No it’s not! But only if it’s interpreted as a metaphor. Then it:
Yes, you can say that we might as well call that philosophy.
And I’ll frankly agree on it. I guess a religion is (and maybe shouldn’t be anymore but) a philosophy reinforced by rituals.
(Seemingly I’m in a religious mode today. BUT! I’d like my hug the day I get the Titan implanted pls =)
And if someone takes ‘The Books’ by the word they’ll end up like:
Hmmmm… I tend to agree with Rosco here again - most religions I know claim that they have answers, while science rather tries to ask the right questions and is open to the option of not knowing everything. Religion is there to explain (currently) unexplainable things, like how everything came to live, what’s beyond death or before birth; and if people are satisfied by religion’s explanations, they have no intentions to search on… which actually hinders science.
Or religion is used to establish moral standards, which can be dangerous as well, considering how old and therefore usually conservative most religions are - this topic should be left to philosophy / ethics and not religion.
I’m totally okay with rituals, they help to structure every day life, and private faith and such are great for lots of people (everything’s okay as long as everyone involved is happy with it), but religion as an institution tends to do more damage than help, in my opinion.
Most of the time I speak with a priest or a representative of a church I have AWESOME conversations where we agree that it’s a guideline that is spread by the tradition. Once the manuscripts of the library are burnt to ash you will not remember the quadratic formula, but the silly story about the guy who turned wine into pee will be passed on.
BTW we all explain very-very similar things, but have different experiences.
I’d phrase: Religion meant to give you answers to everything.
Also a religion is expected to be able to give guidence in every situation.
Same with politics. So they somewhat similar to law.
Hi Jackie. Every time a user posts a question about how to detect an implant that has been put inside of them without their consent, they’re told the same thing: although there are ways to detect a chip in your body, you certainly haven’t been actually subjected to this in reality, and this is unfortunately the consequence of paranoia and delusions… the best thing for you to do would be to get psychiatric help, you need to talk to a doctor or to a trusted family member.
There is no real reason that people need to be implanted with chips. There isn’t any kind of logic that would lead to a person being implanted against their will. Chips can’t access your bank accounts, and they can’t be tracked like GPS.
But in all seriousness 4nti is right, talk to someone you trust, or maybe go to another doctor who isn’t the one you are believing microchipped you and explain your situation.
My local bike shop owner has clothing like that, with metallic fibers woven in (including a beanie I think). He’s a German who emigrated to Finland to escape the “dreadful electromagnetic pollution” in his native München, because he’s convinced it gives him splitting headaches. I go can ask him where he buys them if you want.
Amusingly, his cycle shop is within spitting distance of a cellphone tower - something he seems oblivious to, so I didn’t mention it since he seems happy and healthy working there. No point in getting him thinking anymore than he needs to, else he might well sell the workshop and move even further up north
I live in a condo tower and every year in our annual general meetings there is a gentleman who submits a motion pleading everyone to turn their wifi off when they aren’t using it. He claims that he can hear it and it keeps him up at night hearing our music and movies and stuff we’re sending over it.
Okay. I’m due to go get a couple tires I have on order from him in a few days. I’ll ask him then. It’ll be faster than emailing him, as he only touches his computer every week
The internet and cellphones are not everywhere here. They’re everywhere where there are people, but they’re not where there aren’t - and Finland is a big country with not that many people When I go hunting in Lapland, I don’t have to go very far to drop out of cellphone coverage, which is a concern from a security standpoint.