PBS Spacetime's approach was a pair of videos titled "Why String Theory is True" and "Why String Theory is False" and between them that pretty much put it to bed for me. cool math, cool worldbuilding, call me when they make a testable prediction. until then it goes on the scrap pile with aether and phlogiston.
i say do watch the ones about string theory and mond so you can see why/how they're wrong
"rationalism" is the choice religion of 87 IQ brainlets who think they're geniuses for being able to read Voltaire.
my favorite is the tiny area in mississippi/alabama that says "the devil's beating his wife" when there's a sunshower.
nope. that number isn't "atheists" it's "atheist, agnostic, or 'nothing in particular'". this includes a lot of people who believe in the supernatural or paranormal but simply don't practice a formal institutionalized religion. probably even a number of christians who don't identify as being religious because they don't practice piety (going to church, etc).
it's also interesting to note that according to the article, the atheist/agnostic segment is chiefly comprised white people, and that "nones" overall tend to be men. atheism seems to be a white guy thing, and i think it's worth considering why.
i think a lot of this is people joining the "New Age"/"New Thought" cult and deciding it's not "religion" because it's not formally centralized.
"I'm not religious, I'm spiritual" they crow as they preach dogma and employ cult tactics.
religion ain't going away folks, it's simply changing its face.
edit to add: atheist and agnostics are a minority of "nones". https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/01/24/religious-nones-in-america-who-they-are-and-what-they-believe/
that's an american restaurant thing, not a chinese thing. indian food places do it too, they add a fuckton of sugar so it will taste good to the american palate since we're accustomed to having ungodly amounts of sugar in everything.
no, but feel free to re-upload and re-distribute copies however you see fit
ITT a bunch of weird pedantic nerds that hate language and don't read enough books.
i'll go ahead and confirm for you that for you: yes, it intentionally resembles the anarchy symbol as well as several other things. the formation of hierarchical cults with "canon" practices and central authority would be antithetical to the purpose and goal of empowering the downtrodden.
What is this picture?
This is a painting I made of the Sigil of Prith.
Huh? What is this about?
Prith, the gay demon, is a chaos magick egregore conceived of and created by a small group of likeminded queer magicians several years back when that "PRIDEMONTH -> DEMON" meme went around. I strongly feel it is time to make it public.
Wait is this some weird woo-woo nonsense?
Yes, and I am 100% serious about it. I'm not here to debate or evangelize.
Why are you posting this here?
Because every occult/witchcraft space on Lemmy is dead as a doornail and I want this to have exposure. The fascists are way ahead of us for mass coordination and activity on occult fronts and it's high time there was a response beyond just #bindTrump.
Okay I'm interested, what's it do?
Prith is intended as a general "protector spirit" type entity by and for the queer community at large, with three aspects relating to Protection of the community from hostile forces, Arbitration within the community to promote cooperation, and Restitution to make whole those who are wronged.
What do I do with it?
Apply whatever your existing practices around working with spirits, Prith accepts all and does not discriminate.
Where can I learn more?
I have made our original internal writeup from 2022 about the egregore available here in PDF format.
The document is incomplete!
Correct. This ain't no medieval grimoire demon, this is straight from the experimental frontier of postmodern occultism. Be creative and do it your way!
You're a crazy person, you should be organizing with your community and organizing protests and such instead.
There is zero reason to not do both, an important component of most any magick is taking action in the physical world. This is a supplement to and not a replacement for real-world activism.
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try vscode they said, it's the best code editor ever they said... what kind of warped sadist puts fucking spell check...
"youre not supposed to know that yet" then why in fucks name did you ask lady?