tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8684998550981031657.post4558081552532713158..comments2023-05-25T10:36:44.342-05:00Comments on Lindsey in Lawrence: Side-Tracking 101Lindsey in Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16220858560908806487noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8684998550981031657.post-24482999200852694752007-09-13T13:45:00.000-05:002007-09-13T13:45:00.000-05:00I'm not sure that it matters much to me whether pe...I'm not sure that it matters much to me whether people "come and go" from the online community that I'm just beginning to sense. In fact, I kind of like the fluidity and the virtuality of it. There's mystery here, too. I never felt comfortable with the monolithic strutures that religions tend to promote--whether literal ("churches") or figurative (dogmas.) My two cents... (Ny the way, I note that my "word verification" code, below, is "gdadgd"--suggestive, no?Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8684998550981031657.post-8441572642532109582007-09-13T11:56:00.000-05:002007-09-13T11:56:00.000-05:00Mark- I think you might have a pre-conceived notio...Mark- I think you might have a pre-conceived notion of what is "sacred". The only real requirement for something to be sacred (in Durkheim's view) is that it is agreed upon by being sacred or set apart and protected by the group. <BR/><BR/>Within groups, even fetish groups, I'm sure one could identify ideas or images or objects that are "sacred" for those group members, as opposed to the "profane" which are the mundane things of everyday life. <BR/><BR/>Just a thought.lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044417896921800172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8684998550981031657.post-28874349355938349312007-09-13T10:54:00.000-05:002007-09-13T10:54:00.000-05:00I think Durkheim's criteria is being applied a lit...I think Durkheim's criteria is being applied a little liberally for some of this stuff. There are a couple of catches in his definition that make it a little tighter than just text messages and Furries. First, he says it has to apply to something "sacred things...things set apart and forbidden." I think that cuts out most of the secular stuff on the discussion table at the moment. <BR/><BR/>The next thing that makes me question lumping things into the category of "religion" is Durkheim's notion that a religion is a "unified system of beliefs and practices." I think perhaps my notion of "beliefs" is kinda narrow, but pairing the idea that you have to have some form of beliefs and that they have to be unified within that tradition, it would seem to cut out any forms of Furries and the like into the category.<BR/><BR/>I still hold personally that some form of transcendence has to be in place for a religion to be fully there. Whether it be heaven, reincarnation, or simply working to perfect the community, something bigger than yourself and getting off on a woman in a bunny suite seems to be present in all religions. Just some food for thought! :)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072259264111848667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8684998550981031657.post-58887707838196074212007-09-13T10:28:00.000-05:002007-09-13T10:28:00.000-05:00Hmm... gts count?Actually, my aunt is some sort of...Hmm... gts count?<BR/><BR/>Actually, my aunt is some sort of "deacon" at a Secular Humanist "church" (I'm sure they use less religiously inclined terminology), and although the third rule of Secular Humanism (after the first two rules: do not talk about secular humanism) is that it is most definitely not a religion.<BR/><BR/>But it sounds to me like Durkheim would have disagreed.gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723323234192457442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8684998550981031657.post-57652299733710625472007-09-13T08:05:00.000-05:002007-09-13T08:05:00.000-05:00So, who was that? because I don't remember her.The...So, who was that? because I don't remember her.<BR/><BR/>There was an episode of CSI about furries. But we all know I'm definitely on the phobic side of the furry spectrum.<BR/><BR/>There's this costume called "Happy Bear" that the girls at work use to teach kids about welcome and unwelcome touch and proper names for body parts. And the new joke is to leave the head lying around for me to stumble upon so they can hear me scream in terror. Yeah. So fun.<BR/><BR/>17 days until we're another year older!Kat Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17598776250585016729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8684998550981031657.post-59705509542869052402007-09-12T22:53:00.000-05:002007-09-12T22:53:00.000-05:00In today's world of email, AIM, text messaging and...In today's world of email, AIM, text messaging and the like, people are becoming more and more detached from each other. These online communities are just another example of this. Its far easier, and far more acceptable to communicate over a distance than it is face to face. In the case of the Furries...far more annonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com