powder Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Hi everyone, just landed here. I discovered Stefan's work on anarchy, which I really like, and thought I would check in here to see if I can learn more and get to know some of the community. I don't have a belief system. after growing up catholic and rejecting that doctrine I spent most of my life studying and searching for answers to what I consider big questions of life. I just like that stuff. I don't feel the need to choose to believe anything that I cannot experience and verify through direct experience, ... don't like labels, 'anarchist', 'athiest' etc... they are too easily hijacked or used to judge and generalize. I like intelligent, rational discussions of relevant practices and thoughts that affect our lives. The ideas behind the stateless society (the belief in authority) have always been fascinating to me, perhaps because I am so independent minded, and I am looking forward to sharing and learning more about this stuff. It sure is a very foreign and uncomfortable paradigm shift for most people top contemplate - so many blank stares..., it seems we have been so thoroughly brainwashed over the centuries to accept without question the 'divine right to rule'. cheers! just noticed under my avatar, "1 post" and "0 warning points". huh, better go read the guidelines...
Wesley Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Welcome to the board! I would be curious to get more information on the transition from Catholicism to here, what influences you had, what your introduction was to Stef, etc. It can be helpful in making arguments to others coming from a similar background, as well as where you have come from and where you are now.
powder Posted July 26, 2013 Author Posted July 26, 2013 thanks Wesley. I came away from the RC religion by simply questioning and challenging the dogma. being dismissed and patronized, or told, you just need to have 'faith' (believe) really put me off. I explored alternate concepts of spiritual life, eastern religions and philosophies, shamanism (Castaneda), and so on. I like to learn about 'alternative' concepts of the world and what life is all about, especially historical stuff. I listen to Redice Radio and first heard Stefan on there. I like his take on the stateless society. Mostly because I think it is important that we all free ourselves of the notion that some humans should have rights (authority) that others don't - as that gives rise to control systems - be they secular or not. As a teenager I began to see that government and democracy was a corrupt system and a joke at best. I have never voted in my life. That really peeved my dad who was in WWII and ranted on about how they fought for our freedom - "How would you like to be a Nazi or a Communist?"
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