Interesting ruminations by our philosopher-selves.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

The following is rumination by our Lucifer Davison:
The idea that there could be people born multiple instantly means that for a small minority, the system (no pun intended) is wrong. They are not matching the identity of the common person on the street. They are instead:

A subculture of bodies with multiple inhabitants. The ramifications of this are big, especially where religion is concerned. If people are born with more than one soul, then to them the Biblical proscription of "One soul, one mind, one body" is not accurate. If so, this means that there is a full-fledged option to be different from the common culture. Multiplicity, if divorced from the doctrine of mental disorder would potentially be far more upsetting than Homosexuality. If people can have experiences of living in a body and can be proud of that fact, then there is a consequence for society. The consequence is that simplicity, that panacea of Fundamentalism and Social conservatism, is thrown out with the bath-water. The same is true for the natural multiples that weren't caused by trauma. Psychiatry does not recognize them and tries to suppress them with all the power of the State. Multiplicity, specifically the natural and born versions, is a potential death-blow to the infantilizing notions of mental health and extremist religion. Multiples have the ability to grasp far more of human potential, if only they choose to reach for it. They can reach for their potential in ways denied Singletons. The Singleton seeks relief in religion, in alcohol, in fruitless activities that are harmful to him or her and cannot escape the grim realities of this world. People in systems can, and that is what causes members of systems to be regarded as coping mechanisms and arrested development. We who are united in the simple fact that we are people who reside not in houses of steel or brick but of flesh. If people can be born multiple, then the world is far more complex than the average Fundamentalist of any religion or creed can stomach. That is my view on why the Establishment fights to keep the knowledge of healthy, normal multiplicity from being known. Thanks for playing!

Comments, anyone?

Comments

[cirape.livejournal.com]

No, no, its not the ghost of disney, its the cyrogenically frozen head, possibly now attached to a robot ;P

(I did was a serious reply from the original poster, btw. Just defending myself in case it comes up, since I seem to be afraid I'll be accused of starting trouble.)

[aimeepatricia.livejournal.com]

The shellfish thing is true, too. They were pretty harsh back then, they had to be.

[cirape.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I know. I've never read the bible, but I've had people point out to me some of the 'absurd' (by today's standards, don't know the standards of that time) things they condemned.

[sethrenn.livejournal.com]

The shellfish thing actually makes some sense, I think, in light of the food preservation methods that were available at the time. Likewise with the prohibition against eating pork. I think it was much more about the diseases you could get from certain things if they weren't properly cooked.