At any rate, there are people whose coherent, intelligent arguments in favour of various forms of anarchism, concensus or co-operation appeal to me more than your assumption against them. Consider the Quakers, for example, any of whom is superior to you, in your terms.
Personally, I greatly admire traditional imperial Japan, viking society, Inca society, Imperial Rome, ancient Egypt, ... All these were empires or kingdoms with a clear hierarchic structure and a somewhat organic structure. Yet, I also admire the Greek city states, Amish society (in spite of being Christian), Native American society or other societies that form a mixture between classic democracy and low level hierarchy. They must be some sort of structure to hold society together, but the extent and power of that structure may differ.
You say Buddha wasn't a 'super-being' - then claim he rose above ordinary mortals. If you're going to use words to mean whatever you want them to mean whenever you use them then there is very little point continuing this.
I'm just saying that every one of us has the potential to rise to the level of Buddhist, when living the right kind of life. Buddha was just a mere mortal who rose above himself.
We may or may not be subservient to the rules of nature - aren't you arguing with yourself here?
I'm not arguing with myself. I KNOW that we are subservient to the rules of nature. Non-appliance of those rules is possible, but inevitably leads to decay.
That tends to happen when you abandon an unclear and ill-thought-out position in favour of desperately trying to pick holes in the arguments of another.
I guess that's a feeling you know better than I.
Vedanta is wide open to interpretation, but the most common schools identify 'god' as Vishnu or Krishna (a personification of the divine force).
I was referring specifically to the Advaita Vedanta, where the Supreme Cosmic Spirit or Brahman is the One, the whole and the only reality, the "all". It is the big ocean of essence of which we and everything else in existence is a tiny drop.
Priests of all faiths and persuasions have kept the peasant classes underfoot everywhere throughout history. Peasants have starved (and continue to starve) all over the world while the priestly classes sat in their lavish temples living it up on sacrifices and tithes.
Christian society is not the first to decay, if that's what you're saying. Ancient Egypt is no more, the Greek city states are gone and Cleopatra's Egypt has similarly disappeared. As Spengler pointed out in his literature, every culture has its peaks and its path of decline, after which it is doomed to exist only in history books. Yet, when we look at every civilisation when they were at their peaks, we see a similarity in structure, in ideas and in their art. We see a similar sort of cohesion and inequality, we see a similar sort of decidation and willpower. People in all layers of society really love their way of life and they feel like they're contributing to something far beyond their own individual powers. If we want a better future for our children, than that sort of society is what we should try to achieve. Eastern philosophy is likely to bring you far closer to such a way of life than any Abrahamic faith.
yes, that'll do for an explaination.
I follow the teachings of the Asatru religion.
I did try Wicca, but I just felt silly.
and I dont believe in gods.
The Nine Noble Virtues and a brief
summary
You're an esoteric Asatruar, eh? The more I read about you, the more I think we would get along quite well if we knew each other in real life. We obviously have quite a few things in common 
I don't limit myself to Asatru (partially because there is too little literature about it), but it is nevertheless an obvious inspiration.
yes, that'll do for an explaination.
I follow the teachings of the Asatru religion.
I did try Wicca, but I just felt silly.
and I dont believe in gods.
The Nine Noble Virtues and a brief
summary
Another great inspiring religion...
Vedanta, Shia Islam, Christianity , Wicca...
Personally, I feel a bit disappointed about Wicca. It seems little more than a New Age hack of ancient beliefs. Asatru is much closer to the actual views of the ancients, although there is too little literature about it to really know how close exactly Asatru is to orriginal teachings.
I don't intend to intrude, just wanted to say that seraching is good, but finding is better, particularly if you relaize that what you found was always in you.
I know exactly what you mean.
Meditation is part of being spiritual - no matter what religion or principles of nature you ascrbie to, because it is only when you are quiet and seeking knowledge, that a spirit can become inspired. (In my opinion) .
There are different ways. Contemplating the universe with your eyes wide open while looking at the different constellations can be just effective as any meditation session or prayer. How you achieve enlightenment, is quite a personal thing.
Being hated for being or for thinking or for searching for who you really are or for believing in a particular way is a crime against the principles of nature. Even in my Catholic religion, that many seem to want to hate because of some of the Added On Distractions, the main premises are to LOVE and to be thankful for our most precious gift, in my belief G*d given, Freedom, freedom to believe, or not.
By the way, my youngest daughter had her 1st communion today feeling particualrly thankful and spiritual.
I was raised a catholic and even became an altar boy for many years, but the more I learned about Christianity the more questions I had. When I finally gave up Christianity at the age of 17, the world made a lot more sense. That's probably the main reason why I'm not so fond of that religion.
