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01 May 2005 11:41:51 AM |
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TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
Howdy all
Greetings from rec.ponds!!! Did you know that evolutionist belive that
life had it start in a pond?
WE LIVE on a crisis-filled planet; a momentary glance at newspaper
headlines confirms that fact each day. The desperate state of our world
has caused many to question the existence of God. Some, claiming to be
atheist, even deny his existence. Is that true of you?
Belief or disbelief in God can profoundly affect your outlook on the
future. Without God, the survival of the human race is entirely in
man's hands-a bleak thought, considering man's destructive
potential. If you do believe that God exists, then you likely accept
that life on this planet does have a purpose-a purpose that may yet
be realized.
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
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04 May 2005 12:01:42 AM |
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<jabriol@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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Howdy all
Greetings from rec.ponds!!! Did you know that evolutionist belive that
life had it start in a pond?
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Can you guys please remove rec.ponds and AFNs from this thread as evolution,
fascinating subject that it is, is irrelevant to these NGs. Thanks!
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06 May 2005 09:24:30 AM |
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Cracklin' wrote:
<jabriol@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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Howdy all
Greetings from rec.ponds!!! Did you know that evolutionist belive
that
life had it start in a pond?
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Can you guys please remove rec.ponds and AFNs from this thread as
evolution,
fascinating subject that it is, is irrelevant to these NGs. Thanks!
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| User: "Cracklin" |
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06 May 2005 02:09:32 PM |
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Another Jabriol Sock-Puppet, one of many.
Thanks for removing us! :-)
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Cr....
"Thou seest the mote in thy non-JW brother's eye, but thou seest not the
beam
in thine own JW eye. When thou castest the beam out of thine own JW eye,
then wilt thou see clearly to cast the mote from thy non-JW brother's eye."
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| User: "Peacenik" |
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02 May 2005 12:00:13 PM |
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<jabriol@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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Howdy all
Greetings from rec.ponds!!! Did you know that evolutionist belive that
life had it start in a pond?
Name one evolutionary biologist who believes that.
WE LIVE on a crisis-filled planet; a momentary glance at newspaper
headlines confirms that fact each day.
Some things never change.
The desperate state of our world
has caused many to question the existence of God. Some, claiming to be
atheist, even deny his existence. Is that true of you?
Well, there is one thing all of us atheists share: We lack a belief in gods
of any kind.
I don't believe in god. Indeed, I am every bit as certain that god doesn't
exist as I am that the tooth fairy doesn't exists, and for the same reasons.
Belief or disbelief in God can profoundly affect your outlook on the
future. Without God, the survival of the human race is entirely in
man's hands-a bleak thought, considering man's destructive
potential.
It's a bleak thought indeed, yet a true one. That is why we must all work
toward peace and harmony among all peoples. That is the hope for mankind:
teaching people to live in harmony and respect each other's rights.
If you do believe that God exists, then you likely accept
that life on this planet does have a purpose-a purpose that may yet
be realized.
That is delusion. Why believe a lie, even if it hides a bitter truth?
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
Yes.
1. Advances in science, squeezing the God of the Gaps into ever tighter
spaces.
2. Advances in communication, allowing atheists to communicate their views
more effectively.
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| User: "Ron Baker, Pluralitas!" |
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01 May 2005 12:14:36 PM |
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<jabriol@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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Howdy all
<snip>
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
People are getting smarter.
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| User: "JaBrIoL" |
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01 May 2005 01:31:03 PM |
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Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of
atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
People are getting smarter.
----------> Is that why this country fell for "there is WMD"in Iraq? or
we knew there was none, but considered the rest of the world less
evolved than us americans?
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| User: "Ron Baker, Pluralitas!" |
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01 May 2005 01:40:16 PM |
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"JaBrIoL" <jabriol@juno.com> wrote in message
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Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of
atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
People are getting smarter.
----------> Is that why this country fell for "there is WMD"in Iraq? or
we knew there was none, but considered the rest of the world less
evolved than us americans?
Not all people are getting smarter.
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rb
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| User: "JaBrIoL" |
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01 May 2005 05:45:51 PM |
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----------> Is that why this country fell for "there is WMD"in Iraq?
or
we knew there was none, but considered the rest of the world less
evolved than us americans?
Not all people are getting smarter.
----------> So we have to species of humans... got it.. the dumb ones
and the smart ones, which one is running the USA?
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| User: "Neil Kelsey" |
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02 May 2005 12:09:02 AM |
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"JaBrIoL" <jabriol@juno.com> wrote in message
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----------> Is that why this country fell for "there is WMD"in Iraq?
or
we knew there was none, but considered the rest of the world less
evolved than us americans?
Not all people are getting smarter.
----------> So we have to species of humans... got it.. the dumb ones
and the smart ones, which one is running the USA?
I nominate this for theist quote of the month. It's out of the park.
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| User: "Azrael" |
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02 May 2005 04:43:35 AM |
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On 1 May 2005 11:31:03 -0700, "JaBrIoL" <jabriol@juno.com> wrote:
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of
atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
People are getting smarter.
----------> Is that why this country fell for "there is WMD"in Iraq? or
we knew there was none, but considered the rest of the world less
evolved than us americans?
Well Bush and Co wanted a reason to go to war and we did have the
ability to make up the evidence as we went along. A wise man once said
theres a sucker born every minute and Bush and Co proved that on a
world wide scale.
Azrael
There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.
John D. Barrow
Question: If I get im my spaceship and fly to the very edge of the universe what do I see out the front window?
Question #2 if I ever meet Stephen Hawkings "What is the most mass a black hole can obsorb and what happens after it reaches that point and trys to absorb more matter?
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| User: "Maaxx" |
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01 May 2005 02:57:21 PM |
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wrote in
news:1114965711.756771.111770@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
More atheists are afraid of God?
Atheism is still sporatic.
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| User: "jwk" |
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02 May 2005 08:51:04 AM |
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Maaxx wrote:
jabriol@fastmail.fm wrote in
news:1114965711.756771.111770@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of
atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
More atheists are afraid of God?
