Ahahaha, that link sounds like the same things I was hearing (but without the emphasis on the internet) oh, uhm... well, it was a lot of years ago! (I only tonight realized HOW MANY. Bloody hell.) My reaction apparently hasn't changed in all that time, either: maybe instead of worrying about how many people they can reach, they might want to give some thought to whether they have a message anyone cares to hear. If not, then they're doomed, and I could care less what happens to them.
Frankly, the whole "goddess" thing bugged me, because it was just a substitution drill -- and the lord/lady thing bugged me, because it was just more of the left/right, up/down, good/bad platonic dualistic crap. Without realizing it, I was already sidestepping into more of a Zen perspective, probably greatly influenced by my studies in existentialism. The result is that I've never had any patience with essentialism.
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Date: 7 Mar 2011 05:47 am (UTC)Frankly, the whole "goddess" thing bugged me, because it was just a substitution drill -- and the lord/lady thing bugged me, because it was just more of the left/right, up/down, good/bad platonic dualistic crap. Without realizing it, I was already sidestepping into more of a Zen perspective, probably greatly influenced by my studies in existentialism. The result is that I've never had any patience with essentialism.