Goth and Christianity
Date Friday, March 29, 2024 - 12:50 AM PST
Topic Theories


Anyone who's spent a reasonable ammount of time snooping the net knows that Jesus was gother than you. But that's not what I'm here to talk about. It occurred to me last nite that goth and christianity are basically the same thing. Follow me here.
There are billions of kinds of people in the world, but for the purposes of this article, there are only 2. Those that are smart and lucid enuf to have a clear view of the world, and those that are stupid. It's always been this way. Some people can see that the world consists of us, others, our surroundings, and something else. And some people can't see that.

One quality of humans which seems icky, but must somehow be good if we've evolved this way, is that we all like to find "our people". So with this theory, I'm saying that the lucid ones want to find the other lucid ones to identify with and have some reasonable company and reassurance that they're not the only ones who can see things this way. They want people to discuss their ideas with who can actually understand them - the ideas themselves are irrelavant. The problem is that the stupid ones all think they're the lucid ones too, and want to be part of that club. They're just not seeing clearly enuf to realize that they're not.

Christianity started out with some idealists talking about how things should be. The ideas themselves are not relivant to this discussion. I wasn't there, but my guess would be that they were thinking clearly, and wanting to be around others who could see what they could see, and think on their level. These people must have looked pretty fucking cool to the millions of confused idiots running around at that time. Coolness attracts idiocy. So eventually this group of people was swarmed by idiots, and every idealistic thing they thought up got twisted and corrupted by somebody who thought they were one of the lucid ones, but they weren't.

Groups of Goths work the same way. Sure, mall goths congregate too - but the solid groups that attract others all start with the lucid ones. These are the people that need community the most. The Stupids can find community easier because they're not as picky. They have a lot more people to chose from. But the ones that can't put up with the stupids have a harder time, and bond more with the other ones they do find. These people, of course, look immensely cool to the stupids, who congregate around and try and immitate them.

So when it comes down to it, christianity and goth are basically a small group of people gathered together around lucid thought, and surrounded by tons of idiots who think they're part of the club. When you look at either group, you can't see the people at the center - just the surrounding idiots. The idiots all have their own distortions of the meaning of everything, and all think they represent the whole. Since the cool ones know they're the cool ones, and the stupid ones THINK they're the cool ones, The only way to tell which one you are is to identify who are the visionaries and see what they think of you. Unfortunately for christians, most of theirs are dead. But if you think you're a goth, there's a chance you can find out for sure... if you're clever...

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