Why would fear of your god make someone an atheist? That is possibly
the stupidest thought you christers have. If you believed in this
"god" thing enough to fear it, you would not be an atheist and you
would be to afraid to *claim to be an atheist. Dumbass.
jwk
BAAWA
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| User: "Ron Peterson" |
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16 May 2005 02:45:29 PM |
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jwk wrote:
Maaxx wrote:
More atheists are afraid of God?
Why would fear of your god make someone an atheist? That is possibly
the stupidest thought you christers have. If you believed in this
"god" thing enough to fear it, you would not be an atheist and you
would be to afraid to *claim to be an atheist. Dumbass.
Perhaps he meant fear of theists was causing more people to become
atheists.
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Ron
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| User: "bob young" |
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02 May 2005 12:30:02 AM |
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Maaxx wrote:
jabriol@fastmail.fm wrote in
news:1114965711.756771.111770@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
More atheists are afraid of God?
Atheism is still sporatic.
Emmett's last line best sums it up:
"Atheism is the world of reality, it is reason, it is freedom. Atheism is
human concern, and intellectual honesty to a degree that the religious mind
cannot begin to understand. And yet it is more than this. Atheism is not an
old religion, it is not a new and coming religion, in fact it is not, and
never has been, a religion at all. The definition of Atheism is magnificent
in its simplicity: Atheism is merely the bed-rock of sanity in a world of
madness."
[Atheism: An Affirmative View, by Emmett F. Fields]
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| User: "jabriol" |
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02 May 2005 05:54:50 AM |
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bob young wrote:
Maaxx wrote:
jabriol@fastmail.fm wrote in
news:1114965711.756771.111770@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of
atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
More atheists are afraid of God?
Atheism is still sporatic.
Emmett's last line best sums it up:
"Atheism is the world of reality, it is reason, it is freedom.
Not according to President Bush... he spreading Freedom.. the american
way Forcefully..
Atheism is
human concern, and intellectual honesty to a degree that the
religious mind
cannot begin to understand.
Golly.. new religion, is it not religion a concept invented by human
based on event they do not understand nor can it be explained?
And yet it is more than this. Atheism is not an
old religion, it is not a new and coming religion, in fact it is not,
and
never has been, a religion at all. The definition of Atheism is
magnificent
in its simplicity: Atheism is merely the bed-rock of sanity in a
world of
madness."
[Atheism: An Affirmative View, by Emmett F. Fields]
sounds like religion to me.. from beliving in God.. to No-god.
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| User: "James" |
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01 May 2005 11:41:43 PM |
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Maaxx wrote:
jabriol@fastmail.fm wrote in
news:1114965711.756771.111770@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
More atheists are afraid of God?
An oxymoron for the ages.
Atheism is still sporatic.
It's hard to find good statistics, but it's pretty clear that membership
in organized religion is dropping and the "no affiliations" are rising.
Doesn't sound sporatic to me.
--
James B, master of the tri-pronged scrotal mount
aa #944
"All that belongs to human understanding, in this
deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be skeptical,
or at least cautious; and not to admit of any
hypothesis, whatsoever; much less, of any which
is supported by no appearance of probability."
-David Hume
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01 May 2005 03:59:53 PM |
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On 01 May 2005, Maaxx dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
jabriol@fastmail.fm wrote in
news:1114965711.756771.111770@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
More atheists are afraid of God?
Which god?
Atheism is still sporatic.
You misspelled logical.
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Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
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As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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02 May 2005 12:33:02 AM |
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Vic Sagerquist wrote:
On 01 May 2005, Maaxx dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
jabriol@fastmail.fm wrote in
news:1114965711.756771.111770@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
More atheists are afraid of God?
Which god?
He can pick one here:
[Note under 'African Gods' the number devoted to 'Supremacy']
Allah, Aphrodite, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Babaluaye, Bacchus,
Baldur, Bast, Bellona, Brahma, Brigid, Ceres, Cupid, Cerridwen,
Demeter, Diana, Dione, Dionysus, Eris, Eos, Eleggua, , El Shaddai, Elohim
Eshu, Ereshkigal,
Frigga, Frey, Freya, Gaea, Lord Genesa, Hades, Hebe, Hera, Helios, Hel,
Hephaestus,
Hermes, Hestia, Horus, Ibeji, Ifa, Inanna, Indra, Ishana, Ishtar,
Isis, Janus, Juno, Jehovah, Jove, Jupiter, Kali. Krishna Kronos, Korravai,
Loki, Lugh, Lord Indra, Manitou, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mercurius,
Morrigan,
Nahuiquiahuitl, Nanahuatzin, Nephthys, Neptune, Obatala, Odin, Ogun,
Oshosi, Oshun, Osiris, Oya, Orunmila, Olokun, Olodumare, Pluto,
Persephone, Poseidon, Proserpina, Quetzalcoatl, Ra, Lord Rama, Rhea, Saturn,
Set,
Selene, Shango, Lord Siva, Tammuz, Thor, Tir, Tiw, Uranus, Venus, Vesta,
Vishnu,
Vesta, Vulcan, Wotan, Yahweh, Yemaya, Zeus.
