User talk:Tannhaus

I am still strugling to understand how the so called Creators plan on drawing from Crowley without involving Thelema. If you read the statement they made "The religion we have created for this series is entirely fictional. It is as much related to fictional Christian cults and secret societies as it is to Thelema." it does not actually say it has nothing to do with Thelma. It only says that it draws from other influences as well as possibly Thelema. I know that Gemma said its not.......but we cannot really believe her. Now, I totally understand your point that a Thelamite would not force someone to do something (i have been reading up on free will).--modelmotion 13:09, 30 November 2006 (CST)

Well, the real idea is that it is not a real religion. Yes, it borrows from Thelema (only in very vague ways..nothing actually said in the videos is very thelemic in anything but a very remote sense), but it also borrows from Christianity. It probably borrows from many other religions and secret societies as well. But, I don't think focussing on Thelema solely or even predominantly is the way to go about things. You might as well focus equally on the Plymouth Brethren (which might be a good place to start....since they DID mention Christian cults and the Plymouth Brethren could be considered cult-like in some aspects) since it was also alluded to at the bottom of the homepage right across from Thelema.

Again though, trying to pin this on any one religion is an insult to that religion and its followers because of the criminal and dark aspects of the storyline. --Tannhaus 13:20, 30 November 2006 (CST)

I totally agree. I think we have made a good start to correcting that impression of LGpedia. I have not been able to come up with a lot of information on Christian cults that can be tied to LG. I believe the reference to Plymouth Brethren was removed during the "redesign" but if i am wrong about that let me know. Still, its probably worth taking a look at the Brethren. I think the issue of force vs free will is a critical one and one I would like to see further develeoped. Do you know of any connection to Libertarians because they also stress free will in the context of not harming anyone else.--modelmotion 13:45, 30 November 2006 (CST)