Saturday, May 16, 2009

"Evolutionary Leaders"? ...more like Spiritual Kooks!

Well....I was cruising around the internets, doin my thing, when I came across one of those things that just annoys the shit outa me. It was something that was mentioned on
pharyngula, that has been sent tyo people all around the internet, especially around the blogosphere, titled "A Call to Conscious Evolution".And, even though PZ Meyers already typed up a good response to this "woo" and "fluff", spiritual divinity nonsense, crap that groups like this peddle.
I guess that one of the things that piss me off so much about groups like this is how they take superstitious nonsense, and try to make it sound like science. For example, I think that PZ Meyers said it best, when he said "these loons seem to like the word "evolution" an awful lot, abusing the term to the point where I want to just slap it out of their hands and tell them "NO! Not until you learn what it actually means".
These people are just peddling new age crap disguised as science as a way to sell their books which really have nothing to do with anything. It's just a fucking business, and they are no better than a chruch when they peddle their fluff about "prayer" and "elevating consciousness". Things like this just slow down our ability to fix real problems in this world. Here is an example of what these retard fluff peddlers push to the masses:

We now realize that we are affecting our own evolution by everything we do. This knowledge awakens in us the aspiration to become more conscious through subjective practices including meditation, reflection, prayer, intuition, creativity, and conscious choice making that accelerate our evolution in the direction of unity consciousness and inspire us to deeply align our collective vision.

These are nothing but "new age priests", peddling their superstitious nonsense packaged to appear to be in some way related to actual science (of which none of it really is), and it's an insult to anyone who actually gives a damn about really fixing the problems we face in reality.
In closing, I think that PZ Meyers said it best in his answer to their nonsence, where they asf for your recommendations for what they can do to promote "consciousness evolution":

Teach critical thinking. Laugh at woo-meisters who push vapid idiocy like meditation and prayer and spirituality. Turn away from the lies of religion. Point out the bullshit in the empty noises of people like Deepak Chopra. Learn something about evolution, which has nothing to do with the fuzzy, sloppy, lazy goo these so-called "evolutionary leaders" are babbling about.

2 comments:

yaya said...

I like your articles. Good reading. Life is too short to live with a closed mind because of norm brainwashing. Maybe some day you will be able to teach others how to think with an open mind. Living life with a closed mind due to norm brainwashing is like living as a rock under ground. Be part of life above the ground. Take in all that the wind brings and live.

yaya said...

I joined ACA today. I may start going to the meetings probably next week. I'm a little shy about it. (lack of confidence.)