African gods:
Abassi [Sky]
Abonsam [Evil]
Abora [Supreme]
Abzu [Water]
Acoran [Supreme]
Adaheli [Sun]
Adro [Sky]
Adroa [Sky]
Agassou [Panther]
Agbe-Naete [Water]
Age [Animals]
Aigamuxa [Monster]
Ajalamo[Unborn Children]
Aje [Wealth]
Ajok [Supreme]
Akonadi [Oracle]
Akongo [Supreme]
Akuj [Supreme]
Ala [Earth/Fertility]
Alatangana [Creator]
Amma [Creator]
Anansi [Trickster]
Anyiewo [Snake]
Aondo [Creator]
Apa [Creator]
Apedemak [War]
Arawa [Moon]
Arebati [Sky]
Arom [Contracts]
Arsan Duolai [Underworld]
Asase Ya [Earth]
Ashiakle [Wealth]
Asis [Sun]
Astar [Sky]
Ataa Naa
Nyongmo
[Creator]
Ataokoloinona [Supreme]
Atete [Fertility]
Avrikiti [Fishermen]
Ayabba
[Ayaba] [Hearth]
Bacax [Cave]
Bagba [Wind]
Balubaal [Earth+]
Bandara [Superior Gods]
Banga [Clear water]
Behanzin [Fish]
Beher [Sea]
Bera Pennu [Vegetation]
Bo [Warriors]
Bomazi[Ancestors]
Buadza [WInd]
Buck[River]
Buku [Sky]
Bumba [Creator]
Cagn [Creator]
(!Kaggen)
Cghene [Creator]
Chiuke
(Chuku) [Creator]
Chiata [Supreme]
Chwezi [Hero]
Col [Rain]
Chikara [Sky]
Danh
(Dan Ayido Hwedo) [Snake]
Deng [Sky]
Deohako [Beans+]
Dii Mauri [Moorish Gods]
Dongo [Outer Space]
Dugbo [Earth]
Dxui [Creator]
Emeli-hi [Supreme]
Eranoranhan [Protector]
Eshu (Elegba) [Trickster]
Fa [Destiny]
Famien [Fertility]
Faro [Sky/Water]
Fidi Mukullu [Creator]
Garang and Abuk [First Humans]
Gbeni [Chief]
Gei (Gou) [Moon]
Gu [War/Smiths]
Gua [Sky]
Gulu [Supreme]
Gunab [Evil]
Guruhi [Evil]
Gurzil [Bull]
Gwalu [Rain]
Hammon [Setting Sun]
Harun and Haruna [Water Spirits]
Heitsi-Eibib [Sorcerer]
Hevioss [Thunder]
Huntin [Tree]
Huvean [Creator]
Ifa [Oracul]
Ikenga [Supreme]
Imana [Creator]
Iruwa [Sun]
Juok [Creator]
Kalumba [Creator]
Kalunga Supreme]
Katavi [Demonic]
Ka Tyeleo [Supreme]
Khebieso [Lightening]
Kho-dumo-dumo [Demon]
Kholomodumo [Monster]
Khuzwane [Creator]
Kibuka [War]
Kokola [Guardian]
Kwammang-a [Supreme]
Kwoth [Spirit]
Kyala [Creator]
Legba [Trickster]
Leza [Chief]
Libanza [Supreme]
Lisa [Chameleon]
Lyangombe[Chief]
Macardit [Demon]
Mantis [Creator]
Massim-Biambe [Creator]
Mawu [Sky]
Mawu-Lisa [Supreme Couple]
Mbotumbo [Supreme]
Medr [Earth]
Moomb [Creator]
Mon [?]
Mugasa
Mugu [Sky]
Mujaji [Rain]
Mukasa [Supreme]
Mula Djadi [Creator]
Muluku [Supreme]
Mulungu
Mungu [Creator]
Mungo (Mungu) [?]
Musa (Teaching]
Musisi [Supreme]
Mwari [Supreme]
Nampa [Personal]
Nana-Bouclou [First Gods]
Nana Buluk [Creator]
Ndjambi [Sky]
Ndriananahary [Supreme]
Nduru [Jungle]
Nenaunir [Storm]
Nesshoue [River]
Ngai ('Ngai) [Creator]
Ngewo-wa [Creator]
Ngworekara [Demon]
Niamye [Supreme]
Nkosi Yama'kosi [Supreme]
Nommo [Elemental]
Nommo [Spirit]
Nyama [Animal]
Nyambe [Supreme]
Nyambi (Nyambe) [Supreme]
Nyame
Nyami-Nyami [Guardian]
Nyankopon (Ashanti:Nyame) [Supreme]
Nyamia Ama [Supreme]
Nyasaye [Supeme]
Nzambi (Nzambi)
Mpunguo) [Supreme]
Nzame [Supreme]
Obassi Osaw [Supreme]
Obatala [Sky]
Oduduwa (Odudua) [Earth]
Ogun (Ogoun) War]
Olokula [Sea]
Olorun [Supreme]
Omumbo-Rombonga [Tree of Life]
Orahan [Supreme]
Orisa Nla [Creator]
Orishako [Agriculture]
Orunjan [Midday Sun]
Orunmila [Compassion]
Oshalla [?]
Osun [Beauty and Love]
Oya [Passion and Power]
Pemba (Bemba) Mother]
Qandisa [Demon]
Qamata[Quamta] Supreme]
Rock-Sene [Supreme]
Ruwa [Supreme]
Sagbata [Smallpox]
Sakarabru [Medicine]
Sakpata [Smallpox]
Sango [Thunder]
Shango [Thunder]
So [Lightening]
Tano [River]
Tore [Forest]
Trowu[Spirits]
Tsui'goab [Rain]
Twe [Lake]
Umvelinqangi [Creator]
Unkulunkulu [Supreme]
Unumbotte [Creator]
Waka [Rain]
Wele [Supreme]
Wulbari [Supreme]
Wuni [Supreme]
Xewioso [Thunder]
Yemaja [Creation]
Yo [Impersonal]
Zin [Water]
Table of Asian Gods:
BUDDHIST
Abhijnaraja [Physician]
Abhimukhi [One of the Bhumis]
Acala [?]
Adhimukticarya [One of the Bhumis]
Adhimuktivasita [One of the Bhumis]
Adibuddha [First]
Adidharma [Primeval]
Aizen Myo-o [Protective]
Ajaya [?]
