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Laodoke Solitas

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About Me

I am a naturalistic pantheist, a symbolic suitheist, and am currently a fan of physicalism. (That's all "sexed-up atheism," to you.) These ideas inform much of my views and reflect my personality to a great extent, and writing a comprehensive, detailed essay here about who I am and what I'm about would most likely be counterproductive. So it's probably sufficient to just say that,
This is My Approach to Life in a Nutshell:
Reality is immensely (perhaps infinitely) complex.
Strive to know and understand as much as you can about it anyway.
Stagnation and nihilism are crutches of the weak-minded.
Be strong and independent enough to develop and live by healthy standards.
Seek always to align your behavior with your knowledge and understanding.
Be proud of your accomplishments.
Limit close companionship to those of similar or greater mental fortitude.
Don't be a prop for lives built on foundations of sand.
Empty people speak empty words.
Never be swayed by uninformed criticism or insecure rage.
"There is no resignation in Nature, no quiet folding of the hands, no hypocritical saying, 'Thy will be done!' and giving in without a struggle. Resignation is a cheap and indolent human virtue, which has served as an excuse for much spiritual slothfulness. It is still highly revered and commended. It is so much easier to sit down and be resigned than to rise up and be indignant." - Nellie McClung
"The most important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." - Charles Dubois
"By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed." - Albert Ellis
"For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency." - Albert Ellis
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If you're interested in learning a little more about some of what I stand for,
click here to see my blog full o' videos .
Stuck using dial-up and can't watch videos? Can't afford books? Get a job or go to a library. Or message me about my PDF collection. I'll hook a brother (or sister) up. ^_^
Also, let me introduce you to my good friends, Google , Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V.
Not interested in thinking or educating yourself? Then please stop sending me inane questions and remarks. I enjoy informed debate and I welcome earnest curiosity. Reading three hundred whiny-ass messages about how much I've dented your New Age/Fluff-Bunny/Xtian ego or about how sorry you are "cuz u iz so kewl n smrt n stuf but u dun hav a kloz persunil reelashunship wit mah haya pawa, so neener-neener neener" on the other hand, is not worth my time.
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection." - Martin Luther King, Jr., from Letter from a Birmingham Jail
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You scored as True understanding of Satanism. So, you either guessed or you truly understand Satanism and its values. Good for you for not having dismissed it as devil-worshipping like most others!

True understanding of Satanism


100%

Sadly, you do not understand Satanism


0%
Do you really know Satanism or were you misinformed?
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My Interests

- amazon archetype
- Amnesty International
- ancient Germanic cultures
- Asian cultures
- anti-globalization
- being inordinately intense
- Buddhism
- Charlotte Mew
- Chaos Magic
- cinematic, musical, & literary mindfucks
- civil disobedience
- compatibilism
- critiques of capitalism
- currently unanswerable questions & paradoxical thought experiments , a la Schrödinger's Cat
- deontology vs. consequentialism
- detournement / culture jamming
- dialectical materialism
- Diane Vera's awesome website
- drawing
- dysthymia
- Eco-socialism
- effective, reality-based and/or "philosophical" forms of psychotherapy ( ACT , CBT , DBT , Existential therapy , MBCT , etc.)
- eudaimonia
- existentialism
- foreign films
- Full Realization Atheism
- "gay" history
- Germany
- giftedness
- Haruka & Michiru
- Hochdeutsch
- Human Rights Watch
- Jeet Kune Do and MMA
- Julian the Apostate
- LaVeyan Satanism
- "Leftist" Satanism (yeah, there is such a thing: see here and here .)
- linguistics
- meditation techniques
- meliorism
- meme theory
- moral universalism
- Naturalistic Spirituality
- neurotheology
- obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)
- Odianism
- offending people (who deserve/need to be offended)
- philosophy
- physicalism
- poetry
- reading
- Realism
- religions/mythology
- samurai, ninjas, and warrior cultures in general
- Secular Humanism
- sexology
- Shambhala Sun
- shoujo ai
- swords and other assorted weapons that don't classify as firearms
- tea
- the meaning of my life
- the origins of violence
- the psychological underpinnings of cannibalism , serial killing , and other extreme taboos
- Thelema
- War Resister's League
- weight training
- writing

I'd like to meet:

Myself in a parallel universe... Well, that, and anyone who's strong, unique, and intelligent (though it's not something I generally think about).

