Comment on nature is music
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoMy beef is with religious down-throatism. I don’t care if it’s Islam, or Christianity, or Satanism, or the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
If you want to talk about your favorite ghost story, make or visit a community for it - it has no place here.
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
It’s a shame that a relevant quote from literature was removed.
Poor show on the part of the mods.
Where I disagree is that someone having a quote from a religious thing is invalid, when it’s not actively pushing to convert. Just kinda existing showing religion is there. But I guess we just have different perceptions of what passes for “down-your-throatism”.
Anyhow, all the best and have a good night (or whatever time of day it is when you (or anyone else) read this).
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean that’s something we can explore… the post is about some of the cool euphonic examples you can run into in nature or space. The top level comment I took issue with just popped in out of the blue with ‘yay god!’ …like, does the Quran or Bible or w/e say anything about the sound of the cosmos? By all means, share that - it’d relevant to at least some extent, even if it isn’t scientific.
Another approach - role reversal! Let’s say you’re really into knitting and you find some cool new design that you wanted to share with the internet; so you do. Then I pop in and say “Man, that reminds me: isn’t Satan just the coolest?! Freedom from tyranny and all that - everything just reflects back on what a quality god he is!” …your reaction would probably be akin to “…what the actual fuck? What does that have to do with knitting?” So even if I was a satanist, that wouldn’t be an appropriate time to bring it up; nor could I accuse you of being anti-satanist for pointing that out.
But that’s what I mean by religious down-throatism. I’m not calling for a ban on religious content, I’m asking that religious people use the same discretion you would with any other topic. Like, I really enjoy old-school RPGs, Symphonic Metal, Indian food, (and, and, and,) but that hypothetical thread about knitting isn’t an appropriate place to post about any of those either.
I’d wager that vast majority, if not all, of the negative response this comment chain started with was from that angle. As opposed to targeted religious bigotry, which is not and should not be tolerated.
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I - like you - put a quote from Tolkien and a quote from the Quran on the same level in that situation.
A related quote from either is as on topic.
I went back to look at it, and it wasn’t an explicitly linked as I recalled. I’ve been on a couple of Islam related rabbit holes recently, with Sufiism and Alevis, and there’s a strong belief in singing is a praise to Allah/Haq. So I think I just kinda filled some blanks in in my mind.
I very much get being annoyed by seeing your clearly on topic lit post getting eaten, while not apparently linked religious text gets to say.
Silly mods. All the best to you.