[ExI] Religions are not the ultimate cause of war

[spike]

From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Stefano Vaj
Subject: Re: [ExI] Religions are not the ultimate cause of war

 

On 1 October 2012 17:27, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism

>>."Satanists do not believe in the supernatural, in neither God nor the
Devil. To the Satanist, he is his own God..."



>.That's quite heretic, I suspect, from a traditional Satanist (ie, Satan's
worship along the line of judaeo-crhistian mythology) POV. 

>.Too bad in their mimicking catholic stuff they do not have an
excommunication procedure. :-) --  Stefano Vaj

 

 

Ja.  The inherent disadvantage of Satanism is that his name is two
syllables.  It makes it harder to call upon one's deity when experiencing a
toe-curler.  The traditional ".Oh God Oh God." is so well established, it is
likely the name itself was originally coined exactly for that nearly
universal purpose.  The pronunciation is almost automatic, and doesn't
require much concentration to utter, at time when the brain is otherwise
completely occupied.  Most names can be shortened to a single syllable, such
as Stef in your case.  But look at the case of the devil, imagine oneself
adopting him as the object of adoration, think of all the names.  None of
them work very well for the purpose stated above:  Oh Dev!  Nah.  Oh Sate!
Nope.  Oh Luce!  That one would immediately stop the action, for the
suspicious partner would demand "Who the hell is Luce?"  The hasty
explanation .Oh, I cut off the 'ifer'. might fly, but would likely spoil the
mood at a critical moment.

 

Even the hard core true atheists among us have this problem, for none of the
syllables in our particular deity work as a name:  Oh EV!  Oh LOOSH!  Oh
SHUN!  

 

We heretics just hafta face the facts.  God has us in the naming department.
He was there when we were conceived.  We are fighting an uphill battle.

 

Actually the following list should provide the evidence for the notion that
Religion Incorporated in general originated with the Big Bang.  Consider
each of the names on this list of names for god, and note one thing in
common to almost all of them: they are well suited to be called upon at the
critical moment: 

 


Aab-Tum


Aadar-Baad-Gar


Aadar-Keebreet-Tum


Aadar-Nam-Gar


Aadaro


Aaeen-Aaenah


Aamasht


Abadah


Abarjaa


Abarvand


Abee-Anjaam


A-Beesh


Abreen-Kohun-Tavaan


Abreen-No-Tavaan


Ab-tum


A-Chem


Adar-kibritatum


A-Duee


Afakhsheeaaeaa


A-Farefah


A-Faremosh


Afjaa


Afraajdum


Afza


A-Gar-Aa-Gar-Gar


A-Gumaan


Ahu


Ahuramazd


Ahur-Mazd


A-Jamaan


A-Khuaan


A-Meenogar


An-Aaeenah


An-Aiyaafah


An-Aoshak


Aokh-Tan


A-satoha


A-tars


Avakhseedaar


Baad-Aadar-Gar


Baad-Garjaae


Baad-Gel-Gar


Baad-Gerd-Tum


Baad-Nam-Gar


Bad-adar-gar


Bad-gail-gar


Bad-gar-jae


Bad-gred-tum


Bad-nam-gar


Be-fareftah


Besh-Tarnaa


Bokhtaar


Bune-Steeh


Chamanaa


Daadaar


Daavar


Eeyaanah


Farasaka


Farmaan-Kaam


Farsho-gar


Fashutanaa


Feerozgar


Fraakhtan-Teh


Gail-adar-gar


Gail-nam-gar


Gail-vad-gar


Gar-Aa-Gar


Gar-Aa-Gar-Gar


Gar-Gar


Gar-O-Gar


Geeraa


Hamaarnaa


Ham-Aiyaafah


Ham-Chun


Har-Hameed


Har-Nek-Fareh


Harvastum


Harvesp-Aagaah


Harvesp-Khudaa


Harvesp-tawan


Hu-Sepaas


Jamaga


Kaame-Rad


Kerfegar


Khaavar


Khorehomand


Khrosheed-Tum


Khudaavand


Khvaafar


Meeno-Steeh-Gar


Meeno-Tum


Mino-nahab


Naashaa


Nasha


Padmaanee


Padmani


Pajoh-Dahad


Parajtarah


Parvandaah


Parvaraa


Raiyomand


Rakhoha


Safanaa


Sanaaeaa


Taroneesh


Tum-Afeek


Vaasnaa


Varoon


Vaspaan


Vaspaar


Yazad

 

To this I would suggest a line of further research.  Note the closest
relatives of humans, the bonobos.  Then researchers might note if they have
a favorite comment these sporty primates tend to make with each pelvic
thrust, such as ".oooh oooh oooh." for instance.  From that evidence, we
might speculate that given enough time, bonobos might eventually come to
worship a deity they call Oooh.

 

spike

 

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