Comments on: Librarians Have a New Religion

By: spencer

spencer — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:21:33 +0000

I have been touched by his noodlely appendage.

By: Dave Wildermuth, MLIS

Dave Wildermuth, MLIS — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:55:50 +0000

They clearly believe in the transmigration of souls, or there would be no need to escape it. They also clearly believe in nirvana and salvation. Like all religions, this one has a supernatural element.

By: Not quite

Not quite — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:05:21 +0000

The way I read that, it sounds like they are denying such things. But I suppose the interpretation could definitely be up to debate. :-)

By: Grizzley

Grizzley — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:42:42 +0000

The founder of the Missionary Church of Kopimism is also active in the Christian Student’s Union so I do not think there will be any problems combining religions.

By: Dave Wildermuth, MLIS

Dave Wildermuth, MLIS — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:50:37 +0000

@Not quite:

This is from the Columbia Encyclopedia’s entry on Jainism:

“[Vardhamana] preached a rigid asceticism and solicitude for all life as a means of escaping the cycle of rebirth, or the transmigration of souls. Thus released from the rule of karma, the total consequences of past acts, the soul attains nirvana, and hence salvation.”

Sounds supernatural to me.

By: spencer

spencer — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:49:25 +0000

Yep, and that’s why you’re so famous for being so good at what you do.

(sorry, a bit mean, but I felt the response required ;))

By: Not quite

Not quite — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:44:20 +0000

Dave Wildermuth, actually your definition of religion is not quite right.
Jainism, for example, does not believe in a deity or the supernatural.
Wikipedia nicely puts it that religion is: “a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion

By: meh

meh — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:13:35 +0000

Just because folks want their creative work to be more than a hobby, doesn’t mean they don’t find joy in it.

By: Grimalkin

Grimalkin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:01:01 +0000

Walt Lessun- Perhaps you do, but for others it is a job. They don’t expect money for their creations out of greed, but out of needing money to survive.

If you can’t rely on copyright to keep people buying your things as opposed to stealing them, you have to rely on the good of a person to say “Hey, I could get this for free easily and legally, but instead I’ll pay the person who made it to support them.” The high majority of people aren’t like this.

By: Walt Lessun

Walt Lessun — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:59:36 +0000

I create intellectual property for the joy of creating it rather than for the money.