bradi
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Post by bradi on Sept 30, 2005 12:33:52 GMT
Since the subject is Philosophies, I think the Sith embody Romanticism. In brief, Romanticism was an artistic and literary style which stressed that a person should follow their emotions and passions, whether they be "good or bad" as deemed by society. This idea even superceded rational thought and reason. Please don't get hung up on the word "romantic." Its not about romance, but that is part of it, but about passion. Even if that passion is something destructive, such as love of booze.
A seperate philosophy that Sith are akin to, is that of the works of Darth Frederich Nietzche. Nietzche was a Sith Lord so great and wise, that he stated, the very true idea, that there are two kinds of mindsets. The Slave mindset and the Master mindset. Untermensch and Ubermensch. I apologize to any Germans out there, I'm probably spelling that wrong.
A more modern Sith, is Darth Ayn Rand. She would sneer at the egalitarian values of the Jedi.
The Jedi, whom I am an admirer of, seemed to be based on the religious military order of the Knights Templar.
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ameal
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Post by ameal on Oct 4, 2005 15:11:50 GMT
The god of the christian bible can have sith potenials, he tells moses, and joshua to kill every person that is in there promise land, all through out the old testament this sith god kills and kills, read the old testament; he even wants the blood of his own (Jesus) son as a sacrifice?
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ameal
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Post by ameal on Oct 4, 2005 15:28:48 GMT
The force sits on negative and positive poles, what is higher than force, engergy,gravity,atoms,spirit,and soul, it is mind!! mind is the highest of everything in the universes of universes
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ameal
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Post by ameal on Oct 5, 2005 0:48:46 GMT
Everybody is talking about the dark side here, well, everybody dark side is different george w. bush dark side is different from my dark side, TOO MUCH DARKNESS, YOU CAN'T SEE, AND TOO MUCH LIGHT WILL BLIND YOU
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Post by Empress Palpatine on Oct 7, 2005 4:20:39 GMT
I like Darth Bhagwan Rajneesh. He believed following one's passions to their fullest leads to enlightenment. He would say to steal or kill, but do it with awareness. I have his BOOK OF THE SECRETS. It is a fascinating read.
I also read a book by Darth Charlie Manson a long time ago. Now that one is strange.
and don't forget Darth Charles Darwin!
and you are quite right about Darth Jehovah! I grew up on Bible stories about His fearsome wrath.
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Post by lordrevan on Oct 8, 2005 11:04:24 GMT
Here is a taste of Jedi philosophies: There is no emotion,there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no PASSION, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the force.
They say passion is a bad thing. They are the biggest scume of the galaxy.
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Post by darth carns on Oct 28, 2005 14:30:24 GMT
there is but a then red line between love and hate. to know the utter most of one is to know the utter most of the other. Love turned Anakin dark, but it also restored his light.
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sindo
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Post by sindo on Nov 3, 2005 22:38:48 GMT
The philosiphies that the sith follow are the one weakness in this bloody religion. The codes and Philosiphies of the sith religion make it weaker than it should be. I hate them. They need to be forgotten in order to gain control of a new sense of religion. The reason I abandoned god was because too many rules and teachings were laid down in order for worship.With the sith religion we should change the rules of following beliefs. Instead of making rules we should allow people to follow our faith in the way that they choose.
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Post by Empress Palpatine on Nov 4, 2005 5:08:56 GMT
I agree that the religion of the Sith should be non-dogmatic: no scriptures, no authorities, no priesthoods. It is the way of the freethinker. These codes that are often quoted are written by certain authors, and it is their opinion only. If you agree with it, you can frame it and hang it in your living room. If you don't, you don't have too.
The funny thing is...the decision about which books constitute the Bible was arbitrary. It was merely the decision of a council of men. To this day people disagree on this. Some say the Apocrapha is part of the Bible, some do not. Some say the Gnostic Gospels are part of the Bible, some do not. The Jewish Bible is only the Old Testament, whereas the Christian Bible is both the Old and the New. Thomas Jefferson only accepted a few books of the Bible as real and compiled them in the Jefferson Bible. I once put forth the theory that the only legitimate books of the New Testament are those written by Jesus' deciples. Apostle Paul was a Roman spy and not a legitimate convert. The story of his "conversion" sounds completely phony to me...but then again, that is my opinion only.
The point is there are no codes really.....only people's opinions.
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sindo
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Post by sindo on Nov 9, 2005 21:46:44 GMT
A truly well stated point.
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Post by Mrs. Darth Vader on Nov 11, 2005 5:17:02 GMT
there is but a then red line between love and hate. to know the utter most of one is to know the utter most of the other. Love turned Anakin dark, but it also restored his light. I liked the thin red line quote. Interesting, Anakin's aura is red, if like me you see him as the god Shiva. Shiva is the hot passion of love and of hate.
