Today's profound revelation.

[kiya]

The OED is heavy. However, it is also properly shelved now.

In other amusements, rosefox sent me this link to a story about an impending translation of Peter Rabbit into hieroglyphs.

I am moderately cranky at someone on asbb-r who is apparently of the opinion that only the Abrahamic monotheisms have a theology or a philosophical underpinning. I'd smack him with something by Jan Assman, only it would probably kill him from the sheer mass of impact.

Also, I am teething and this is driving me insane and also to chewing on cloves. Which is moderately intense, but at least I don't have to spend long at it before my gums go numb and leave me alone for a while. Still mildly plaguey, in the "occasional hackings up of incredibly adhesive gobs of goo that then attempt to choke me" sense as opposed to the actually sick sense.

Also, the usual one-liners:

Whitney says, "My Chaote leanings are that I collect truths. I like truths, they're cool, and the more truths I have the more flexible and capable I am, because I can find the one that's appropriate to the situation. But I only collect -true- truths, things that I believe yesterday and tomorrow. And the world was hatched from an egg, and spoken into existence, and carried on the backs of the elephants, and formed from a whirl of the corpses of elder stars."
Whitney thinks some more. "And from the meeting of the fire and the ice. And from the self-love of the primal gods. And . . ."
Eastman [annwyd] says, "It amuses me that those all sound equally myffic, including the elder star corpses one."
Tesla [oneironaut] says, "I spent a while staring at that one trying to remember which mythology it was from."
Whitney says, "I so win."
Tesla cackles.

Comments

[autumnesquirrel.livejournal.com]

Corpses of elder stars is very cool.

I have some clove drop hard candies if you would like some. Might help with the hacking as well as producing some levels of numbness, though not at quickly.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I recently ran across something even more narror focus concerning religions: a Mormon whose upcomign SF novel argues in several places that Islam is not a real religion, on the grounds that people are not free to leave it. Insert enough eyerolling to power the main generator at Niagara.

I bet it sells well, though.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Is Orson at it again, or do we have two Mormon SF writers running around now?

[kiya]

I think I would like some. They sound odd and useful.

[ibnfirnas.livejournal.com]

Might want to look up that bit of the Qur'an that says "there is no compulsion in religion", that author might.
And that's leaving entirely aside any ironies as to other religions one is ostensibly not allowed to leave.
Like, er, the Amish.

Not allowed to leave?

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have thought the Amish had the ability to maintain consistant practices in this regard in each community. Rapid mutation is built in to their customs at the community level.

As I recall, all Amish communities are descended from ones that were either declared apostate by Ammon (I think that was the name) or later as a peace offering. I could look it up in _The Amish_ but lassitude calls and I must drape myself across the couch like pre-Raphaetite maiden.

My Mennonite cookbook comes without actual measurements aside from "enough". I guess I'll know when it was too much or not enough.

[autumnesquirrel.livejournal.com]

I'll bring them with me on Thursday. I really like them, but I want about one every quarter or so. They're quite intense.