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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Trying to explain to my five year old why transendentalism is going to ruin their life and perpetuate generations of human suffering without scaring them. Maybe if I lead in with “Catholics are going to rape you! Stay away from the church!” they’ll get the core logic and reason without experiencing any kind of reflexive emotional response.

Are you fucking for real? Yeah, let's compare some theoretical woo to centuries of very real sexual abuse by the Catholic (and lets be real, every fucking other) church.

How is "transendentalism" going to ruin your child's life and perpetuate generations of human suffering? What the fuck are you even talking about? Like the type of meditation that hippies thought was magic?