Ad_hominem is basically a personal attack on someone because you don't like what they are saying, attacking the man, not the message....
Adversus_Haeresis is a book that mentions "Polycarp", a man whose advice was used to kill hundreds of Gnostics, and coincidentally he was burned and stabbed on the same day (Feb. 23) that I was scheduled to go to court for "judgement" here in B.C., I was scheduled almost immediately after moving the bible from the stand where I gave testimony in my defense.
They say Justice is blind, but I want to puke...
I thought it was my right not to have a religious tract before me.
I remember thinking in court how strange it was, each time I removed the bible, the stern look I recieved, and how immediately after my 3 time up the Justice whisked away and came back so evidently pleased with herself. I resolved to see what was so important about that day, and went straight to a library. It's not a coincidence, it's a message to all Heretics. Shut up and follow, or you'll be next. On the day my judgement was read (it changed to feb 25 the day that Polycarp actually died by stabbing) the justice was in a hurry, to run off to a holiday...
I don't even have a statement of the verdict, I have to pay for that (which is disgusting, it should be my right), and I couldn't really hear most of what she said because two officers in the court were playing with their walkie talkies throughout the judgement.
I couldn't make this twisted shit up if I tried...
Gnosis has always been considered heresy.
Euhemerus is an important lens on mythology.
Self_actualization is the goal of most sentients...
Laing argued that the strange behavior and seemingly confused speech of people undergoing a psychotic episode were ultimately understandable as an attempt to communicate worries and concerns, often in situations where this was not possible or not permitted. Laing stressed the role of society, and particularly the family, in the development of "madness" (his term). He argued that individuals can often be put in impossible situations, where they are unable to conform to the conflicting expectations of their peers, leading to a "lose-lose situation" and immense mental distress for the individuals concerned...
Perhaps I can make a cohesive spew from these randomized wanderings...
Vengeance is actually a very cathartic spiritual concept sometimes...
