BioDynamic & Religion....(long/pedantic/boring)
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:42 am
We all know that BioDynamic & (Christian) Religion are one in the same. The former is a faith-based (on RudolfSteiner's writings) belief that tells us how to grow our grapes. The latter is a faith-based (on the Bible) belief that tells us how to live our daily lives. There is no/little Science in either religion.
So...if the Reverend SomeMungMoon sets up his Church in lower Gomorrah and starts packing them in and raking in big $$'s and labels his mega-church as "Christian", there would be nary a consequence. But if he labels his mega-church as "Methodist"..even though he follows the principals of JohnWesley...you can bet there would be legal consequences from the UMC and he would have to cease & desist. OK....that seems fair enough.
So.....if the Baptists tried to trademark the word "Christian" so only they could use that word in advertising/promoting the Baptist Church...they'd be laughed out of court soooo fast that your head'd swim. OK...that seems fair enough. End of religion discussion.
So....if Casey Heartloop read Steiner's works, got really excited by this new grape-growing religion, and decided he'd go BioDynamic. However...driving his tractor in the nude under a full moon is something he just cannot bring himself to do...so he decides to pick&choose what BioDynamic practices he will follow...he refuses to buy his cow-$hit from the Demeter-authorized folks...but instead hauls it in from the local Boonville feedlot...where it's loaded w/ antibiotics and GMO corn feed. Crap that'd drive the Demeter folks apoplectic.
However...if ole Case decided to slap "BioDynamic" (a name that is trademarked by the Demeter folks) on his label....the Demeter crazies would come down on him so fast & so hard that your head'd swim. Maybe there's some wiggle-room there and ole Case could sneak by w/ "RudolfSteiner grown grapes" on the label....but I sorta doubt that and the Demeter folks would still be on Casey's case.
So...today's religious question is: Why can the Demeter folks get away w/ trademarking "BioDynamic"....but the Baptists can't get away w/ trademarking "Christian"???
It's sorta like when SutterHome or Montevina or whoever it was trademarked "Primitivo" as a wine label term...but eventually common sense (a rare comidity in the Federal gummint) prevailed and the trademark was thrown out.
Tom
So...if the Reverend SomeMungMoon sets up his Church in lower Gomorrah and starts packing them in and raking in big $$'s and labels his mega-church as "Christian", there would be nary a consequence. But if he labels his mega-church as "Methodist"..even though he follows the principals of JohnWesley...you can bet there would be legal consequences from the UMC and he would have to cease & desist. OK....that seems fair enough.
So.....if the Baptists tried to trademark the word "Christian" so only they could use that word in advertising/promoting the Baptist Church...they'd be laughed out of court soooo fast that your head'd swim. OK...that seems fair enough. End of religion discussion.
So....if Casey Heartloop read Steiner's works, got really excited by this new grape-growing religion, and decided he'd go BioDynamic. However...driving his tractor in the nude under a full moon is something he just cannot bring himself to do...so he decides to pick&choose what BioDynamic practices he will follow...he refuses to buy his cow-$hit from the Demeter-authorized folks...but instead hauls it in from the local Boonville feedlot...where it's loaded w/ antibiotics and GMO corn feed. Crap that'd drive the Demeter folks apoplectic.
However...if ole Case decided to slap "BioDynamic" (a name that is trademarked by the Demeter folks) on his label....the Demeter crazies would come down on him so fast & so hard that your head'd swim. Maybe there's some wiggle-room there and ole Case could sneak by w/ "RudolfSteiner grown grapes" on the label....but I sorta doubt that and the Demeter folks would still be on Casey's case.
So...today's religious question is: Why can the Demeter folks get away w/ trademarking "BioDynamic"....but the Baptists can't get away w/ trademarking "Christian"???
It's sorta like when SutterHome or Montevina or whoever it was trademarked "Primitivo" as a wine label term...but eventually common sense (a rare comidity in the Federal gummint) prevailed and the trademark was thrown out.
Tom