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Comment on Plural-related idealism. by Athena of athenivanidx

Athena of athenivanidx — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:53:26 +0000

Hi Fenners……sup?

Yeah, a plural education something-or-other would be cool…….to tell singlets what it’s really like to be plural……

Our system is a 4 total member/3 active member group. We haven’t gotten around to writing a whole lot about plurality on our own blog, but we have something there most likely…….

Athena of athenivanidx

Comment on Typicalisation, or You Can Not Has Moar Then Oen Identity by Fenners

Fenners — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:05:20 +0000

Hi, Athena! We’ve actually seen you guys around, and it’s a pleasure to have you aboard. Your names are pretty awesome, too. :3

Dealing with the intersection of plurality, race and alternative gender identities can be a real pain, and sometimes we feel we could use a break from constantly being in ‘the teachers’ mode.

(Well, these days, we’re *usually* perceived as male. This post was written a year and a half ago, before we started hormones and everybody was getting it wrong.)

~Kerry

Comment on The faults of extrinsic moral teaching. by Athena of athenivanidx

Athena of athenivanidx — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:20:02 +0000

Christians, if they choose to, can also believe in morality for its own sake rather than just for the sake of pleasing God……..actually God prefers and demands that people do good for the sake of doing good, and He does not like us to boast about “doing good”……kindnesses should be done “in secret”, that is……if you do something for someone, don’t go tell it on the mountain…….

Jesus said………whosoever WILL, let him come……that means……follow Me if your heart is really in it. The same applies for morality…….that’s what I think anyway.

thoughts of Ivan of athenivanidx as written and also agreed to by Athena of athenivanidx

Comment on Typicalisation, or You Can Not Has Moar Then Oen Identity by Athena of athenivanidx

Athena of athenivanidx — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:11:58 +0000

Hiya…..

I got to your page from Ballastexistenz. I am a member of a plural system too……a foursome. I am female, two more of us are female, and one is male……one of us women is kinda retired and doesn’t have much at all to do with the outside world so sometimes we call ourselves a plural trifecta instead of a quartet……all of our names are Methane, Andrea the Integral, Athena Cosine Theta (that’s meeeeee!) and Ivan…..

we like math….wooooooo. We call Ivan “Ivan Dx Dy…..”

those are differential operators. Like in calculus. Or differential equations.

One or more of you has apparently joined Ivan’s group on “the real voices of autism”…..the plural group……..’

nice to read your blog………

I bet being plural is complicated enough to explain to anyone else that you do tell…….and then to deal with them saying the wrong name or gender pronoun or singular versus plural form of a word……then to top it off you all are under the labels “black” and “female”……….whoa……..what a doozy to deal with from others!

I happen to think black=beautiful/handsome.

We all are autistic too.

Meow from our kitty!

Athena of athenivanidx

Comment on The faults of extrinsic moral teaching. by Fenners

Fenners — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:39:25 +0000

I still believe that that form of morality is still based on the opinions of a supernatural being, rather than morality as a human value that should be adopted for its own sake, so my objection still stands. I do thank you for your comment, though, Seamus.

—Richard

Comment on The faults of extrinsic moral teaching. by HoA^Seamus

HoA^Seamus — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:01:22 +0000

I have to disagree with the objection to Christianity in its literalist forms, Richard. Consider this Catholic prayer (I’m not Catholic): O my God,
I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee,
and I detest all my sins
because I dread the loss of heaven
and the pains of hell,
but most of all because they offend Thee, my God,
Who are all good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace
to confess my sins, to do penance,
and to amend my life.

Hell is only a motivator if one believes in it. You can’t believe in a God who damns people if you don’t believe in God. If you don’t believe in a God who damns people, then, by necessity, a God who saves people doesn’t exist (what would he save people from?). If you don’t believe in a God who wants to save people, then you can’t appreciate the love which would save you, hence, no motivation to reciprocate that love.

The concept of justice (doing what is just) is inexorably linked with love. A child who is brought up to believe this understands that morality is the act of returning God’s love. And of course, why would you give a damn that stealing hurts somebody, unless you were raised to believe that you are loved?

Comment on YESSSSS by polly

polly — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:57:58 +0000

Hi - we chose this one to comment to anchor this comment in time for us (even though as usual we come to world events somewhat “late”).

There’s so much we want to thank you for, and we will return.

The standard of analysis here is fantastic and we love it.

It is exactly the medicine we needed today after a week of singliet acting.

Thank you so much.

Comment on Invalidation with a smile by Believelands

Believelands — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:56:35 +0000

[...] that people can act this way, and get away with it. I talked about this about five months ago in ‘Invalidation with a Smile’. It’s just ridiculous. How hard is it for these people to understand that others’ [...]

Comment on The conservatism of Internet ‘bastard culture’ by Fenners

Fenners — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:26:11 +0000

Thank you very much, Star! I’m pleased you enjoyed my essay.

—Richard

Comment on The conservatism of Internet ‘bastard culture’ by Thira^Star

Thira^Star — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:31:19 +0000

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading this well-expressed essay. That, and I agree.

~Star