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It will be nice when the religious old generation with their ideology die off. The repressive outcomes restricting a better timeline from proceeding earlier is
by bellerose 7y ago
It will be nice when the religious old generation with their ideology die off. The repressive outcomes restricting a better timeline from proceeding earlier is so sad to witness. Speaking as an LGBT person who has witnessed suicide among peers and when this treatment likely could help the tolls of abuse in correlation to antiquated beliefs. Thanks to the dying god.
- tim333 7y agoI'm not sure there's much in religion about no psychedelics?
- RhodesianHunter 7y agoThere is strong overlap between religious affiliated politics and zero tolerance for many things.
- mrob 7y agoI've heard some Christians claim it counts as "witchcraft" (KJV translation of φαρμακεία (pharmakeia), which is specifically referring to drug use, and the origin of the English word "pharmacy"). Considering also the use of the word "entheogen" (meaning a substance that manifests a god within you) by some users of psychedelics, and historical pagan use of psychedelics, this seems reasonable.
- fsloth 7y agoSure there is. Churches would love to have a monopoly on providing religious experiences. Any profound experience not associated with church practice is a direct threat to church hegemony.
- jokowueu 7y agoThe good Friday experiment was done in a church . There is a nice follow up by Dr Rick doblin about that . Many religions use psychedelics so it's generally not something outside of it
- mistermann 7y agoDo you feel a sense of hypocrisy in your words?
- maxxxxx 7y ago"It will be nice when the religious old generation with their ideology die off. " the new generations are already hard at work building their own oppressive ideologies.
- shrimp_emoji 7y agoI assume you mean social justice. You must realize it's a false equivalence: oppression in the name of a more just society is much more worthwhile than oppression in the name of magical imaginary friends. For example, our society oppressing serial killers (for the mission statement of keeping people safe) is much more worthwhile than serial killers oppressing our society (for the mission statement of indulging urges, delusions, etc.) to any reasonable person. And, of course, I think you have to be very divorced from reality to think that social justice is, has been, or will be as oppressive a force as religion is, has been, or will be to begin with.
- collias 7y ago"oppression in the name of a more just society" Sounds an awful lot like the worst parts of the 20th century.
- TKWasRight 7y ago> oppression in the name of a more just society is much more worthwhile than oppression in the name of magical imaginary friends... The thought behind this statement has been used historically to do some pretty bad stuff that resulted in a lot of pain and suffering...be careful that you don't build up a power structure that "works" now when you and people who think like you are in power but can be used to utterly rob the people of their freedom and liberty...its very sad to see this happening again
- voldacar 7y agoThis sort of authoritarian thinking seems to be becoming more popular of late on HN
- dang 7y agoReligious flamewar is not welcome on Hacker News. Please do not post like this here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html