What were you before you became and atheist?

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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by Exi5tentialist » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:45 pm

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Svartalf wrote:Do you even believe in Exi, and his all encompassing rightness and wisdom?
Yeah, but I'm reading/studying his book at the moment, so... :shifty:
My book?

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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by Ronja » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:46 pm

FBM wrote: Reading/studying the Bible can be a good cure for xtianity, then, eh? :biggrin:
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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by FBM » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:47 pm

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FBM wrote:
Svartalf wrote:Do you even believe in Exi, and his all encompassing rightness and wisdom?
Yeah, but I'm reading/studying his book at the moment, so... :shifty:
My book?

OK, I lied. I do that. I'm doing it now, as a matter of fact. Really.
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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by FBM » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:48 pm

Ronja wrote:
FBM wrote: Reading/studying the Bible can be a good cure for xtianity, then, eh? :biggrin:
This statement has some distinct deja vu qualities...
Ronja wrote:
FBM wrote: Reading/studying the Bible can be a good cure for xtianity, then, eh? :biggrin:
This statement has some distinct deja vu qualities...
"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."

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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by Tero » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:50 pm

Zombie Gawdzilla wrote:
Exi5tentialist wrote:Do you think I was asking for my benefit?

Can't you see your personal development was uppermost in my mind?
My development proceeded nicely long before your daddy had a hardon the first time.
I read that as a Hadron first and wondered if it was a new metaphor.

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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by Feck » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:51 pm

If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:52 pm

Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
*insert standard bullshit reply here*
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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by Jason » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:57 pm

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. :dance:

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Post by FBM » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:58 pm

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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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:58 pm

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. :dance:
And we should dis Thor and Freya. And the Sun God, of course.
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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by Jason » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:02 pm

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
What's that there thar funny squiggles and why does only the first one change? :ask:

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Post by Exi5tentialist » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:03 pm

Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
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?)

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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Post by FBM » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:06 pm

PordFrefect wrote:
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
What's that there thar funny squiggles and why does only the first one change? :ask:
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%BC
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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by Jason » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:07 pm

Exi5tentialist wrote:
Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
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?)

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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Re: What were you before you became and atheist?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:09 pm

Exi5tentialist wrote:
Feck wrote:If our cultural root is Christianity... Explain the names for the days of the week please !
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?)

Without Rome's all-pervasive influence, wouldn't christianity just be another middle eastern religion for us westerners to get phobic about?
As it was the Greeks who got it going, not the Bedouin rejects, I doubt it would even be a mideast thing.
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