Akasagarbha(Tibetan Nam-mkhai
Aksayajnana-Karmanda [Literature]
Aksobhya (Japanese Ashuku, Chinese A-Chu'u) [One of the Dhyani]
Amida [Savior]
Amitabha [A Dhyani]
Amitayus [Longevity]
Amoghapasa [see Avalokitesvara]
Amoghasiddhi [A Dhyani]
Anantamukhi [Literature]
Arapacana [Book and Sword]
Arcismati [Bhumis]
Arhat [A Saint]
Arthapratisamvit [Logical Analysis]
Arya-Tara [Sakti]
Asokakanta [avatar Marici]
Asokottamasri [Physician]
Astabhuja-Kurukulla [avatar Kurukulla]
Asura [Group of Demons]
Avalokitesvara(Avalokita, Lokesvara) [Dhyani Present Age]
Ayurvasita[One vasitas]
Balaparamita [Philosophy]
Bhaisajyaguru(Sman-bla, Otaci,Yao-shih-fo, Yakushi)[Physician]
Bhima[Attendant]
Bhrkuti[Female]
Bhrkuti-Tara [Mother]
Bhumi [Spiritual Spheres]
Bhutadarma [Demon Controller]
Bi-har [Protector]
Bodhidharma [Monk]
Bodhisattva (Chinese Pu-sa) [Born to be Englightened]
Buddhabodhiprabhavasita [Vasitas]
Buddhalocana [Female Buddha]
Budha [Mercury]
Butcho [?]
Chandarosana [Mahayana]
Charcika (Carcika) [Mahayana]
Chakravartin [World Ruler]
Chattrosnisa [An Usnisa]
Chaturmaharajas (Caturmaharajas) [Four Great Kings]
Chittavista [Vashitas]
Citipati [Graveyard Demons]
Cunda [Literature]
Da-shi-zhi [Bodhisattva]
Dadimunda [Temples]
Dainichi' [Purity/Wisdom]
Dakini [Demons]
Dala Kadavara [Demon]
Devaputra [Gods of Lower Rank]
Dhanada [avatar Amoghasiddhi]
Dharani [Mystical Texts]
Dharmadhatuvagisvara [Dharma]
Dharmakirtisagaraghosa [Physician]
Dharmamegha [Bhumis]
Dharmapala ,Chinese Fu Ha [Protective Dieties]
Dharmapratisamvit [Nature Analysis]
Dharmavasita [Vasitas]
Dhritarashtra (Pali Dhatarattha) [One of the 4 World Guardians]
Dhupa [Mother]
Dhupatara [Mahayana]
Dhvajagrakeyura [avatar Aksobhya]
Dhyanaparamita [Philosophy]
Dhyani-Bodhisattvas [Five Bodhisattvas]
Dhyani-Buddhas [Five Meditators]
Di-zang [Bodhisattvas of Hell]
Dvarapala [?]
Ekajata [Terrible]
Emma-o [Judges the Dead]
Fudo [WIsdom]
Guan Yin [bodhisattva]
Hariti [Ate Children]
Hayagriva [Protection]
Heruka [Protection]
Hevajra [Protection]
Ida-Ten [Law/Monestaries]
Jambhala [avatar Vausravana]
Janguli [Snakebite cure]
Jian Lao [Earth/Permanence]
Jizo [Compassion]
Juichimen [Mercy]
Kali devia [avatar Lha-mo]
Kannon [Japanese bodhisattva]
Khasarpana(Khasarpana-Lokesvara) [Indian bodhisattva]
Ki Fudo [avatar Fudo-Myo-o]
Krodhadevatas [Inspire Terror]
Ksitigarbha [One of 8 bodhisattva]
Kuan-yin (Kwannon) [Mercy]
Kujaku Myoo [Esoteric]
Kurukulla [?]
Locana [?]
Mahasthamaprata [Chinese bodhisattva]
Maitreya [Future]
Manjughosa [Nepalese bodhisattva]
Manjusri [bodhisattva]
Mara [Evil]
Marici [Sun]
Mi-lo Fo (Pu-Sa) [Chinese bodhisattva
Miroku [Japanese bodhisattva
Mo-Li [Protects Temples]
Padmanartesvara [avatar Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara]
Pancaraksa[5 Goddesses]
Pandara [?]
Paramasva [?]
Parnasavari [?]
Prajna [Femaleness]
Prajnaparamita [Buddhist Text]
Ran-deng [Beggar and Future Buddha]
Ratnapani [Dhyani-Bodhisattva]
Ratnasambhava [Dhyani-Buddha]
Remanta [King of the Horse gods]
Sakyamuni [Japanese]
Samantabhadra [Bodhisattvas]
Saptaksara [avatar Heruka]
Shakra [King of the Gods]
Ssu Ta T'ien Wang [Kings of Heaven]
Sumbharaja [Buddhist Krodhadevata]
Tennin (Tennyo) [angels]
Usnisavijaya [?]
Vairocana [Dhyani-Buddhas]
Vaisravana (Pali Vessavana, Chinese Do Wen) [Guards World]
Vajrabhairava [?]
Vajrapani [Bodhisattvas]
Vajrasattva [Nepal Dhyani-Buddha]
Vajravarahi [?]
Vajrayogini [Initiation]
Vajrayogini [Riches]
Vidyadharas [?]
Vidyujjvalakarali [?]
Vighnantaka [?]
Virudhaka (Pali Virulha, Chinese Zheng Zhang) [Guards World]
Virupaksa (Pali Virupakkha, Chinese Guand Mu) [Guards Western Heaven]
Visvapani [Dhyani-Bodhisattva]
We-to [Divine General]
Yakushi Nyorai [Healing]
Yama [?]
Yamantaka [Krodhadevatas]
Zhu Dian (Zhu Tian) [Chinese Buddhist gods]
CHINESE GODS
Ao [Sea]
Awun [Destruction]
Ba [Drought]
Ba Gua [Basis of Divination]
Bo Hsian [Taoist]
Cai-Shen [Riches]
Can Cong [Silkworms]
Cao Guo-jiu [Actors]
Chang Fei [War]
Chang Hs'ien [Children]
Chang Kuo-lao [?]
