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i_am_the_owl

Smile.

Apr 29, 2006 17:40

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Main:It's easy to get caught up in the individualism of life, suggesting a subjective morality, but true individualism only exists if you never interact with anyone else. Decisions made by the average individual directly affect the lives of dozens of others and indirectly affect possibly hundreds more. Thus you have society, and with that ( Read more... )

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___contradict April 30 2006, 03:54:09 UTC

I havnt smoked since 4/20.
Justth ought id let you know

i_am_the_owl April 30 2006, 03:56:02 UTC

Circumstantial?

scarletshadows April 30 2006, 09:45:26 UTC

yeah that baptist bitch is fucked up. def leading towards cult hood. she obviously either has read or misconstrues the other parts of the bible.

i_am_the_owl April 30 2006, 22:42:36 UTC

It's definitely a cult, but it's still a Christian cult. Remember the only difference between a cult and an ecclesia is the size of the congregation.

She backs up her interpretation with scripture. I guess that's what happens when you take something so complicated and self-contradictory and make it a basis for blind-faith.

scarletshadows May 1 2006, 06:37:43 UTC

she twists it all, and is also a hypocrite about alot of it. on their site especially

wifflebatgaijin April 30 2006, 23:23:10 UTC

I think this is a good time to inform all of Kyle's readers of my current platform ( ... )

anonymous May 2 2006, 23:42:44 UTC

individualism comes from differentiating yourself from other people and hence cannot be gained from being completely alone. ferality comes from not interacting with anyone else.

i_am_the_owl May 3 2006, 01:13:59 UTC

Odd as:

Individualism (n): Belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence.

anonymous May 11 2006, 01:46:53 UTC

But who dictates what is virtuous? Society. Of what sort is "personal independence"? Independence from society. Reliance on the self is a separate entity because it is opposed to the reliance on others; self-reliance is defined by what it is not-- a dependency on other people. Without other people there would be no concept of "self-reliance" because its binary opposition, which defines it, would not exist.

i_am_the_owl May 11 2006, 01:52:46 UTC

In this instance, "virtues" could just as easily be replaced with "traits" and it would make no difference.

Independence from society is a denial of its influence on you. The fact that you need society to define this denial changes nothing.

Really, you're just not making a point in the first place.