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This is entirely the kind of discussion that they should avoid by keeping the blog about the tech. The choice to use religious language and topics just invites

This is entirely the kind of discussion that they should avoid by keeping the blog about the tech. The choice to use religious language and topics just invites all of this and takes away from the tech.

j45 3y ago
I can’t say whether it takes away from conversation or not. I Generally people can’t openly entertain a viewpoint that isn’t theirs as much as they’d like. This was started by someone else so you are welcome to speak to them. All I see is software developers wanting to create entire working worlds and universes :)
- reactordev 3y ago
  I see religion or “mass think” as a cult. No matter its source, doctrine, humble beginnings, or commercial perversion. Free thought, respect for all life, and a moral compass on the “Lawful Good” side. I can take metaphor when the content suggests it or if it adds a layer to the story. In this context, it’s completely out of place. I also respect your right to follow the group think. If you find comfort in turning off your brain, go for it. People do it in different ways. For me, riding a wave or skateboarding has a way of turning off my brain and rejuvenating my soul. I studied Catholicism, Buddhism, Judaism, Tao, I Ching, and many more. Today, in the name of religion, there’s a war going on: so to use this kind of rhetoric or metaphor for explaining your blazingly fast sql engine is just extremely poor taste. Yes, I will bash religions, all of them, until they stop waging war in the name of them.
  - j45 3y ago
    That’s ok that you see it that way. It’s not a metaphor I would use either. Saying you respect someone’s right to believe and then not carrying yourself respectfully towards people who don’t think like you, is kind of funny. The continued reaction to it by calling it a cult is also a bit extreme, and I’m not sure if you grew up around cult like belief. Riding that inner skateboard as you said is what life is about.m and whatever does that for someone without harming others, they should do. It seems like demonstrating a practice of respect is something that is eluding your expression at the moment. When we contemplate and reflect on what respect is, we can explore if it really is dismissing others who don’t agree with the way we see things by calling others ‘cult’ like, to avoid the risk of coming across as a bit deluded. HN by your definition is cult like and group thinking. If you come after some beliefs of others, indirectly dismissing them, its not respect, it’s actually the opposite, it’s feigned tolerance that easily can give rise to other forms of othering, bias towards others and a lot worse as we are seeing in the world. Most people are in pursuit of a personal truth, and a dominant world viewpoint that enables that. What it consists of can vary. Where you call others out to externally validate your own beliefs, it isn’t respectful. Bad activities of any group should be called out on the basis of them being bad. Things that are someone else’s personal practice that is no harm to you is up to them. This remains about being triggered and not wanting to see something a certain way. Group think is a human feature and is something everyone is a part of including you and I. Not all religions wage war, your anger is kind of misplaced. Respectfully, you haven’t studied as far and wise as you may think you have. Many tyrants have historically hijacked many things for political purposes and gain, including religion. History is wide open to soak up that knowledge. A “war” going on today isn’t religious, it’s about political power. And it’s awful that people can abstract away the humanity of others. I do hope you see a small version of that is abstracting someone and their beliefs away is kind of dehumanizing them. If I call you hopelessly lost in a cult, it’s easier to dissociate from you as a human being, and justify disdain, mistreatment and much more. Being divisive is not good for society.
reactordev 3y ago
This is exactly my point. Proved. Any other metaphor or synonym for what they do.

j45 3y ago

I can’t say whether it takes away from conversation or not. I Generally people can’t openly entertain a viewpoint that isn’t theirs as much as they’d like. This was started by someone else so you are welcome to speak to them. All I see is software developers wanting to create entire working worlds and universes :)

reactordev 3y ago
I see religion or “mass think” as a cult. No matter its source, doctrine, humble beginnings, or commercial perversion. Free thought, respect for all life, and a moral compass on the “Lawful Good” side. I can take metaphor when the content suggests it or if it adds a layer to the story. In this context, it’s completely out of place. I also respect your right to follow the group think. If you find comfort in turning off your brain, go for it. People do it in different ways. For me, riding a wave or skateboarding has a way of turning off my brain and rejuvenating my soul. I studied Catholicism, Buddhism, Judaism, Tao, I Ching, and many more. Today, in the name of religion, there’s a war going on: so to use this kind of rhetoric or metaphor for explaining your blazingly fast sql engine is just extremely poor taste. Yes, I will bash religions, all of them, until they stop waging war in the name of them.
- j45 3y ago
  That’s ok that you see it that way. It’s not a metaphor I would use either. Saying you respect someone’s right to believe and then not carrying yourself respectfully towards people who don’t think like you, is kind of funny. The continued reaction to it by calling it a cult is also a bit extreme, and I’m not sure if you grew up around cult like belief. Riding that inner skateboard as you said is what life is about.m and whatever does that for someone without harming others, they should do. It seems like demonstrating a practice of respect is something that is eluding your expression at the moment. When we contemplate and reflect on what respect is, we can explore if it really is dismissing others who don’t agree with the way we see things by calling others ‘cult’ like, to avoid the risk of coming across as a bit deluded. HN by your definition is cult like and group thinking. If you come after some beliefs of others, indirectly dismissing them, its not respect, it’s actually the opposite, it’s feigned tolerance that easily can give rise to other forms of othering, bias towards others and a lot worse as we are seeing in the world. Most people are in pursuit of a personal truth, and a dominant world viewpoint that enables that. What it consists of can vary. Where you call others out to externally validate your own beliefs, it isn’t respectful. Bad activities of any group should be called out on the basis of them being bad. Things that are someone else’s personal practice that is no harm to you is up to them. This remains about being triggered and not wanting to see something a certain way. Group think is a human feature and is something everyone is a part of including you and I. Not all religions wage war, your anger is kind of misplaced. Respectfully, you haven’t studied as far and wise as you may think you have. Many tyrants have historically hijacked many things for political purposes and gain, including religion. History is wide open to soak up that knowledge. A “war” going on today isn’t religious, it’s about political power. And it’s awful that people can abstract away the humanity of others. I do hope you see a small version of that is abstracting someone and their beliefs away is kind of dehumanizing them. If I call you hopelessly lost in a cult, it’s easier to dissociate from you as a human being, and justify disdain, mistreatment and much more. Being divisive is not good for society.

reactordev 3y ago

This is exactly my point. Proved. Any other metaphor or synonym for what they do.