07-13-2023, 09:54 AM
While the original thread is primarily for discussions about Templism, this thread is for me to spoon feed Templism to the readers. Thus it is for questions such as "what does Templism say about X?"
(07-13-2023, 11:36 AM)The_Author Wrote: [ -> ]Templist Canon speaks of games in general as useful recreations to help us solve non-game problems. It is critical of games that do not require skill or creativity because these are simply movies that people spend an inordinate amount of time "watching". It is critical in a few passages of "escapist gaming".
I liked the MGS games. Hitman is ok but has a problem with mission realism. I'm not that interested in video games anymore. The genre seems unconcerned with realism. I much prefer tabletop games. I used to like Paradox games but their complexity is artificial.
(07-13-2023, 11:43 AM)anthony Wrote: [ -> ]Maybe in this thread or elsewhere if you don't want this to turn into a giant gaming tangent.
(07-13-2023, 01:17 PM)Reverend Moon Immortal Wrote: [ -> ]But more seriously how would Templism define truth? I do not mean necessarily pertaining to a certain subject but rather truth in itself. Not “what is the truth,” but “what is truth.”
(07-17-2023, 02:42 PM)Roving Barbarian Wrote: [ -> ]What does Templism say about death? Also, what is the eschatological doctrine of Templism?
(07-18-2023, 08:42 AM)Hatsune Miku Clitoridectomy Groyper Wrote: [ -> ]What is the benefit of following a patchwork cult of medieval cosmology made to conform to the Protestant lifestyle with non-Comically Evil Nietzschean thought thrown in here and there? Why should I not simply start lobbing heads in the name of Wotan? The whole fad sounds like a 'Nobody' thread from /x/ made less gay and Templism brings about no innovation to new-age schmegegges.
(07-22-2023, 12:57 PM)The_Author Wrote: [ -> ]Anyone who asks a particularly astute question, especially one that is already informed about Templist philosophy, has the chance to be immortalized in the Canon in a potential upcoming Q&A post.
The_Author Wrote:It can also be avoided by memorialization, that is reproduction as a "meme". An interesting application of this is that lying is counterproductive to memorialization. Figures like Alexander III etc. do not really exist anymore, because they lied themselves into mythology and out of real resemblance.
(07-22-2023, 06:21 PM)Guest Wrote: [ -> ]If I commit great nation-state-level acts while anonymous (or ask great questions while posting as guest) could that allow me to propagate myself into memetic immortality? Maybe if I unify all my anonymous accounts/deeds/dialogue on my deathbed under a single pseudonym?
Guest Wrote:You speak of the gods writing through you in creating the Templist Canon. Can you specify if this is in a sense of the intended meaning? The literal words? What role does your knowledge play in this - are you mostly reciting information given to you, or backing this up with your own efforts?
Templist Canon Wrote:His only inklings of our true existence are the unusual “irrational influences” he sometimes feels while writing the Canon; obsessive-compulsive urges to write something in a certain way, to word something differently, to cease writing, to reflect before writing, or the intuitive sense that something he writes is “wrong” or “right”, or that “there is another part/sentence/paragraph, which will come if you wait or think a moment”.
Authorian Reflections Wrote:The “divine influences” spoken of in Templist Canon are similar to those Obsessive Compulsive behaviors. They feel the same. They are arbitrary behaviors that are mandated by imagined threats, such as the threat of illness, or more often the mere threat that “the Canon will not be perfect”. They are the same impulse, to which I am apparently predisposed, recurred and utilized specifically for the purpose of perfecting the Canon. They compel me to make edits, to reread paragraphs, to include concepts, that I would not ordinarily.
ssa Wrote:Author- first of all, the name alone is an incredibly audacious claim ontologically, can you back it up?
ssa Wrote:One glaring issue is the very supposition that a religion may be founded on principles of overt pragmatism and (in spite of what you claim) a fundamental rejection of dogma.
ssa Wrote:anything that exalts the will and promotes personal heroism (virtue in your words) can't mesh with adherence to a religious authority.
The_Author Wrote:The name is derived from ... temple worship.I meant your name. Think of its implications thoroughly.
The_Author Wrote:A Templist must believe the Templist Canon as if it were infallible.I understand your falsehood-lie distinction, particularly as regards your own belief in the canon, however this is the issue. You're claiming the canon as dogmatic, yet framing it in subjectivist terms. Dogma, at least within the religions which have garnered mass traction, has always been stated in absolute terms. You are stating a truth you do not believe in, yet you seem hesitant to empathetically and shamelessly lie- that is, mask your own disbelief- in the service of granting it greater authority. Note that authority is italized, that is central to my question on your name.
The_Author Wrote:Virtue is not personal heroism. Virtue is the set of aesthetic qualities that humans can possess so as to be good in themselves. The will in Templism is spoken of briefly as a way to conduct magic. If you imagine that Templism is suffused with the spirit of the uncouth barbarian hero-worshipper or whatever, or the permissive BAPite basically, you are gravely mistaken.Then what you call virtue, I call heroism. We both agree on aesthetics, and likely on the will.
The_Author Wrote:[Paganism, pharaohs] ... It is distracting to view Templism through any such prism. It is a collection of interwoven propositions, and those propositions are either true and useful or they aren't.My concern is exactly that- is this system useful? I agree that ancient paganism is essentially dead and ultimately useless in the current context. Understanding how it functioned and why it failed, however, is important in analyzing a proposed system which, like it or not, is a lot closer to paganism as it was practiced than any of its urbanite modern "revivals." I'm hesitant to use the term 'religion' in relation to your writings, for reasons I'll expand on now.
ssa Wrote:I meant your name. Think of its implications thoroughly.
ssa Wrote:You're claiming the canon as dogmatic, yet framing it in subjectivist terms. Dogma, at least within the religions which have garnered mass traction, has always been stated in absolute terms.
ssa Wrote:You are stating a truth you do not believe in, yet you seem hesitant to empathetically and shamelessly lie- that is, mask your own disbelief- in the service of granting it greater authority. Note that authority is italized, that is central to my question on your name.
Templist Canon Wrote:Templism is self-consciously a way of organizing and rewarding “those like The Author”. It proceeds from his thought and so obviously those who think like him, and who are of the nature to accept it, will rally behind it. This is selfishly in his interest, but it is also in our interest. This particular kind is necessary for our present task.
Authorian Reflections Wrote:I recall once reading, in some work of Plato I think it was, that Odysseus, despite being an eminently sly character, never told a lie in the whole Odyssey. I am rather like that. In what way is it really a lie if I tell you a false statement, and then tell you that statement is a lie? This is the same as saying “the following statement isn’t true”, which is not a lie. In Templist Canon, I tell lies, and I also say “these are lies”, and I further say “but it is necessary to believe them”. This is the same as saying “you should believe the following false statements”. This is an honest statement. Actually, more specifically, I say: “I believe that you should believe the following false statements, but, since I am fallible, these statements which I believe to be false might be true. You should believe them one way or the other” and ideally, as actually true.
ssa Wrote:consider that one doctrine cannot be both pragmatic, and aimed at the elite, as well as dogmatic, and aimed at the masses.
ssa Wrote:Religion, or re-ligere, is the act of mending the individual person's ties with the divine. The "divine" here takes an inherently monistic meaning, all but requiring a monotheistic outlook.