What about the “Mother of Moles” and the “Mother of All Wombats” Digger has mentioned in curses?
Maybe they’re considered more saints, or similar to Confucius, though – mythical “real” beings, not mystical gods.
Sort of like that “Atheists for Jesus” thing. Not quite gods or even supernatural, just more than most people. I suppose most cultures have them – Socrates, for example, or Arminius (there was a street named after him by the Saxons in England several hundred years after his life). On the other hand, if you mean non – real people, I suppose then an example would be Enki from Mesopotamia. Weird bloke – but not really seen as a god.
Pratchett reference, about his dwarfs “Dwarfs were not by nature religious, But when you hit your thumb with a eight pound lump hammer, its nice to be able to blaspheme. “
*starts digging through the mongoose*
Hah! Found it!
It takes a very special and very strong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout “Oh, random fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!” or “Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!”
I haven’t read all that much Pratchett, but I agree that he is almost as much of a genious as Ursula.
If you ever need extra stuff to put in your dead tree graphic novels, some of these Hyena Legends you mention here could be good extras.
What about the “Mother of Moles” and the “Mother of All Wombats” Digger has mentioned in curses?
Maybe they’re considered more saints, or similar to Confucius, though – mythical “real” beings, not mystical gods.
Sort of like that “Atheists for Jesus” thing. Not quite gods or even supernatural, just more than most people. I suppose most cultures have them – Socrates, for example, or Arminius (there was a street named after him by the Saxons in England several hundred years after his life). On the other hand, if you mean non – real people, I suppose then an example would be Enki from Mesopotamia. Weird bloke – but not really seen as a god.
doesnt matter if you beleave in a god or not, you still need a good curse
Lol. Worgen, you win.
Indeed, having been raised with christianity, I tend to fall back on the old curses. Atheism just doesn’t *have* any curses. 😛
Pratchett reference, about his dwarfs “Dwarfs were not by nature religious, But when you hit your thumb with a eight pound lump hammer, its nice to be able to blaspheme. “
@ BunnyRock All these Pratchett comments and references are making me really want to read some of his books.
Ed. The tea master.
Pratchet reference: “religion, while being a fine thing, could be taken too far”
Why is that a Pratchet reference if it’s been said hundreds of times before his books?
“Oh, ridiculous symbol of an outmoded belief system, that smarts!”
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Because some people heard it in his books first.
Or read, rather.
*starts digging through the mongoose*
Hah! Found it!
It takes a very special and very strong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout “Oh, random fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!” or “Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!”
I haven’t read all that much Pratchett, but I agree that he is almost as much of a genious as Ursula.
Or it could just be reverse euhemerization, like in Chinese mythology. Pull them down, make them more-but-not-godly–as Socrates.