More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
I know teenagers are idiots on the matters of religion. I hate to single a group out like this, but it's true- it's almost exclusively the atheist teenagers who are really stupid. Most Christian teenagers are just naive, but atheist teenagers are usually smug, self satisfied, and have a "i am enlightened because i don't have any gods #swag#yolo #fedoraandasonicthehedgehogtshirt" attitude.
It is not true. In my experience, one's religion of choice (or lack thereof) has very little to do with one's disposition towards others.
Well either way, I can safely say idiots unfortunately have the power to adapt and evolve, just like every other human being. They can take something simple like a belief system, or lack of belief, and find ways to make your life as fucking miserable as humanely possible. People who think they are superior to you because they are closer to God than thou, and those who think they are superior to you because they don't believe in God.
Teenagers have a habit of taking ANYTHING and handling it worse than a Toyota. Be it Twilight, Fursonas, Self-Harm, Religion or even the Death Penalty. You can't trust those under-developed, underage pieces of shit to do anything right. Just, endure them until they are old enough to accept reason and logic.
So, dryads. Are they half-tree half woman beings, or are they just naked women who frollic in forests? wikipedia is not being clear on what the hell a dryad really is.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
A dryad is the spirit of each tree, though being flesh and not immaterial, and looking fully human but supernaturally beautiful. If you cut down that tree, she dies.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
This is true (also unfortunate and frankly racist).
I was just implying that I find it odd that a white man would be living in Africa in a time when that was not particularly common. I suppose he could be Roman, though.
edit: nevermind, I can't read. Apparently he was Berber, which just makes his depiction here more confusing.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Did "Berber" come from the same etymology as "barbarian" by any chance?
Did "Berber" come from the same etymology as "barbarian" by any chance?
I wouldn't be too shocked if it did ("barbarian" comes from an onomatopoeia; "berberber", which is pretty similar to "blah blah blah" in that it's used to denote nonsensical language, which, in the opinion of the Greeks, was every language that wasn't theirs). I imagine most prefer the "Imazighen" term (it apparently means something akin to "free people"), but I know no Imazighen personally, so I can't exactly ask.
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The name Berber appeared for the first time after the end of the Roman Empire.[8] The use of the term Berber spread in the period following the arrival of the Vandals during their major invasions. A history by a Roman consul in Africa made the first reference of the term "barbarian" to describe Numidia. Muslim historians, some time after, also mentioned the Berbers.[9] The English term was introduced in the 19th century, replacing the earlier Barbary, a loan from Arabic. Its ultimate etymological identity with barbarian is uncertain, but the Arabic word has clearly been treated as identical with Latin barbaria, Byzantine Greek βαρβαρία "land of barbarians" since the Middle Ages.
ooooh this seems relevant to the term "gothic." :)
Even more relevant to the word "Gothic":
Wulfila's Bible was the first translation of the Bible into a Germanic language, first transcribed some time in the 4th century AD. It is also one of the only surviving texts in Gothic, as well as one of the few surviving Arian texts.
Oh, I just remembered something. A while back, there was a conversation about the origin of the word "barbarian." It came from the Latin word barbarus, meaning foreigner.
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^^^^ Fascinating...
I wonder where the hell all the eggs and bunnies came from then.
I attended a Methodist mass today and the reverend gathered the kids at the front of the church and passed them all out plastic eggs with a small stone, a ribbon, and some dried palm grass.
He told the resurrection story likening the hollow egg to the tomb, the small stone to the large one that was in front of the tomb, the ribbon as Jesus's discarded burial cloth, and the dried palm grass as what a gardener would be getting rid of (Mary of Magdalene mistook Jesus for a gardener at first). Obviously the dried palm is also similar to the Easter grass.
Not the reverend tried to claim this is actually where we get eggs and grass, and he didn't have a place for the bunny...
