The Value of Innocence
October 18th, 2021 by G.
How did I miss this gem from SPDI?
On Pills, Blue and Red
Here is an analogy I don’t think I’ve ever seen made (though it must have been): the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil <=> the Matrix’s “Red Pill.”
Something is lost when you start chowing down on red pills. You gain knowledge, but you lose innocence.
Adapting yourself to the world is (by definition) a utilitarian endeavor. We can become uglier even as we become more successful.
That’s the start. He then treks off into Adam and Eve, sex roles, and on and on.
The stuff about sex roles strikes me both as deeply wrong, but also in some way I cannot put my finger on, a lot more right than my current notions.
Comments (6)
Filed under: Birkenhead Drill | Tags: gospel of victory, LDS
Filed under: Birkenhead Drill | Tags: gospel of victory, LDS
October 18th, 2021 05:49:05
Annie
October 18, 2021
Is there a link?
Annie
October 18, 2021
Oh, bother, found it. Too obvious!
E.C.
October 18, 2021
I am reading a book in which there are two sisters, one of whom is innocent, while the other sees deeply. Both are presented as being important and valuable *the way they are*.
Personally, I disagree that a woman’s role is simply to be innocent. Children are innocent, or should be; women, in the oldest traditions, guard wisdom that cannot be said, only felt. They nurture. They tend the hearth-fire.
seriouslypleasedropit
October 19, 2021
Thank you for the link!
I am probably off in some way. And I don’t disagree that there are things wrong with what I wrote; I wrote about a pattern I saw, but it is not the only pattern.
@ E.C. in particular: yes.
Bookslinger
October 19, 2021
spdi: (In your post on your blog) It may not be obvious, but you brought up reasons why women shouldn’t vote.
(Aside: Some studies/polls at the time showed that neither Jimmy Carter nor Bill Clinton would have been elected had women not voted.)
G.
October 19, 2021
Let’s not derail, please