Mutter, mutter...

[bladespark]

I've just been told, though not in so many words, that because some spiritualities are invalid, ALL spiritualities are invalid. By a guy who swears by "sciency methods." Obviously he doesn't swear by the actual scientific method, or he'd realize that he's violating it, along with the basic tenets of logic.

(This being the same guy that once told me he believed he was still correct about his personal theories on BDSM, even though he freely admitted that not only did he have NO personal experience with it at all, but that he also didn't even KNOW anybody who had, nor had he spoken with anybody who had before he spoke with me. And yet I was wrong and he was right.)

Idiot.

Doran - I probably won't be on draconic again for a very long time. I really can't stand this guy, and he is always there.

Comments

Experience...

[ladisassi247.livejournal.com]

"he freely admitted that not only did he have NO personal experience with it at all,"

Ohhhhh....we can arrange some of that for him. Honest we can.

[silveradept]

Mrrk. Must be a turtle of some sort, that your razor sharp incisors of logic and wit can't faxe him. And that while having no experience, he can still claim to be right... maybe he's a muppet instead. Fluff for brains could be just as likely an explanation.

[doran-eirok.livejournal.com]

*hugs gently* I'm sorry to hear that, my friend. I know how even one person being persistantly difficult can really mess up your ability to enjoy being somewhere. I'll miss you. Just don't be surprised if I keep bugging you over LJ and email. :)

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Some people are just liek that. point, laugh and mock.

And get him a nice domme to slap him up

[aurawolf.livejournal.com]

I can see why he doesn't know anyone who has experienced BDSM if he thinks all his theories are correct. I wouldn't want to know him either. x_x

[kaura-nighthawk.livejournal.com]

...I can't count that high. The number of glaring inconsistencies in his logic through your one-sentence summary of it alone, that is. Link? I am intellectually masochistic. =D

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

There is no link, it was an IRC conversation, and I don't generally log, so it is lost forever. So sad.

[pet-tiger.livejournal.com]

The morbid curiosity in me wants to know what his personal theories on BDSM were.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're great... Basically, he believes that once you've tried a fetish activity, ANY fetish activity, and enjoy it, you become "irredeemable" and will always have a need for that particular fetish.

[pet-tiger.livejournal.com]

... Sounds like someone doesn't want to admit his desires. ^^;
Also sounds like someone doesn't understand the basic nature of human beings as creature who crave novelty.

Also, it just struck me: Which spiritualities are invalid? Isn't spirituality a very personal thing and how can anyone other than the person say whether their spirituality is valid (at least to them)?

And I really hate the science vs. religion/spirituality/etc argument. There's no damn reason why a person cannot believe in both.

anyway, I ramble.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Well, as far as I could tell he was referring specifically to the Spirit Totem/Native American/Otherkin mish-mash you get with a lot of furries.

And yeah, I sense he's got some issues.

[pet-tiger.livejournal.com]

My thought on that would be "Just because it's not my spirituality doesn't mean it's invalid." I can see how having a sort of mish-mash could come off as not a "real" spirituality, but I can't say that it invalidates it, especially as I myself don't have a real set spirituality.
I mean, I have things I believe in and would like to believe that at their very basic, most all religions boil down to "be kind to one another" but I don't have a set religion or spirituality, really.

Of course this guy doesn't sound like a non-judgemental kind of guy who tries to keep an open mind. :p

And I am really rambling tonight. Sorry. ^^;

[asciiskull.livejournal.com]

"The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart." -Kurt Vonnegut