Ch'ang E (Ch'ang-o Huang E) [Moon]
Chang Tao Ling [Afterlife]
Cheng-huang (Ch'eng Huang) [Guardians]
Chen Jen [Spiritual Beings]
Cheng San-Kung [Fishermen]
Cheng Yuan Ho (Ch'ang-o Huang E) [Buskers]
Chih Nu [Weavers]
Chih Sung-Tzu (Chi Sung Tzu) [Rain]
Chih-Yu [Inventor]
Ch'in-Shu-Pao [Guardian]
Chou Wang [Sodomy]
Chu-Chuan Shen [Pigsties]
Chu Jung [Fire]
Chu Lung [Day/Night]
Chung K'uei [Afterlife]
Chung-li Ch'uan [Immortal]
Confucius [Philosopher]
Di Zhang Xia [?]
Dong-yo Da-di [Helps Sky God]
Erh-Lang [Guardian]
Fan-K'uei [Butchers]
Fei Lien (Fei Lian) [Wind]
Feng-Huang (Hoang-female Phuong-male) [Many Meanings]
Feng Po (Feng-Po) [Human form of the wind]
Feng P'o-p'o (Feng-Po-Po) [Female wind]
Fo [Buddha]
Fu His [Taught Humanity]
Fu Hsing [Happiness]
Fu Shen [Happiness]
Fu-Shou-Lu [Collection of Gods]
Fu-xi [Hero]
Gao Yao (Ting-jian) [Judgement]
Gong Gong [Common Workers]
Gou Mang and Ru Shou [Messengers]
Guan Di (Kuan Ti) [War/Fortune Telling]
Gui Xian [Demon]
Han Hsiang [Immortal]
Han Xiang-zi [Immortal]
He Bo (Bing-yi) [Rivers]
Heng E (Change-e) [Moon]
He Xian-gu [Immortal]
Heng-Ha-Erh-Chiang [Temples]
Heng-o [Moon]
Ho Hsien-ku [Immortal]
Ho Po [River]
Hou Chi [Harvest]
Hou I [Archer]
Hou T'u [Earth]
Hsien [Taoists]
Hsi Ho [Sun's Creator]
Hsi Wang Mu [Guardian]
Hsuan-T'ien-Shang-Ti [Dark Heaven]
Hua Hsien [Flower]
Huang-di (Huang Ti) (Shun) [Hero]
Huang Fei-hu (Fei) [Mountain]
Hu-Shen [Hail]
I [Bowmen]
Infoniwoo [Generation]
I-Ti [Wine]
K'ai Lu Shen [Purges Evil]
Kuan Yu [War]
K'uei Hsing [Examinations]
Lan Cai-he [Immortal]
Lao T'ien Yeh [Supreme]
Lao-Tzu (Lao-zi) [Philosopher]
Lei Kung [Storm]
Lei-zi [Thunder]
Li [Fire]
Li Tie-guai [Immortal]
Liu [Crops]
Lu Dong-bin (Lu Yan) [Immortal]
Lu-Hsing [Salaries/Employees]
Lung Wang [Dragon King]
Lupan [Carpenters]
Ma-Mien [Bureaucrat]
Meng (Meng P'o) [Underworld]
Meng-T'ien [Writing Brush]
Men Shen [Doors, includes sometimes Wei Cheng]
Mu Gong [Immortals]
Niu-Y'oun [Police]
Nu Gua (Nu Kua, Nu Wa) [Creator and Marriage]
O-Mi-T'o Fo [Amitabha]
Pa [Drought]
Pa-Cha [Anti-locusts]
Pa-Hsien [Eight Immortals]
P'an-Chin-Lien [Prostitues]
'P'an Ku (Panku, Pangu) [Cosmos]
Pi-Hsia-Yuan-Chun [Childbirth]
Puhsien [Sun]
Ran-deng [Future Buddha]
San Ch'inga [Three Taos]
Shang Di (Shang Ti) [Supreme]
She Chi (Thu) [Earth]
Shen [Spirit]
Sheng Jen [Holy]
Shen-nong(Shen Nung) [Hero]
Shen-T'u [Guardian]
Shen Yi [Sun]
Shiang Ku [Magician]
Shih-Tien Yen-Wang [Committe of Ten]
Shou-Hsing [Longevity]
Shou Lao (Shou Xing Lao Tou-zi) [Long Life]
Shou-Ts'ang [Servant]
Shui-Fu [Water]
Shui-Kuan [Defender]
Ssu Ming [Life and Death]
Sung-Chiang [Theives]
Sun Hou-Tzu [Monkey]
Sun Hou-zi [Apes]
Sun-Pin [Cobblers]
T'ai I [High]
Tai-sui-xing [Time]
Tai-yi [Sky]
T'ai Yueh Ta Ti (Tung-Yueh-Ta-Ti, T'ai-Yo, Ta-Ti) [Peak]
Thu [Earth]
Tian [Sky]
Tian-zhu [Catholic]
Tien (T'ien) [Sky]
Tien-Hou (T'ien Fei) [Heaven]
T'ien-Kuan [Happiness]
T'ien Lung [Dragon]
Tien Mu [Lightening]
Tien-Wang (Mo-Li) [Kings]
Ti-Kuan [Foregiveness]
Ti Nu (Ti-ya) [Earth]
Ti-Tsang-Wang-Pu-Sa [Mercy]
Ti Yu [Afterlife]
Tou Nu [North Star]
Ts'ai-Lun [Stationers]
Ts'ai Shen [Wealth]
Tsan [Demons]
Ts'ang Chien [Hearth]
Tsao Shen [?]
