#badgerism

This is an excellent question. It raises an important point and I have taken a lot of time to think on it to ensure a satisfying answer. Honey Badgerism can be taken as a stand alone faith, but it also fits with any other form of religion in that we do not care what you choose to believe it is your choice. That being said, you could poll 10 honey badgers on honey badgerism and get 10 different answers. 

As a stand alone faith, there is no “sin.” We believe in the 3 main points of the Honey Badger. For those unfamiliar with the popular youtube video, they are as follows: 1. Honey Badger don’t care. 2. Honey Badger don’t give a shit. 3. Honey Badger takes what he wants. Now while this question pertains to the third point more than the rest, it is important to understand the whole picture to understand how we can fit these principles into our lives.

Honey Badger don’t care: A honey badger has no real fear. He doesn’t care if you are a mighty lion. That is his food and he will chase you off. He doesn’t care if the bees are deadly, he needs to eat. The honey badger lives his life the way he needs to live it to survive without concern for what other people think of him or his actions.

The thing to remember when applying this and the other two points of Honey Badgerism is that we are human and as such, have access to far more tools, resources, and intelligence than the Honey Badger. Where a honey badger has to be destructive to obtain his food, we have other options. We can be creative.

 Honey Badger don’t give a shit: This is mostly the same as the first point. It is repeated in a slightly different wording to point out the importance. The honey badger really doesn’t care who you are. Don’t mess with him. Don’t mess with the honey badger and you will not be messed with. 

Honey Badger takes what he wants: Here is the real meat of this question. The honey badger roams the middle east and africa doing whatever he sees fit. Eating cobras and baby honey bees, chasing lions, trotting through the dessert just hanging out. As a human race, there are certain things we have deemed wrong. These are the things that the majority of people couldn’t possibly think to do. Murder, rape, the blatant torture of another living being. It is easy to assume on the surface that, as a honey badger, you wouldn’t care about these things and you would let these people take what they want, but that is simply not the case. 

In order to take what you want as a human being, you must know, deep down, what you really want. Do you want to be self employed? If so, you would take that by starting a business. In order to start a business, there are other smaller steps to take. Do you want to live in a world where people act as a community and share ideas and thoughts? Take that by starting discussion groups and being neighborly. 

If you only look at the small and immediate future, you will get the thing you want in the moment, but will not get anything long term. Do you want that candy bar? Take it! Now you are being prosecuted for shoplifting, have a criminal record, and are banned from that store. Were those things that you wanted? Because, ultimately, that is what you took when you took the candy bar.

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