I refer you to: http://www.gornahoor.net/?p=5646
Every day I learn more and every day the mystery of Shii only deepens. All at once he advocates that the Western world return to "Tradition" (strangely capitalized just like that) and does this while he spends his time hunting ghosts of a potentially extraterrestrial origin in Japan. He contends that we must have religion. Going further, he issues us some "practical advice" for choosing one, summarized in these four points which he interrupts with a paragraph of commentary:
>1. The living traditional religion practiced by members of your ethnicity — this is akin to learning from your parents, as represented by your extended family, so we place it first even though this may not be an option for everyone.
>2. Catholic or Orthodox Christianity
Well, here's a problem. Living in the farthest reaches of the West, one can find their ethnicity muddled and confused. I throw a wrench in all of this having been raised by non-religious people, themselves raised by non-religious people. If I look further into my past and grasp for tradition, then I recall that only a few generations ago, our superstitious neighbors assumed we were witches. I guess by Shii's advice, I just accept my mongrel heritage and remain a non-practicing witch. Something tells me that this conclusion was in no way his intention.
Having completed the checklist, I should just leave this be, but even as a non-practicing witch, I take particular offense at the second suggestion. I'd like to point out that Christianity is an invasive species introduced to the West. It replaced traditional religions by force, not by any merit of truth. We are left to wonder: if he lived in the early days of Christianity in the Roman Empire, would Shii be a Christian or against them?
He goes on to mention that other valid options exist, though "if you are not careful these may serve as an excuse to oppose the Western tradition outright, which is one of the insidious goals of late modernity." By the way, he rails against modernity too, on the Internet, probably without a single toothache, fully literate, and having not died of measles in childhood... but I digress. He goes on, like a common Internet sociopath goading kids into the spiritual equivalent of mixing bleach and ammonia, with:
>3. Sunni or Shia Islam
His fourth suggestion is either Theravada or Mahayana Buddhism. Why is it not one or the other? Surely one holds more dearly to "Tradition." It seems Shii is either ignorant of religion or unwilling to make a judgment call. There must be an argument in favor of either Sunni or Shia Islam. At another point earlier in the article, he says that the Baha'i faith is a pseudo-tradition. If that's true, then why is Shia Islam considered a valid option? Does heresy just become tradition with age?
The more I read, I can't be sure Shii thinks anything is true. He just wants you to have religion because his business is studying it. If someone makes shoes, they want to sell shoes to everyone. But Shii is selling something harmful. In the marketplace of ideas, he is selling prosthetics and thinks you should chop off your leg so that he can stay in business.