Tsao-Wang [Hearth]
Tu [Earth]
Tung Wang Kung [Ruled Male Immortals]
T'u-ti (Ti-Ti) [Locality]
Wang [Palace Door]
Wang-Mu-Niang-Niang [Guardian]
Wen Ch'ang (Wen-Chang-Ta-Ti) [Literature]
Wen-Shu Yen-K'ung [Manjushri]
Wen Pu [Epidemics]
Wu Ti [Myth]
Xian [Spirits]
Xi-Wang-mu [Immortality]
Yama [Seventh hell]
Yan-lo (Yan Wang) [Underworld Prince]
Yao [Wind Conqueror]
Yao-shi-fo [Physician]
Yao Wang [Medicine]
Yeng-Wang-Yeh [Death]
Yen Wang (Yen Lo) [Underworld Judge]
Yin and Yang [Male and Female]
Yo Fei [War]
Yu-Chiang [Ocean Winds]
Yu-di (Yu Huang) [Supreme]
Yueh Fei [War]
Yu Huang (Yu-Huang-Shang-Ti) [High]
Yun T'ung [Clouds]
Yu-qiang [Sea]
Yu Shih [Rain]
Yu-tzu [Rain]
Zao Jun [Kitchen]
Zhang Guo-lao [Immortal]
Zhong-Kui [Literature and Examinations]
Zhong-li Quan [Immortal]
[Sources: Brief History of Ancient Chinese Mythology]
Finnish Gods:
Ahto [Water]
Akka [Harvest]
Egres [Vegetation/Fertility]
Hiisi [Forest/Evil]
Ilma [Air]
Ilmarinen [Sky]
Inmar [Sky]
Juma [Sky]
Jumala (Mader-Atcha, Ukk) [Thunder+]
Kalevanpojat [Demons]
Kalma [Death]
Kekri [Fertility Feast]
Kipu-Tytto [Illness]
Kondos [Sowing Crops]
Kuu [Moon]
Lemminkainen [Hero]
Louhi [Sorcery/Evil]
Loviatar [Disease]
Luonnotar [Creator]
Madderakka [Dwarves]
Maahiset [Dwarves]
Naaki [Water]
Nyrckes [?]
Olmai (Olmay) [Divine properties]
Pajainen [?]
Pajonn [Thunder]
Para [Goblin Like]
Pellonpekko [Barley]
Raudna [?]
Rutu [Devil]
Sampsa [Vegetation]
Seides [Stones]
Rauni [?]
Tapio [Forest]
Tiermes [Thunder]
Tuoni [Underworld
Tursas [Monster]
Ukko (Isainen) [Thunder]
Vainamoinen [Hero]
Veralden-radien [World Pillars]
Waralden Olmai [World]
JAPANESE GODS
Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone (Aji-Shiki-Taka-Hiko-Ne) [Thunder]
Ama-No-Minakanushi-No-Kumi [Pole Star]
Ame-No-Oshido-Mimi [Refusal]
Ama-No-Uzume [Fertility]
Ama-Tsu-Kami [Heavenly Gods]
Amatsu Mikaboshi [Evil]
Ame-No-Hohi [Disappeared]
Ame-No-Wakahiko [Ruled Earth]
Bimbo-Gami [Poverty]
Bishamon [War]
Chimata-No-Kami [Rain/Sea]
Daikoku [Wealth]
Ebisu [Labor]
Fuchi [Fire]
Fukurokuju (Fukuro kuju) [Wisdom]
Futsunushi [Lightening]
Gozu-Tenno [Plague]
Haya-Ji (Haya-Tsu-Muji-No-Kami) [Whirlwind]
Hikohohodemi [Hero]
Hinokagutsuchi [Fire]
Hiruko [Morning Sun]
Hoderi [?]
Hisa-Me [Devils]
Ho-Masubi (Kagu Zuchi) [Fire]
Hosuseri [?]
Hotei [Laughter]
Inari [Prosperity]
Izanagi [Creator]
Izanami [Mother]
Jikoku [Guardians]
Jimmu Tenno [Founder]
Jurojin (Jorojin) [Longevity]
Kagu-tsuchi [Fire]
Kamado-gami [Hearth]
Kami [Divinities]
Kami-Musubi (Kami-mi-masubi) [?]
Kami-Nari [Thunder]
Kamui [Sky]
Kappa [Water]
Kawa-No-Kami [Rivers]
Kishijoten [Luck]
Kishimojin [Demon]
Komoku [South]
Kompira [Wealth]
Kono-Hana-Sakuya-Hime (Kono-no-hana-saku-ya-hime) [?]
Kono-Hana-Sakuya-Hime Kuni-Toko-tachi [First]
Kuni-Tsu-Kami [Earth]
Kura-Okami [Rain/Snow]
Nai-No-Kami [Earthquakes]
Naka-Yama-Tsu-Mi [Mountain Slopes]
Ningyo [Mermaid]
Ninigi [Ruler Earth]
O-Kuni-Nushi (Okuninushi) [Medicine/Sorcery]
Onamuji [Earth]
Omiwa [Protective]
Oni [Demons]
O-Wata-Tsumi [Sea]
O-Yama-Tsu-Mi (O-yama-tsuni) [Mountain]
Raiden [Thunder]
Ryo-Wo [Sea]
Ryujin (Ryugin) [Thunder/Rain]
Sae-No-Kami [Roads]
Sengen-Sama [Guarded Holy Moutain]
Sennin [Immortals]
Shichi-Fukujin [Luck]
Shiko-Me [Devils]
Shine-Tsu-Hiko [Wind]
Shitatera-Hime [?]
Shi-tenno [Cardinal Direction Guardians]
Shojo [Satyrs]
Soko-No-Kuni [Underworld]
Suitengu [Sea]
Sukuna-bikone (Suku-na-biko) [Hot Springs]
Shoki [Enemy of Devils]
Susanowo (Susanoo, Susa-no-wo) [Storms]
Takamimusubi (Taka-mi-masubi) [Royal Family]
Takemikadzuchi [Thunder]
Take-Mi-Musubi [Sun]
Taki-Tsu-Hiko [Rain]
Tatsuta-hime [Autumn]
Ten-gu (Tengu) [Mountain/Forest]
Tenjin (Temmangu) [Learning/Calligraphy]
Tsuki-Yomi (Tsukiyomi) [Moon]
Uji-gami [Ancestors]
Uke-Mochi-No-Kami (Ukemochi, Waka-Uke-Nomi, Toyo-Uke-Bime) [Fertility and
Food]
Uzume [Mirth]
Wakahiru-me [Rising Sun]\
Wata-tsu-mi [Sea]
Yabune [House]
Zocho [South]
Shinto Amaterasu [Sun]
Ama-Tsu-Mara [Smiths]
Ame-No-Kagase-Wo [Astral]
Ame-No-Mi-Kumari-No-Kami [Water]
Amenominakanushi (Ame-No-Minaka-Nushi-No-Kami) [Supreme]
Am-No-Tanabata-Hime-No-Mikoto [Weavers]
Ame-No-Toko-Tachi-No-Kami [Elemental]
Ame-no-uzume [Dancers]
Benten (Benten-San, Benzaiten, Benzaiten) [Eloquence+]
Fujin [Wind]
Hachiman [War]
Ho-musubi [Fire]
Kami [Idols]
SOUTH ASIAN GODS
Cao Dai(Chinese: Gao-Tai) [Supreme]
Debata [?]
