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Re: Discussion, distinctions between mysticism, spirituality, religion... [Re: solarshroomster] 2
#28604327 - 12/31/23 08:35 AM (27 days, 22 hours ago) |
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Am I understanding correctly: reading about direct experience isn't any good, that's spirituality. So to fix this, we should make a forum where we can only read about direct experience?
-------------------- Why shouldn't the truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. -- Mark Twain
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Re: Discussion, distinctions between mysticism, spirituality, religion... [Re: solarshroomster]
#28604501 - 12/31/23 11:11 AM (27 days, 19 hours ago) |
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Uh huh. Do you think the majority of posts here come from somewhere other than the posters experience?
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Re: Discussion, distinctions between mysticism, spirituality, religion... [Re: solarshroomster] 2
#28604526 - 12/31/23 11:45 AM (27 days, 19 hours ago) |
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what exactly is controversial about subcategorizing other than it's something new?
Moderation is often subjective in forums with the clearest of rules. And there is constant kick back about mods not being objective enough. Understandably as people are usually not trying to break rules, they are just being themselves. People see situations in unique ways and the moderator gets to have the judgement call. As a result a moderator is selected as possessing well suited judgement when representing a community. This way, when a judgement call is made, it doesn't destroy a community but strengthens it and reinforces the validity of its members.
Now in the case of segmenting based on experience... Just, yikes. A moderator declaring someone's experience as not mystical enough just smacks of a superiority complex IMHO.
For example your definition of spirituality as pop culture rings that way in my ears. The dismissal of tried and true practices. The broad undermining of the values of members of this forum. Etc.
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Re: Discussion, distinctions between mysticism, spirituality, religion... [Re: solarshroomster] 1
#28604770 - 12/31/23 03:47 PM (27 days, 15 hours ago) |
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There is a place for personal categorizations and no moderation:
User Created
These forums are created and managed by supporters from within the Shroomery community. Some forums may contain inaccurate, offensive, or objectionable content. Our staff does not regularly supervise or moderate user-created forums and we do not vouch for the information within. If you are looking for a more curated and predictable experience, you may wish to pursue our official forums instead.
As for the forum name, it goes back to 2005 when the two forums were one. I think it went for a vote in the moderator forum at that time, and the moderators at that time picked it. I think the existing combined forum nomenclature had a lot to do with the new forums name. Who knows? It predates my involvement. But the name mostly carried over from the combined forums name.
Posts about religion are fine to make here. As long as they are within the overarching forum rules.
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