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[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Someone's comment on another thread recently brought me to the same conclusion.

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Yeah, just when I thought I couldn't "peak-trans" any more, I realize that everything revolving around gender ideology are things that we've all seen before. It's not new. Were they worshiping a deity, then we'd all have twigged a lot sooner.

It's fascinating though, we're watching the development of a novel, serious religion in real-time. One that has real proponents, and real power. I assumed this sort of thing only happened in history.

There's no figurehead yet, like a Jesus Christ, or a Muhammad.

The world's first online, crowd-sourced religion (or at least one of any note.)

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's no figurehead yet

Likely because there are many figureheads: We could argue that pathological narcissism is a form of autotheism.

And we have definitely seen all of this before, you are right. Complete with purges.

[–]reluctant_commenter 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's fascinating though, we're watching the development of a novel, serious religion in real-time. One that has real proponents, and real power. I assumed this sort of thing only happened in history.

Yep!! I mean, there have been little, failed religions throughout history that were very popular for brief moments (by "brief" I mean decades) that have been largely forgotten by most people. I'm not sure if you've heard of the US's burned-over district in New York state, but there are some similar, fascinating stories of religions that had their moment in that area.

The world's first online, crowd-sourced religion (or at least one of any note.)

Lol, thank you, internet.