Empung Luminuut [?]
Hainuwele [?]
Hananim [Sky]
Hmin [Ague]
Karei [Supreme]
Kinharingan [Creator]
Kud [Evil]
Laseo [Sun]
Lature Dano [Supreme]
Lowalangi(Lowalani) [World Above]
Mahatala (Mahataral) [Supreme?]
Ma-zu [?]
Nanmata (Namite) [Primeval]
Narbrooi [Woodlands]
Nemu [Primodial]
Palk [Sun]
Puang Matowa [Sky]
Pulug [Thunder]
Reahu [Dark Demon]
Rigenmucha [Supreme]
Silewe Nazarata [?]
Sirao [First]
Ta Pedn [?]
Tnong [Sun]
Tumbrenjak [Original Man]
Upulevo [Sun]
Wunekau [Sun]
CENRAL AND WEST ASIAN GODS
Abyrga [Snake]
Afi [Rain/Thunderstorms]
Aitvaras [Evil]
Alardi [Spirit]
Aralo [Agriculutre]
Armaz [Supreme]
Auseklis (Ausrine) [Stellar]
Baba [Spirit]
Baba Yaga (Jezi-Baba) [Ogress]
Bagvarti [?]
Bangputys [Sea]
Bannik [Baths]
Bagisht [Flood/Prosperity]
Barastir (Barastaer) [Underworld]
Bardha [Elves]
Beg-tse (Cam-srin) [War]
Beng [Satan]
Biegg-Olmai [Wind]
Bogatyri [Heroes]
Boldogasszony (Kisboldogasszony) [Protector Women/Children]
Bolla (Bullar) [Demon]
Buga [Supreme]
Bukura e dheut
[Good Spirit]
Bukuri e qiellit [Jehovah]
Byelobog (Bielbog) [?]
Byelun [?]
Chernobo(Czarnobog, Czerneboch, Cernobog) [?]
Chors [Sun]
Dabog [Sun]
Deive [Stone Spirits]
Dieva deli [?]
Dievini [Less Known Gods]
Dievs [Sky]
Djall [Devil]
Domovoi (Domovoy) [Household]
Donbittir [Water/Fish]
Drag-gshed [Eight Terrible Gods]
Dud [Heavenly Spirit]
Dvorovoi [Courtyard]
Dyavo [Demons]
En [?]
Erlik [King of the Dead]
Es [Sky]
Fatit [Destiny]
Fene [Demon]
Gabija (Gabieta, Gabeta) [Fire]
Gabjauja [Corn]
Giltine [Death]
Guta [Demon]
Hadur [War]
Himavat [Himalayas]
Horagalles [War]
Isdustaya and Papaya [Fate]
Isten [Supreme]
Jagaubis [Fire]
Jarovit (Gerovitus) [War]
Jessis [avatar Jupiter]
Jumis [Fertility]
Juras Mate [Water]
Kaka-Guia [Funerary]
Kalvis [Smith]
Karta [Fate]
Kaukas [?]
Khors [Health/Hunting]
Khyung-gai mGo-can [?]
Kikimora [Household]
K'op'ala [Protective]
Kukuth (Kukudhi) [Sickness]
Kulshedra (Kucedre) [Demon]
Kun-tu-bzan-po [Chief Bon]
Kupala [Water/Magic/Herbs]
Kurdalaegon [Blacksmiths]
Laima [Fate]
Lamaria [Hearth]
Laskowice (Leshcia) [Forest]
Lauka Mate [Fields/Fertility]
Laume [Fairy]
Leshy [Forest]
Lha [Bon Gods]
Lhamo [?]
Ljeschi (Lychie) [Fauns and Satyrs]
Ljubi [Demon]
Manzasiri [Primeval]
Mate [Mother]
Mati Syra Zemlya [Earth]
Medeine (Mejdejn) [Woods]
Meness [Moon]
Menulis [Moon]
Meza Mate [Nature]
Mirsa [Light]
Mokos [Fertility]
Mu (rMu) [Heavenly]
Muma Padura [Wood]
Myesyats (Czarnobog, Czerneboch, Cernobog) [Moon]
Nang Lha [Household]
Nari [Demon]
Nari [Sky]
Num [Sky]
Odqan [Fire]
Ora [Protective]
Ordog [Dark]
Pekar (Pehar) [Demon]
Peko [Barley]
Perendi [Jehovah]
Perit [Mountain Spirits]
Perkons [Thunder]
Perkunas [Thunder]
Perun (Peroun) [Thunder]
Polevik [Field]
Poludnitsa [Field]
Pon [Sky]
Porenutius (Porevit) [?]
Preas Eyn [?]
Preas Eyssaur [Destructive]
Preas Prohm [Primeval]
Prende (Prenne) [Love]
Psezpolnica (Polish Poludnica) [Midday]
Pugu [Sun]
Qormusta (Chormusta) [High]
Rugievit [War]
Rusalki (Rusalka) [Water/Woodlands]
Safa [Weapens]
Sanda [?]
Sarkany [Weather]
Saule [Sun]
Saules meitas [?]
Selardi [Moon]
Shen-Lha-od-dkar [Bon]
Shen-rab [Founder Bon]
Sipe Gyalmo [Bon]
Shiwini [Sun]
Shosshu [Smiths]
Siwini [Sun]
Srat [Demon]
Sri [Demon]
Sridevi [?]