Watch online or on DISH Network ch. 9415

Exemplary Member
http://www.heartless-bitches.com/members/members12/real399.s html
(Mine is the first entry, BTW.)

DISH Network ch. 9410
DIRECTV ch. 375

Understanding the majority:

You want to be normal?

Henry Rollins hates dating

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TO LOCALS WHO CONSIDER ADDING ME:
If you happen to have met me in person or have otherwise become dimly aware of my existence offline, but have never made any effort to speak with me, DO NOT bother adding me. I will not be party to your popularity contest, and will not permit my image and presence to be associated with one whose feelings of self-worth are derived from "gaining" charisma by proxy. If you desire contact with me, simply message me, or give up the 30 seconds of your life required to approach and communicate with me directly.

Music:

Neue Deutsche Härte, Neomedieval, EBM, Trance, Industrial, Pagan/Viking Metal, Symphonic Metal, Neofolk... y'know, typical gothy Germanophile stuff.

Television:

I don't watch much anymore, since 99% of all TV shows are pure crap and I'd rather be reading anyway.

Heroes:

"Heroes are for the weak. I'm too short-sighted to acknowledge the fact that liking myself doesn't preclude liking others. Blah blah blah."

Actually, everyone has people whose accomplishments or style they admire, so suck it:

My Blog

Why do you believe in God? Check this out and think about it.

Listen to "Theism is IRRATIONAL!" first (yeah, the whole way through...). If that episode is currently unavailable on this media player, or if you're on dial-up and don't have time to listen to the e...
Posted by Laodoke Solitas on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:24:00 PST

Surprise! Myers-Briggs Type Indicator confirms that I'm a stubborn, controlling asshole.

A nicer way of putting it is that I have the same personality type as Ayn Rand: INTJ.  (The "Mastermind Rational."  Seriously.)I originally took the test a long time ago, but recently return...
Posted by Laodoke Solitas on Fri, 11 May 2007 10:55:00 PST

Regarding my use of Occult/Spiritual Symbolism and Language

Question:IF YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN IT, THEN WHY DO YOU USE IT AND TALK ABOUT IT LIKE YOU DO?Short Answer:Because it's fun, and it works.Long Answer:I find it aesthetically stimulating in general ...
Posted by Laodoke Solitas on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:46:00 PST

Yeah, I'm Dark and Imposing - Deal with it.

In physics, the color black absorbs all wavelengths of light, while in General Occult Spirituality (a.k.a.: Witchcraft 101), black represents the absorption of "negativity" in particular.  Utiliz...
Posted by Laodoke Solitas on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:14:00 PST

Letter to my Accidental Mentors

Despite all of your assumptions about me, I am not ungrateful. I simply feel that were I to openly thank you, you would dismiss my thanks as being either insincere or simply an indignant ploy, merely...
Posted by Laodoke Solitas on Tue, 15 May 2007 11:51:00 PST

My Worldview (well, sort of...)

{Note:  This is a work-in-progress, to be updated on a whim, at my convenience only, and so it will probably not be completed real soon.  In the meantime, feel free to message me any qu...
Posted by Laodoke Solitas on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:58:00 PST

Videos!

Being that I don't have a webcam that works worth a damn, I've decided to post a selection of videos that reflect many of my views on a variety of subjects, both for my own entertainment and your edif...
Posted by Laodoke Solitas on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:27:00 PST

Mental Hookers Piss Me Off...

Yes, you read right: mental hookers.  These are the type of people who:  - hide behind some kind of annoying facade in order to cover up just how inadequate they really are (generally, these...
Posted by Laodoke Solitas on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:27:00 PST