On Fallen Angels

[Thomas]

That's an observation, not only from me but from every sane person on earth, particularly those in science and medicine.

The problem for you here is twofold:
1: Your claim 'That's an observation, not only from me but from every sane person on earth' is clearly hyperbole and easily dismissed.
2: Your own claims would be similarly dismissed as dubious if not delusional nonsense ... in fact science and medicine has a lot of material to demonstrate that as the more likely case.

'Hoist on your own petard' is the saying apposite here, or 'people in glass houses', or 'pots and kettles'

 

[Thomas]

I tend to think generally that the LHP would be better served by not trying to repurpose RHP imagery to serve its own ends, rather than a derivative reading that we both know grew out of populist misunderstandings and the somewhat fervid imaginings of the Middle Ages.

Overall, I reckon the RHP / LHP is an exaggerated and artificial construct ...

 

[Alif Balaam Yashin]

The problem for you here is twofold:
1: Your claim 'That's an observation, not only from me but from every sane person on earth' is clearly hyperbole and easily dismissed.
2: Your own claims would be similarly dismissed as dubious if not delusional nonsense ... in fact science and medicine has a lot of material to demonstrate that as the more likely case.

'Hoist on your own petard' is the saying apposite here, or 'people in glass houses', or 'pots and kettles'

1) Correct, it is opinion
2) Please supply these "counter" Claims . . . I am not aware of such nonsense
Hypocrisy is just an unowned shadow. Better to own it, wield it, and accept the consequences.
Because from a Western Left-Hand Path perspective, hypocrisy isn’t a moral failing to be “shamed out of,” it’s a signal that part of your psyche, your shadow, is acting without conscious ownership.

 

[Thomas]

1) Correct, it is opinion

Yes.

2) Please supply these "counter" Claims . . . I am not aware of such nonsense

Claims countering what, I'm not sure whether you mean my point 1 or point 2.

Hypocrisy is just an unowned shadow. Better to own it, wield it, and accept the consequences.

The meaning of the term is one who pretends to be what they are not.

Variously – the failure to follow one's own values principles; the claim to knowledge that one lacks; claims one cannot sustain; claims to a loyalty one does not possess; claims to an identity one does not hold.

If you want to own that – go for it!

I would have though the better path is simply to be who one is, rather than pretend to be something one is not.

 

[Alif Balaam Yashin]

Yes.


Claims countering what, I'm not sure whether you mean my point 1 or point 2.


The meaning of the term is one who pretends to be what they are not.

Variously – the failure to follow one's own values principles; the claim to knowledge that one lacks; claims one cannot sustain; claims to a loyalty one does not possess; claims to an identity one does not hold.

If you want to own that – go for it!

I would have though the better path is simply to be who one is, rather than pretend to be something one is not.

All this blather over the fact that no one has ever floated up to the ceiling while being possessed by a make-believe demon? Truly, you have too much time on your hands.

 

[TheLightWithin]

All this blather over the fact that no one has ever floated up to the ceiling while being possessed by a make-believe demon? Truly, you have too much time on your hands.

Wait, what?