Comments by "CynicalBroadcast" (@CynicalBastard) on "The Occult: Video 60: Occult Literature and Misconceptions/ Occult Books Blog" video.
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it doesn't piss me off, so much as it does make me respond. religion is just an old-school form of philosophy. people always thought. they had to. they didn't just do things for no reason...from cave paintings to just about any other relationship between them and the All. but in a sense, i see what you're getting at, it's sort of a form of abuse, but...not in the sense that it's damaging to the practice, but that it's influential to a lot of stupid people. lol. stupid people whom are proud and idiotic. wipe away that, and you've got a legitimate practice of spiritualism philosophy, that's just simply different. though, to your point, however, i do think these religions can be abusive to people. which is a problem. mythology is deeper than simply marking scientific knowledge, it's about the human condition...i wish people still had an appreciation for that. and dance...just look at it now...vomit worthy, in most circles, more mainstream circles. and worship...well, particular worship is very critical of people, within circles outside of the mainstream religions...this goes back to my idea that religions do, indeed, end up causing people to abuse people; with their stringent rules. i mean, don't take drugs...? fuck that shit. wine, and mushrooms and plants...they are the shit. i can't believe we still live in a world where most of these things are either illegal, or just abused...ok, so that does piss me off. =P so i guess you're right, in that regard, i think. well...religion still can't fight human nature. just look at...just look at the world. look at food for example...one of the biggest things in culture and for enjoyment, and of necessity, and religion never took that away; not all Earthly pleasures are reliant on the old-ways, the occult...the gyres are always turning. people are always learning. i'm sure "pagan" elements within the cultures of the world are growing in popularity, exponentially, with the advent of the internet...these things cannot be killed, simply because they've been incorporated into the major religions. secularism...is inherently an even bigger danger to this elements, though, is it a bad thing, overall? no, of course not. we need to retain some sense of what is magical for our minds to complete the thought-process, i truly believe...i think that logic, for example, will never actually fill the holes...as it were...nor will God. it's all music to my ears. the antithetical feeds the thetical.
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