From: comandante.banana@yahoo.com   
      
   On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 9:54:43 AM UTC-4, Don Martin wrote:   
   > Wisely Non-Theist  wrote:   
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   > > In article <7138c1ac-7885-48ce-b773-87c06a0a2f05@googlegroups.com>,   
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   > >  "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher"   
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   > >> I'm sure the Atheists will get one.   
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   > > Why would those who do not believe that any gods exist in your allegedly   
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   > > Jewish/Christian/Moslem world change their minds in a Pagan world?   
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   > > Are those pagan gods supposed to be any more believable?   
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   > Well, they _are_ a great deal more amusing.  Gods who spend most of their   
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   > time trying to get laid are more sympatico, too.   
      
   Exactly. Being more amusing, they can appeal far more to the people. No wonder   
   the Church committed itself to wiping out all vestiges of them in the Middle   
   Ages, so we are left pretty much with our own imagination...   
      
   I think there are two spirits, the Potato Spirit and the Tomato Spirit, that   
   are most nourishing and fulfilling. Yes, at the end of the day you feel full   
   and satisfied.   
      
   And we can explain those characters to the kids as well...   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmnmxldxiTA   
      
   Finally they'll learn something amusing and entertaining. Imagine how confused   
   a kid would be trying to make sense of the Bible.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)