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What were you before you became and atheist?
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This statement has some distinct deja vu qualities...FBM wrote: Reading/studying the Bible can be a good cure for xtianity, then, eh?
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Exi5tentialist wrote:My book?FBM wrote:Yeah, but I'm reading/studying his book at the moment, so...Svartalf wrote:Do you even believe in Exi, and his all encompassing rightness and wisdom?
OK, I lied. I do that. I'm doing it now, as a matter of fact. Really.
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"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Ronja wrote:This statement has some distinct deja vu qualities...FBM wrote: Reading/studying the Bible can be a good cure for xtianity, then, eh?
Ronja wrote:This statement has some distinct deja vu qualities...FBM wrote: Reading/studying the Bible can be a good cure for xtianity, then, eh?
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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I read that as a Hadron first and wondered if it was a new metaphor.Zombie Gawdzilla wrote:My development proceeded nicely long before your daddy had a hardon the first time.Exi5tentialist wrote:Do you think I was asking for my benefit?
Can't you see your personal development was uppermost in my mind?
Re: What were you before you became and atheist?
If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
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*insert standard bullshit reply here*Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
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Oooh.. I remember one! Saturday <- dies Saturni <- Saturnalia. It's also the last day of the week, corresponding with the Jewish idea of God's day of rest. Saturn being the father of Rome's god (Jupiter), it was already a holy day and so easily merged with the Judeo-Christian theology retaining its original name but eventually losing its original significance. 
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Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
월요일 - Monday - moon day
화요일 - Tuesday - fire day
수요일 - Wednesday - water day
목요일 - Thursday - wood day
금요일 - Friday - gold day
토요일 - Saturday - earth day
일요일 - Sunday - sun day
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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And we should dis Thor and Freya. And the Sun God, of course.PordFrefect wrote:Oooh.. I remember one! Saturday <- dies Saturni <- Saturnalia. It's also the last day of the week, corresponding with the Jewish idea of God's day of rest. Saturn being the father of Rome's god (Jupiter), it was already a holy day and so easily merged with the Judeo-Christian theology retaining its original name but eventually losing its original significance.
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What's that there thar funny squiggles and why does only the first one change?FBM wrote:Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
월요일 - Monday - moon day
화요일 - Tuesday - fire day
수요일 - Wednesday - water day
목요일 - Thursday - wood day
금요일 - Friday - gold day
토요일 - Saturday - earth day
일요일 - Sunday - sun day
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Would it be inaccurate to describe our names for the days of the week as a North European gloss, artificially superimposed on the Roman 7-day week? Is Rome not the true source of the christian religion? (and our calendar, and the Common Era itself?)Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
Without Rome's all-pervasive influence, wouldn't christianity just be another middle eastern religion for us westerners to get phobic about?
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The names of the days of the week in Korean. The first character is the Korean representation of the Chinese character. The second and third just mean 'day of the week'. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC ... 4%EC%9D%BCPordFrefect wrote:What's that there thar funny squiggles and why does only the first one change?FBM wrote:Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
월요일 - Monday - moon day
화요일 - Tuesday - fire day
수요일 - Wednesday - water day
목요일 - Thursday - wood day
금요일 - Friday - gold day
토요일 - Saturday - earth day
일요일 - Sunday - sun day
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
Re: What were you before you became and atheist?
Exi5tentialist wrote:Would it be inaccurate to describe our names for the days of the week as a North European gloss, artificially superimposed on the Roman 7-day week? Is Rome not the true source of the christian religion? (and our calendar, and the Common Era itself?)Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
Without Rome's all-pervasive influence, wouldn't christianity just be another middle eastern religion for us westerners to get phobic about?
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As it was the Greeks who got it going, not the Bedouin rejects, I doubt it would even be a mideast thing.Exi5tentialist wrote:Would it be inaccurate to describe our names for the days of the week as a North European gloss, artificially superimposed on the Roman 7-day week? Is Rome not the true source of the christian religion? (and our calendar, and the Common Era itself?)Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
Without Rome's all-pervasive influence, wouldn't christianity just be another middle eastern religion for us westerners to get phobic about?
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