On Switch , I Just finished Vampyr , and a Salt and Sanctuary replay. Got about an hour to go on RE 2 Remake for PS4. Gonna do a replay of the Ezio trilogy on Xbox 360 after I do my annual Xenogears replay .
Switch and last gen games are all I buy , since Sony and Microsoft decide to inmolate themselves upon the pyres of wokeness. The silver lining about SJWs invading entertainment? We don’t need them anymore . First , there are more classic books , movies , comics , and games than a man could consume in a single lifetime. Second , I don’t need fiction to give me existential meaning and craft an identity from imaginary people and events. It’s a minor stress reliever but lifting , my main hobby since high school , takes care of most of that . I love gaming , I love books , but if I never consumed another piece of fiction again, my life would not be remotely impacted to any significant degree. Remember friends , you don’t need these people and they will realize when they are homeless and unemployed , that they actually did need us.
https://fore.yale.edu/World-Religions/Bahai-Faith
http://www.religionfacts.com/bahai
These two sites will give you the basics of their beliefs but if you want to go on a deep dive , I have a few books I can recommend . Online and easily accessible resources for Bahá’í aren’t overly abundant . Mostly , I think anyway, due to their size but those will be a start . Let me know if you’re at all interested in a book list and I’ll also see if I can find some free online copies . FYI : books on Bahá’í fall into scathing criticism by author with axe to grind or love letter obviously penned by a devout adherent. So expect bias .
Personally , I lob them into the same category as Mormons: your prophet was most likely full of shit , and some of your beliefs are completely separated from reality , but most of you are alright .
They don’t . They’re kind of weird (by religious standards ) but are fairly harmless. Nothing in doctrine about subjugating females, Child brides , or blowing yourself up to honor God. If anything , they’ve historically drank too deep of the pacifist koolaid . So when they started to get big , guess which religion had a century long field day shunning, persecuting , and killing them ? Hint: Screechy progressives insist it’s peaceful !
Mainly it’s just the theology that seems odd. Basically they think every prophet and messiah of all the major religions were the real deal. God sent messengers with a message meant for each specific region at the time they needed to hear it . As someone who studies and teaches about religions , there is no way to hold this world view without some serious mental gymnastics. Mostly because there are two religions that do not and can not jive with this oneness of God universalist worldview , and whose texts explicitly make such a thing an impossibility . Talmudic Judaism and Islam. Christianity and the other religions may not really be theologically compatible but most of those other faiths & denominations , have some form of “Don’t screw with us , we will leave you alone,” that makes the Baha’i universalist Kumbaya worldview have at least some ground to stand on
Other than that , standard Prophet brings final message mostly about clean living and not being a douche . There’s some weird shit in their dogma about the universe being made of ether and some esoteric mystical bullshit, but nothing that leads to crazy behavior. May get preachy if anyone drinks or does anything harder than caffeine ( they’re big on keeping the mind clear ) but the family member should be fine .
*wanted to add : they also reject notions of race and national identity. So expect some self righteous diatribe about the oneness of mankind and how nationalism just divides us more , but I’ve never heard of one advocating violence against dissenters or shunning nonbelievers for disagreeing. So if the family member was at all liberal , they may turn insufferable . Nothing gives people that repulsive air of self righteousness, like thinking God wills whatever the fuck you’re advocating for .
Yeah, I’m fine with states legalizing marijuana, but making it a race issue is bullshit. Even if it wasn’t bullshit, most of us are incredulous about every single claim the liberal media makes.
Ya know , if Orange Man did nothing else for this nation , it was getting our media to rip the mask off instead of just playing the long game like they used to. More people than ever before , know that the universities and organizations who put this stuff together , are propagandists trying to indoctrinate people. I’m optimistic this could help slowly wake up people before it’s too late. I mean too late to do anything. There’s still a few paths out of this, it’s just that none of the remaining options are pleasant. A 1/1000th chance is better than no chance , and I will always appreciate the President for giving the country one last gasp of air before we begin the last dive . Either make it to the surface or drown in the waters , but the former option only exists thanks to a crotchety billionaire who had the balls to call these morlocks what they really are, an enemy of the people .
Funny enough , President Trump in 4 years , robbed them of so many of their main weapons in the information eat . The late 90s to early 00s explosion of propaganda videos masquerading as documentaries did a lot to move young people to the left , even if it was just one issue per voter. I always knew media was corrupt but never knew that damn near every last one of them for the last 40 years , were peddling bullshit. More people know this fact , than ever before . That is a win. I am one of these people and there are many more . I personally admit to having Gell-Mann Amnesia during my youth. Being a proponent of the 2nd Amendment and against abortion , I would see things on these subjects and immediately know it was cherry picked bullshit. I would then turn around and take documentaries on Iraq , prisons , immigration, and drugs as incontrovertibly true. Not that these things aren’t without issues but this is the thing , we’ve entered “Boy who cried wolf” territory where now I don’t believe a single fucking word a leftist says about anything.
Granted , it’s a bit of a double edged sword , since a corrupt conservative now has an effective shield against reports of anything scandalous . The left killed journalism and long term , that could screw the nation. A journalist is supposed to deliver the facts , so an informed populace can make the right call on an issue. let’s say there was a conservative or libertarian who actually was a scumbag , would you believe the press if they published evidence of their crimes ? I personally wouldn’t . Next time an Evangelical NeoCon like Bush gets in the Whitehouse and launches a bullshit crusade ( I have no problem with military action , but fuck going after secularist dictators in the region like Saddam or Assad , it’s mostly the Saudis and Pakis funding fanatics more than anyone) it’ll be the media’s fault. But I’d rather that scenario occur , than join this death cult amalgamation of Communism, Satanic hedonism, and tribalism.