Tweet
Is that secret code? So you can't tell me when the comet will arive?
-
I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh -
There is no comet Kidicious, only the light and cleanisng fire of the Ori which envelops you and ascends you when otherwise only death would come to you.
But there is a passage in the Book of Origin, that tells of an end time:
"Life and death, light and darkness, hope and despair. The rift was created, and on that day, the Ori were born. But the hatred of those who strayed from the true path festered and bloomed in the dark corners of the Avernakis to which they have been cast! And consumed by this hatred, they poisoned all they touched, bringing death, darkness and despair. And the souls of their victims knew no peace, until the Ori came and whispered to them: 'Sleep, for the end draws near!' And on that day all will rejoice, when the Ori come and lay them low."
Let us hope the Ori come to punish the wicked soon.
Hallowed are the Ori!Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
-
Also, there's so many more deities to choose from. The modern real world choices are so limited.Originally posted by Heraclitus
"The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
-Joan RobinsonComment
-
Yeah, you can get tired of all that sapping after awhile.Originally posted by Heraclitus
OOC:
Nah, she would just use the promise of ascension to sap the life force out of you. Typical female.
I recommend Cthulhu if you have the original edition.Originally posted by Victor Galis
I'd always wanted to pick some deity from a D&D sourcebook to start worshipping, so I could then get offended when believers of other more established religions pretended their gods were any more real.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
2004 Presidential Candidate
2008 Presidential Candidate (for what its worth)Comment
-
It sounds like you're looking for Hinduism. It has oodles of gods and some are really kooky!Originally posted by Victor Galis
Also, there's so many more deities to choose from. The modern real world choices are so limited.Comment
-
...and the temples look really cool.Originally posted by Blake
It sounds like you're looking for Hinduism. It has oodles of gods and some are really kooky!
Comment
-
Except for that temple with all the rats.
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Ben Franklin
Iain Banks missed deadline due to Civ | The eyes are the groin of the head. - Dwight Schrute.
One more turn .... One more turn .... | WWTSD
Comment
-
Thinking about God worship..
You know how the main difference between an Atheist (or non-tibetan Buddhist) and a Christian, Muslim or Jew... is that the Atheist worships one less God. Everyone rejects lots and lots of Gods, but the Atheist rejects one more.
Maybe Atheists, being relatively unattached, could like, adopt a Deity for a day or something. Maybe, take one day each week, choose a God or Goddess, preferably a neglected one, and worship it for that day, or at least say a bed-time prayer.
I think that coming up with a justification to do such a thoroughly silly thing is unnecessary, but then again, silliness alone is sufficient to compel me
.
But lets see, on the offchance that these Gods actually exist, you could really make their day or even eon by worshiping them. Imagine some ancient God, hasn't heard a prayer for a thousand years... then he hears one! He would be overjoyed, he might even bless you or send vikings to kill your enemies.
Like the Christian God, or Allah, they would be way overworked. They'd get so many prayers they'd not even appreciate the prayers they get. But if you pray to some neglected God, that God would really appreciate it, it would remember your prayer, and try to make good things happen for you. I mean the neglected God wont have much power but nor would that power be spread thinly. I'm pretty sure that by now Allah and that other God are just overwhelmed by apathy, imagine hearing peoples problems for 2000 years. They'd just not care anymore, too apathetic to use their power. Or like be afraid that if they perform a miracle, they'll just get MORE people telling them their problems. Screw that.
So share your love, pray to a God who will appreciate it and might actually do something about it.
And remember, the more you pray to a Deity, the less that Deity cares, so spread the prayer!Comment
-
OOC: Blake has a point.Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
-
I read the title as "I have decided to convert Oerdin".Long time member @ Apolyton
Civilization player since the dawn of timeComment
-
I'm still waiting for Apophis to return.APOSTOLNIK BEANIE BERET BICORNE BIRETTA BOATER BONNET BOWLER CAP CAPOTAIN CHADOR COIF CORONET CROWN DO-RAG FEDORA FEZ GALERO HAIRNET HAT HEADSCARF HELMET HENNIN HIJAB HOOD KABUTO KERCHIEF KOLPIK KUFI MITRE MORTARBOARD PERUKE PICKELHAUBE SKULLCAP SOMBRERO SHTREIMEL STAHLHELM STETSON TIARA TOQUE TOUPEE TRICORN TRILBY TURBAN VISOR WIG YARMULKE ZUCCHETTOComment
-
You know how the main difference between an Atheist (or non-tibetan Buddhist) and a Christian, Muslim or Jew... is that the Atheist worships one less God. Everyone rejects lots and lots of Gods, but the Atheist rejects one more.
Richard Dawkins uses that in his speeches. Did you nick it from him?
But lets see, on the offchance that these Gods actually exist, you could really make their day or even eon by worshiping them. Imagine some ancient God, hasn't heard a prayer for a thousand years... then he hears one! He would be overjoyed
Small Gods is one of his best, I agree.Comment
-
Blake likes to quote smart things from other people and pretned it is him.
Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
-
I'll see your Ori and raise you:Originally posted by Heraclitus
Indeed. Priors are beacons on the road to enlightenment. I now make Proteus a prior of poly. /proteus suddenly develops a very white complexion, mild ritualistic scaring and has superpowers/
HALLOWED ARE THE ORI.
Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
-
I don't know about 500 trillion, but every living soul in the Ori galaxy is a Ori worshiper. So I am guessing there are a lot of them. And yes they are screaming fanatics too.
Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
Comment