consciousness of the rather self-serving variety. Adepts aren't usually people in robes performing rituals under the moonlight (or midday sun for those sunny folk), they are people who have developed enough awareness of how to use their choices to the benefit or detriment of others that they are not acting 'unconsciously'.

That is VERY generous of you, I would say.  Someone else might chalk it up to stupid people doing stupid things.  But who's to say.....I suppose?

    

I actually have a certain dislike for calling people 'stupid' or 'idiot' or any other sort of attack upon intelligence, because it first of all is fallacious in light of the philosophy of evolution of consciousness to my eyes, and also because these phrases are both lazy and insulting. It is an essentially meaningless expression that can be interpreted in no way but a sense of superiority.

Second, those types of words and phrases have been used towards other humans especially to batter women, people with disabilities, neuro-atypical individuals, transgendered, different sexuality, etc, etc, etc and otherwise outcasts.

So, maybe I'm being generous, or maybe I just see them as human and not a reduction to abstraction. Who's to say?