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Post by fullofsith on Nov 11, 2005 18:43:19 GMT
Red aura is the color of hatred. The true color of the Sith.
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Post by Empress Palpatine on Nov 11, 2005 21:49:34 GMT
People with the red aura are usually very physical people, very passionate, easily angered. Their opposite is the blue, which is a much more mental and logical aura. Blues can be rather uppity. Obi-Wan is a blue. Obi-Wan and Anakin were the ultimate of an incompatible pair. That was a conflict waiting to happen.
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Post by Mrs. Darth Vader on Nov 12, 2005 4:04:25 GMT
People with the red aura are usually very physical people, very passionate, easily angered. Their opposite is the blue, which is a much more mental and logical aura. Blues can be rather uppity. Obi-Wan is a blue. Obi-Wan and Anakin were the ultimate of an incompatible pair. That was a conflict waiting to happen. This quote says it in a nutshell. I am in the red aura classification. Why else do you think my husband and I get allong so well. Like my husband I could sure use that black shinny helmet.
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Post by darthtrayer on Nov 14, 2005 8:57:32 GMT
Greetings all, I am new here, And was hopeing you might be able to help me, I am playing in a Star wars rpg game(like AD&D) and my char has just joined the dark side. I am somewhat new to this and was woundering what are a sith general beliefs. I know one of them is if you arent a sith your a enemy. There are probally more. I have looked online and done searches and alot of them are just the history of the sith, which helps but isnt what i am looking for. I can give you detales about the gzme like my char , time and stuff if it helps, feel free to send an e-mail or chat online wirh me. I didnt want to bore everyone else. Hope I can get some help
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Post by Mrs. Darth Vader on Nov 15, 2005 22:25:59 GMT
Sith general beliefs are as fallows; no power is wasted. A sith sees the Force in its intirety. The Sith will use the light side of the Force as well as the dark side. The Sith path is the Tantric path, The path of passion. You do as you feel in the Sith no emotion is held back. The Sith, As Palpatine said, balances the Force which is why the Sith uses both light and dark. If one only uses light it makes you weak because half of the force is never used. Same is true if you only use the dark side it weakens you because again you are only useing half of the Force. This is why Palpatine was the best and smartest Sith, he balanced the two equally. Too much darkness and your society is so violent it can not run. or the other extream is total stagnation. I hope this helps you.
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Azazel
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Post by Azazel on Nov 29, 2005 12:22:40 GMT
Very well putted Mrs Darth Vader. You should also mention that every sith feels and uses the force in diferent ways. Welcome darthtrayer, hope you enjoy our Sith teachings.
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Post by darthtrayer on Dec 4, 2005 4:19:44 GMT
Thank you, I am new to this but always willing to gain new knowledge. I have read some of the sites and I think I have gotten the hang of it . Things are much appreated
Trayer
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Post by Master Thompson on Dec 7, 2005 18:41:58 GMT
The Jedi are encouraged to love!
We believe in nothing but love and compassion. You all know this for this is nothing new. In order to have compassion one must have love. Now I have read all of your posts and all are very interesting. The Jedi try to administrate and govern passion and lust. That's all, we all have them, but it is the honesty in which one admits and comes to realize his or her passions and how he or she deals with them. That is what it means to be a Jedi, simply giving into them is the easy way out. I love all of you as whacked out as that sounds, I truly do, but it is not you that I love, but that piece of the Force (Life Energy) that you manifest! That is why a Jedi will always attempt to redeem a fallen Jedi, even the fallen are still emissaries of the Force.
As for the Bible having Sith properties this is true. Which is the same for the Torah and the Co-ran. It is the interpretation that sways those from Dark to Light and from Light to Dark. The words are there but it is the individual and/or group, prophet, minister and reverend's interpretations of these words that make the one's subsequent actions good or evil, righteous and just or simply fanatical. In the Bible there is a lot of love and like all things are, there is an opposite, there is a lot wrath as well, it's about fifty, fifty. It is in the interpretation, one's "point of view" that is what tips the balance.
Be mindful Lord Ameal, the self is not higher than the Force. As a Sith Apprentice you should know absolutely this! The Force is simply Life and/or Cosmic Energy, basically that which provides you the presence of mind to type your post. That is all! Do you think of that which you call a soul rightfully belongs to you? If you do, you are mistaken young one, for it belongs to the Universe. And when it is finished with you or you have chosen to give it up, it returns to the endless that which is the Force, (Life - Universal - Cosmic Energy.) It is the mind and body that are the tools Lord Ameal, never the other way around. If this were so we would be exalting you. "Than again, that is one of the tenants of following the Sith way is it not?"
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Post by Darth Cassus on Dec 7, 2005 20:07:43 GMT
Powerful stuff right there
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