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Originally Posted by Low C Sharp
In fact, it seems a little sad to me that a college-educated person would have zero curiosity about literature, music, and poetry that mean a great deal to other people. Respecting privacy is great; I'm not saying anyone should seek out information that is meant only for members. But to really have no interest? If that's true, it's unfortunate IMHO.
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An interest is one thing. A need to read and study and try to truly understand a ritual that is private, and only means so much when written in a book, is another.
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Originally Posted by tri deezy
I don't think it's true that people here have literally no interest. It almost bothers me when people say that other rituals would be meaningless or that they have no interest in others because it's like they're putting down other rituals. They mean well when they say it, of course, but it makes it sounds as if in their mind, other rituals are worthless. I also think that it's just rhetoric. I think that most people here probably have at least a tiny bit of curiosity about other GLOs rituals. Reading another ritual would not be meaningless at all- it would probably be pretty relatable to the reader and make the reader understand the roots of that org more. It would even probably give them more respect for and interest in the org. Just my two cents.
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To say that the ritual has NO meaning when read by a non-member is probably an exaggeration. Obviously there can be SOME kind of a meaning found, and clearly there is one. I can acknowledge that as being fact for any Greek letter organization with a long and rich history. However, I don't feel the need to read through other GLOs' ritual books, because a) I'll never be there to experience the ceremonies, b) I probably won't bother to remember what was written anyway (seeing as it's not relevant to my life), and c) I have my own ritual by which I live.
Honestly, I probably would have been more curious before I joined a GLO to go looking through random ritual books than I am now (if I had ever even thought of doing such a thing). I find that non-Greeks tend to be a bit more curious because they know little to nothing about GLOs, and they wonder what goes on in ritual ceremonies of which they've never taken part.