I’m not aware of any other contemporary thought current that calls itself pharisaic.  The Pharisees seem to have played the role of the fall guy for as long as I can see.  They are overly legalistic, without understanding the spirit; they are the deviant, the misguided, the wrong.

It’s a bit like a domain name registration.  It was free.  It’s not associated with anything anyone else will lay claim to (I hope), nor take offence at (I hope).

And, yes, it’s “Stone”, not “Stoned”, goddamit.

Postscript, 2019:

I have come to learn that the Pharisees were the forerunners of rabbinic Judaism. I know little of the structure of Judaism, except that it is complex. It is my wish to appear unthreatening, respectful, and formed in my own way.