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i think you may have been misinformed. planets for one, do not govern energy. energy governs itself. also, the moon is not a planet, it is a satellite.
also, I have never before heard of a power cycle in he means you speak of. mind explaining that?

Hey, guys -- no one is right or wrong.
Your energy may not be governed by a planet or satellite or comet - it doesn't mean someone else's isn't.
Even if you say that you've been in contact with God himself about this, it doesn't make me believe in him. |: Keep it in mind.

Why? Keep in mind, no two people have the same experiences. Therefore, no two people perceive the same reality. Therefore, no two people can have exactly the same beliefs.

Christians have disagreed about everything for centuries, even the very nature of Jesus. Ask 3 Christians (even of the same denomination) the same question, and you'l get 4 answers. However, Christians are usually viewed as credible by society.

Beliefs, expecially those of the spiritual/religious kind, are not immediate, infallible, or perfect, or without some conscious thought.

So how is disagreement on this point (only tangentially related to therianism) discrediting to therians?

I mean, if there was disagreement by scientists on exactly how electrons move, would that negate the credibility of all chemistry?

There will always be discussion and disagreement on the more picky points of beliefs.

So if someone decides that this kind of discussion/argument/debate/whatever discredits therianism just because we don't all immediately come to the same conclusion, then said person is just looking for reasons to decide we're wrong, is therefore too closed-minded, and is exemplary of the confirmation bias (ie, seeking out information to uphold their beliefs, and ignoring information that would negate it).

I figured that might have been the case: ie, not that she was trying to say she felt we were discrediting ourselves, but rather that she was trying to warn the people disagreeing that it might cause an outsider to see it as making out beliefs questionable.

That's why I never referred specifically to her in the last paragraph. Rather, I meant someone, as in, anyone specifically that did what is described in it. I didn't mean necessarilly Serra, but that's for pointing that out.

I agree we therians may never come together in large groups, we are just to different. Even what makes us similar makes us different. We are similar cause we are part animal, but how and what animal? There are too many differences among us, and differences are hard to ignore for the sake of unity.

It is a nice idea though. 3nodding

I have occasional bouts of pain in shoulders as well, but this is not due to a cycle of energy ((at least in my case)). My phantom pains come from the ever shifting "Phantom Muscles" that govern the movement of my wings spasming. I do not usually get the same type of pain although it does seem to move in a pattern. About every three months or so is when mine happens but it lasts for about a week when it happens.