WHAT IS GOING ON??

[nema]

It's actually remarkable how many times the High Priest is willing to repeat himself. The ToZ is elevating its standards, that's It, it's not a big deal. He's obviously not going to explain every deleted post one by one because that's just insane. Personally i probably wrote a LOT of stupid things.. anyway i'm just glad this place even exists. Cheers!

 

[Wotanwarrior]

Posts were removed because they had no place in what the ToZ is or what the ToZ stands for...

If anyone is upset that material they liked is gone, that says more about what they were here for than it does about our moderation. We are not going to apologize for cleaning the house and keeping everyone safe here. We are not going to consult thousands of people before doing it again. And we are absolutely not going to leave material up that has no business being here, just because someone got attached to it being there...

What was removed was removed because it should never have been here in the first place. That is a failure we are correcting now. Nobody owes anyone advance notice for taking out content that disgraces the name of this Temple.

Personally, I'm very glad that all those toxic posts I wrote between 2021 and 2024 have been deleted. They were just tantrums venting right after ending a bad relationship. All of that is contrary to how a dedicated Zevist should behave in the forums.

 

[ModernMage]

Expressing like animals doesn't mean one says the truth; it means on the contrary, one cannot even manage their own expression.

Saying "fuck this, fuck that, vermin pope" and related, is not more truthful than saying something in proper language. One could say insidious.

Have to hide what, the Gods? Why should the Gods hide? This is the ultimate false admission of evil and failure; it's the work of the enemy that the Gods were to be misperceived. All their campaign was to misperceive the Gods, keep them out of society, and pretend all their believers were insane and/or to be socially ostracized, while the Bible which preaches genocidal mania, is actually a "Good book that deserves everyone's attention".

The persecution of the Gods was the creation of those against them, should people behave in ways that adopt and further this persecution? That's doing the enemy's work for them.



Practically speaking, there's no change in that people can make themselves outcasted if they want. Now, people are more unique than before. Of lesser people, the planet is rife; people can stand out in more fruitful ways now than before.

That's only for emo reasons and not even real. For one to bring the Gods into persecution and persecution supported narratives, and simultaneously say they want them to be where they deserve, is antithetical.

To be irrelevant and to not exist, does not equal in any progress. Truth is not validated simply because people dislike someone or because one is marginalized and emo, that doesn't make someone more real, it makes someone more distanced from the Gods, and the Gods more distanced even from mankind.

I understand what you are saying but do you understand why others have reacted and felt a certain way? I was only trying to explain that. It was not to say “clergy bad, idiots should be allowed to say whatever dumb thought they have without any reflection or consequence.” My intention was only to help explain the feelings of others.

And most of us will still have to hide our spiritual beliefs/not discuss it. Unless others are already into some spirituality. The general populace is so numb, cut off, and brainwashed it is beyond frustrating that it is difficult to share something that could enrich their lives. I will never admit defeat but my hope for the future is slim and relies mostly on raising a new generation on Zevist beliefs and ethics.

 

[Heimdall]

LOOK AT ME!!

 

[Head Guardian Blitzkreig]

I've been heavily meditating lately, and I got the unmistakable impression that ToZ is on a slippery slope with these changes. I'm not saying it's going to happen now, but there will come a time with the current trend that members will start to become paranoid and start second guessing everything they post, until it gets to the stage when they simply will give up and stop posting - you see where I'm going with this?

I'm sorry if I opened a can of worms with my original post, but I truly believed I had just cause, and still do.

This was the wrong impression and also implies your judgement is higher than the Clergy, which is not true. Personally, I will choose HPZM to administer the Temple instead. What he had put forth in regards to the Liturgical changes, and now with the moderation changes, positions ToZ way stronger than before.

 

[SagittariusA]

I hope that our new local policy will allow us to be less paranoid online, and not to give up on messaging apps, social media, Windows, and so on. Perhaps we could even start creating our own apps and programmes, our own infrastructure, our own DNS servers, and so on, since we’re outside the political sphere. I don’t know what’s going on at the highest levels, but that shouldn’t be written about publicly; it’s only accessible to those at the very top. But I believe that whatever happens, ToZ is under absolute protection. And the future will be better. I have a rough idea of what’s going on, but I’ll keep quiet. I hope that one day we’ll create our own AI models and won’t be 100% dependent on anyone.

 

[Apprentice]

until it gets to the stage when they simply will give up and stop posting

It gets to the stage of dignified, respectful, intellectual, uplifting, and fulfilling communication between members of the Temple.
Those who find themselves unable or unwilling to learn to practice Ma'at and ascend - it's their loss, really. This is a divine place here, meaning we collectively have to strive towards becoming gradually more divine ourselves.
For expressing unfiltered useless inflammation, other places exist.