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Rabbits and hares
The hare was a popular motif in medieval church art. In ancient times it was widely believed (as by Pliny, Plutarch, Philostratus and Aelian) that the hare was a hermaphrodite.[3][4][5] The idea that a hare could reproduce without loss of virginity led to an association with the Virgin Mary, with hares sometimes occurring in illuminated manuscripts and Northern European paintings of the Virgin and Christ Child. It may also have been associated with the Holy Trinity, as in the three hares motif,[3][6] representing the "One in Three and Three in One" of which the triangle or three interlocking shapes such as rings are common symbols. In England, this motif usually appears in a prominent place in the church, such as the central rib of the chancel roof, or on a central rib of the nave. This suggests that the symbol held significance to the church, and casts doubt on the theory that they may have been masons' or carpenters' signature marks.[7]
Huh...
Well, suck it...I guess pretty much everyone except Christians who celebrate Easter. Minus the commercialization, seems everything in Easter has some sort of Christian symbolism attached except for the possibility of unverified existence of other gods that may have influenced them at some point or another.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
^ The name Easter is Germanic, and was likely the name of the heathen Equinox festival. The Orthodox churches call itPascha.
Very interesting that the rabbit is Christian, though.
Well, the belief that the hare was a hermaphrodite and the associated fertility symbolism seems to predate Christianity in Europe despite its use therein; the egg motif, painting aside, is definitely older; and as Mr. Darcy said, the name Easter itself comes from the ancient Germanic eostre—the equinox festival, associated with the rebirth of the world.
Easter is a highly syncretic holiday, very Christian and very pagan all at once. Christmas and most of the other seasonal holidays (Candlemas, Hallowe'en) are even more pagan; most saintly feast days are more completely Christian.
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That Easter had some pagan roots was usurping, what does surprise me this that many of the traditions have been adopted for so long that there seem to be Christian rituals or symbols you can point to and say it's from it and have to start exploring the roots of THOSE things to sort out the source for much of this.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
^ Isn't it thought to be from the last year Euripides wrote, too?
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Santa Muerte,SpanishforSaint Death, is a sacred figure and feminine skeletal folk saintveneratedprimarily inMexicoand theUnited States. As a figure made holy by popular belief, the saint of death developed throughsyncretismbetween Mesoamericanindigenous and SpanishCatholicbeliefs and practices. Santa Muerte, the name in Spanish, literally translates to "Saint Death" or "Holy Death".Since thepre-Columbian eraMexican culture has maintained a certain reverence towards death,which can be seen in the widespread commemoration of the syncreticDay of the Dead.Elements of that celebration include the use of skeletons to remind people of their mortality.The worship is condemned by theCatholic Churchin Mexico as invalid, but it is firmly entrenched among Mexico’s lower working classes and various elements of society deemed as "outcasts".
Santa Muerte generally appears as a female skeletal figure, clad in a long robe and holding one or more objects, usually a scythe and a globe. Her robe can be of any color, as more specific images of the figure vary widely from devotee to devotee and according to the rite being performed or the petition being made. As the worship of Santa Muerte was clandestine until the 20th century, most prayers and other rites have been traditionally performed privately in the home. However, for the past ten years or so, worship has become more public, especially in Mexico City after Enriqueta Romero initiated her famous Mexico City shrine in 2001. The number of believers in Santa Muerte has grown over the past ten to twenty years, to several million followers in Mexico, the United States, and parts of Central America. Santa Muerte has similar male counterparts in the Americas, such as the skeletal folk saints San La Muerte of Argentina and Rey (King) Pascual of Guatemala.
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Other fun fact:
This is something of a sticky situation in regards to the Day of the Dead as "Death" is the final enemy Christ vanquishes in Revelations, if memory servers.
Somehow, I'm doubting the writer of Revelation was imagining Christ beating up a feminine skeleton in a bright colored robe.
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Teenagers have a habit of taking ANYTHING and handling it worse than a Toyota. Be it Twilight, Fursonas, Self-Harm, Religion or even the Death Penalty. You can't trust those under-developed, underage pieces of shit to do anything right. Just, endure them until they are old enough to accept reason and logic.
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They're a type of nymph, which is a minor nature goddess in Greek mythology.
