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>When I’m around spiritual/hippie people, alot of them act like children, unadjusted for the demands of modern society, and I step back and think “why do I care

by dTal 5y ago

>When I’m around spiritual/hippie people, alot of them act like children, unadjusted for the demands of modern society, and I step back and think “why do I care?”. One good reason to care is that adult children are an active liability in a functioning society: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/22/leftwingers-far-right-conspiracy-theories-anti-vaxxers-power https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/22/leftwi... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55957298 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55957298 https://julesevans.medium.com/make-love-not-vaccines-why-are-new-age-hippies-so-anti-vax-7eef1d4e083d https://julesevans.medium.com/make-love-not-vaccines-why-are... From the last link: "There is some evidence that people who have experienced childhood trauma are more likely to identify as ‘spiritual but not religious’. There’s also some evidence that people who have experienced trauma are likely to turn to spiritual practices and worldviews as a way of coping and recovering. That’s a good thing — but it makes some spiritual people prone to a spiky libertarianism if they feel judged, shamed or told what to do. In a triggered state, they divide people into Us versus Them, Light versus Darkness... Myths are useful sometimes, but if you always see the complexity of modern life through a Lord-of-the-Rings lens, you might not be much help to your culture."

vmception 5y ago
I noticed that too, so many damaged/healing people in those “spiritual” communities, but I was refraining from the conclusion because I had begun to wonder if they were just more comfortable admitting it Between noticing that and noticing that all the universe and energy talk is a proxy to shove Christianity down their throats, I find it strange and wonder if it is deliberate. Like many of the most obvious practioners will begin with being distinct from organized religion, offering a belief systems with no deity and the connectness of nature, but then get their followers with Christianity later. Clever, contrived. Edit: from your third article > “The other religious group that scores high in science-scepticism and anti-vaccine sentiment is white evangelicals.” Okay there it is, thats because its the same people.

by dTal 5y ago

vmception 5y ago

I noticed that too, so many damaged/healing people in those “spiritual” communities, but I was refraining from the conclusion because I had begun to wonder if they were just more comfortable admitting it Between noticing that and noticing that all the universe and energy talk is a proxy to shove Christianity down their throats, I find it strange and wonder if it is deliberate. Like many of the most obvious practioners will begin with being distinct from organized religion, offering a belief systems with no deity and the connectness of nature, but then get their followers with Christianity later. Clever, contrived. Edit: from your third article > “The other religious group that scores high in science-scepticism and anti-vaccine sentiment is white evangelicals.” Okay there it is, thats because its the same people.