Re: [alliance] Official deity

[arik devens <caelur@innocent.com>]

On Thu, 05 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Stefano Costa wrote:
> > Daniel Arbuckle wrote:
> > 
> > > What AllOS is about depends on who you are. I think, for most of us,
> > > designing the best OS that we can is a sort of hobby. Hobbies should be
> > > fun. If we think that Discordianism is fun, and we want to use it as
> > > part of our culture, who has the right to care?
> > 
> > Well, all relies on the word 'fun'. If it's only a prank, and we use the
> > Discordianism as such inside Allos logo and everywhere, fine. But please don't
> > valicate this limit: religion, after sex, is one of the things were *really*
> > things get quickly nasty.
> > In USA some people kills doctor who made abortion, in some places religions are
> > banned, imageine what effect cvan have Allos deity in such places and to such
> > people......
> 
> Honestly, people are taking this way too seriously. When I made the
> suggestion, I never intended it to be more than a joke, or maybe an
> internal thing that never spread too widely. Besides, taking religion
> seriously is against the precepts of Discordianism ;)
> 
> My family are christian, though I'm an atheist and a discordian heretic
> (There's your answer, Davis), so I know that some people would react badly
> to this.
> 
> Besides, my vote is still with the Gerbil for our mascot.

i like that. but i think i still like a gecko more.

> 
> Daniel
> 
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arik
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