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope. He's the first non-European pope since Gelasius I.
He's also the first Francis.
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>from North Africa
>painting is clearly of a white dude.
fishy.
This is true (also unfortunate and frankly racist).
I was just implying that I find it odd that a white man would be living in Africa in a time when that was not particularly common. I suppose he could be Roman, though.
edit: nevermind, I can't read. Apparently he was Berber, which just makes his depiction here more confusing.
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Guessing the Berber's were tanner than
*were
also, no need for past tense, there are plenty of Berbers around today. Also they apparently prefer to be called Imazighen, from what I'm reading.
it apparently encompasses a pretty wide range of skin-tones, though I don't know if that was as true at that time as it is today.
also they do this, which is pretty cool
I wouldn't be too shocked if it did ("barbarian" comes from an onomatopoeia; "berberber", which is pretty similar to "blah blah blah" in that it's used to denote nonsensical language, which, in the opinion of the Greeks, was every language that wasn't theirs). I imagine most prefer the "Imazighen" term (it apparently means something akin to "free people"), but I know no Imazighen personally, so I can't exactly ask.i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
The name Berber appeared for the first time after the end of the Roman Empire.[8] The use of the term Berber spread in the period following the arrival of the Vandals during their major invasions. A history by a Roman consul in Africa made the first reference of the term "barbarian" to describe Numidia. Muslim historians, some time after, also mentioned the Berbers.[9] The English term was introduced in the 19th century, replacing the earlier Barbary, a loan from Arabic. Its ultimate etymological identity with barbarian is uncertain, but the Arabic word has clearly been treated as identical with Latin barbaria, Byzantine Greek βαρβαρία "land of barbarians" since the Middle Ages.
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The Messiah has arisen.
Your shit is wrecked.
I considered looking into all the non-Christian symbolism of Easter and depositing here but decided that sounded like work.
I think the eggs and bunny represent having tons of babies which is what spring makes people feel like doing.
Unless you're Reginald.
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^^^^ Fascinating...
I wonder where the hell all the eggs and bunnies came from then.
I attended a Methodist mass today and the reverend gathered the kids at the front of the church and passed them all out plastic eggs with a small stone, a ribbon, and some dried palm grass.
He told the resurrection story likening the hollow egg to the tomb, the small stone to the large one that was in front of the tomb, the ribbon as Jesus's discarded burial cloth, and the dried palm grass as what a gardener would be getting rid of (Mary of Magdalene mistook Jesus for a gardener at first). Obviously the dried palm is also similar to the Easter grass.
Not the reverend tried to claim this is actually where we get eggs and grass, and he didn't have a place for the bunny...
Great, now I'm actually looking this shit up...
So on Easter eggs:
Wikipedia basically echoes this.
No word on where the fucking bunnies come from except that they're "fucking bunnies" and represent fertility.
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Huh...
Well, suck it...I guess pretty much everyone except Christians who celebrate Easter. Minus the commercialization, seems everything in Easter has some sort of Christian symbolism attached except for the possibility of unverified existence of other gods that may have influenced them at some point or another.
^ The name Easter is Germanic, and was likely the name of the heathen Equinox festival. The Orthodox churches call it Pascha.
Very interesting that the rabbit is Christian, though.
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Shit is fucked up, yo.
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Santa Muerte generally appears as a female skeletal figure, clad in a long robe and holding one or more objects, usually a scythe and a globe. Her robe can be of any color, as more specific images of the figure vary widely from devotee to devotee and according to the rite being performed or the petition being made. As the worship of Santa Muerte was clandestine until the 20th century, most prayers and other rites have been traditionally performed privately in the home. However, for the past ten years or so, worship has become more public, especially in Mexico City after Enriqueta Romero initiated her famous Mexico City shrine in 2001. The number of believers in Santa Muerte has grown over the past ten to twenty years, to several million followers in Mexico, the United States, and parts of Central America. Santa Muerte has similar male counterparts in the Americas, such as the skeletal folk saints San La Muerte of Argentina and Rey (King) Pascual of Guatemala.
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