2013 Theme - Cargo Cult - thoughts?

[Simon of the Playa]

BITCHES LOVE LOGIC.

[Roberto Dobbisano]

KENNY DIED FOR YOUR SINS




over and over and over.

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[Ugly Dougly]

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[Ugly Dougly]

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[Aiee! It burns!]

You're so smart Dougly.

[Ugly Dougly]

Why thank you.

[Simon of the Playa]

now do you believe?

[Savannah]

[Simon of the Playa]

Panspermia

[Ugly Dougly]

Now get a grip there missy.

[Ugly Dougly]

[Simon of the Playa]

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[Elliot]

Panspermia

Holy macaroly! That could explain Earth's widespread religions! We are a cargo cult!

(Yes, I know; I'm a bit slow.)

[Ugly Dougly]

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[Simon of the Playa]

Veenstra explains that it was believed that by dressing as wild men, villagers ritualistically "conjured demons by imitating them"—although at that period penitentials forbade a belief in wild men or an imitation of them, such as the costumed dance at Isabeau's event. In folkloric rituals the, "burning did not happen literally but in effigie", he writes, "contrary to the Bal des Ardents where the seasonal fertility rite had watered down to courtly entertainment, but where burning had been promoted to a dreadful reality." A 15th-century chronicle describes the Bal des Ardents as una corea procurance demone ("a dance to ward off the devil").[27]

Because remarriage was often thought to be a sacrilege—common belief was that the sacrament of marriage extended beyond death—it was censured by the community. Thus the purpose of the Bal des Ardents was twofold: to entertain the court and to humiliate and rebuke Isabeau's lady-in-waiting—in an inherently pagan manner, which the Monk of St Denis seemed to dislike.[26] A ritual burning on the wedding night of a woman who was remarrying had Christian origins as well, according to Veenstra. The Book of Tobit partly concerns a woman who had seven husbands murdered by the demon Asmodeus; she is eventually freed of the demon by the burning of the heart and liver of a fish.[26][28]

[knowmad]

Panspermia

Life Here. Began Out there.

[Ugly Dougly]

So where did that begin?

[Foxfur]

Pico and Sepulveda.

[knowmad]

So where did that begin?

some other out there further away.

[Elliot]

But that happened much later, right?

[BBadger]

I've always thought of the panspermia theory as a way to provide a sort of "God" force in explaining how life started on this planet in the face of doubts over whether it was possible in the timeframe available. That was certainly the reason behind Francis Crick's initial consideration of it.

[Ugly Dougly]

Pan Spermia?
Too similar to a Greek God's ejaculation?

[Simon of the Playa]

do be do be do.

[Savannah]

I like that one a lot, Simon.

[unjonharley]

oops

[unjonharley]

Could have the Nazca Lines been put down by a cargo cult

[Roberto Dobbisano]

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[Simon of the Playa]

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[H.G.Crosby]

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[Roberto Dobbisano]

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