Stribog [Winds]
Svantevit (Svantoveit, Svantovitus) [War/Agriculture]
Svarog [Sky]
Syen [Guardian]
Stihi [Demon]
Teljavelik [Heavenly Smith]
Telyaveli [Smiths]
Tengri [Heavenly Beings]
Tesheba [Weather]
Thab-lha [Hearth]
Triglav (Trigelawus) [War]
Uacilla [Thunder/Rain]
Ulgen [Creator]
Urme [Fate]
Usins [?]
Vadatajs [Evil]
Vampire [Soul of Dead]
Veela [Kindess]
Veja mate [Winds]
Veles (Volos) [Underworld]
Velnias [Devil]
Velu mate [Dead]
Verbti [Fire/North Wind]
Vila [Water]
Vilkacis (Lithuanian Vilkatas) [Werewolf]
Vlkodlaks (Vookodlaks) [Werewolf]
Vodnik [Demon]
Vodyanoi [Water]
Volos (Volusu) [Cattle]
We [Supreme]
Xhindi [Spirits]
Yarilo [Love]
Zaltys [Grass Snake]
Zemepatis (Zemempatis) [Supreme]
Zemes mate [Mother]
Zemyna (Zemyneles) [Earth]
Zorya [Guardian]
Zvezda Dennitsa and Zvezda Vechernyaya [Morning and Evening Star]
SIBERIAN GODS
Ai Tojon [Light]
Ajysyt [Mother]
Anky-Kele [Sea]
Ayi [Creator]
Hittavainen, Hittauanin [Hare-Hunters]
Hinkon [Death Demon]
K'daai [Fire Demon]
Kaltes [The Goddess]
Ke'lets [Death Demon]
Kurkil [Creator]
Kutkinnaku [Good Spirit]
Mayin [Supreme]
Picvu'cin [Hunting/Wild Animals]
Shurdi [Thunderstorms]
Tomam [Bird]
Tomor(Tomorr) [Father Creator]
Xucau [Supreme]
Ye'loje (Pugu) [Sun]
Atheism is still sporatic.
You misspelled logical.
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
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As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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01 May 2005 01:02:25 PM |
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wrote:
Howdy all
Greetings from rec.ponds!!! Did you know that evolutionist belive that
life had it start in a pond?
WE LIVE on a crisis-filled planet; a momentary glance at newspaper
headlines confirms that fact each day. The desperate state of our world
has caused many to question the existence of God. Some, claiming to be
atheist, even deny his existence. Is that true of you?
Belief or disbelief in God can profoundly affect your outlook on the
future. Without God, the survival of the human race is entirely in
man's hands-a bleak thought, considering man's destructive
potential. If you do believe that God exists, then you likely accept
that life on this planet does have a purpose-a purpose that may yet
be realized.
Although denials of God's existence have been sporadic throughout
history, it is only in recent centuries that the popularity of atheism
has spread. Do you know why?
Because of little ***** for brains like jabbers here, that spew their
bigotry, hate, and condemnation for all things not JW.
Religion and the bible, the two greatest forces for atheism the world
has ever known. Keep it up jabbers, you are causing more and more
deconverts every day.
The EAC,(ntwe,oc), thanks you for your tireless work for the cause.
BTW, jabbers, x-posting a rant such as this, to unrelated news groups,
is simply more evidence of your rude, arrogant, self centered, need for
attention nature.
You are a putz, jabbers.
--
There are none more ignorant and useless,
than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
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Rev. Karl E. Taylor
A.A #1143 PLONKED by Bob
Apostle of Dr. Lao EAC: Virgin Conversion Unit Director
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01 May 2005 02:58:15 PM |
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"Rev. Karl E. Taylor" <ktayloraz@getnet.net> wrote in
news:qpifk2-6103.ln1@dhcpdns2.ddsoho.com:
BTW, jabbers, x-posting a rant such as this, to unrelated news groups,
is simply more evidence of your rude, arrogant, self centered, need for
attention nature.
Which is why you felt the need to reply, right?
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
01 May 2005 03:21:08 PM |
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Maaxx wrote:
"Rev. Karl E. Taylor" < > wrote in
news:qpifk2-6103.ln1@dhcpdns2.ddsoho.com:
BTW, jabbers, x-posting a rant such as this, to unrelated news groups,
is simply more evidence of your rude, arrogant, self centered, need for
attention nature.
Which is why you felt the need to reply, right?
Yup, call the little liar on his *****, every chance I get.
Got a problem with that?
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There are none more ignorant and useless,
than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
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Rev. Karl E. Taylor
A.A #1143 PLONKED by Bob
Apostle of Dr. Lao EAC: Virgin Conversion Unit Director
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
01 May 2005 07:03:57 PM |
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Karl, keep with the program...
A towering tree is an impressive sight. Yet, the eye merely perceives
the leaves, branches, and trunk. The roots-the life source of the
tree-lie hidden deep in the ground.
It is much the same with atheism. Like a lofty tree, the denial of
God's existence grew to an impressive stature by the 19th century.
Could life and the universe exist without a supernatural First Cause?
Is the worship of such a Creator a waste of time? The answers from the
leading philosophers of the day were loud and clear. "Just as we no
longer need a moral code, neither do we need religion," declared
Friedrich Nietzsche. "Religion is the dream of the human mind,"
asserted Ludwig Feuerbach. And Karl Marx, whose writings would have
profound influence in coming decades, boldly stated: "I want to
increase the mind's freedom from the chains of religion."
Multitudes were impressed. What they perceived, however, were simply
the leaves, branches, and trunk of atheism. The roots were in place and
sprouting long before the 19th century began. Surprisingly, the modern
growth of atheism was fostered by the religions of Christendom! How so?
Because of their corruption, these religious institutions provoked a
great deal of disillusionment and protest.
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| User: "Icarus" |
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
01 May 2005 07:07:18 PM |
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wrote:
<snip>...
The answers from the leading philosophers of
the day were loud and clear. "Just as we no longer need a
moral code, neither do we need religion," declared Friedrich
Nietzsche.
Can you cite the publication in which he said that?
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| User: "Rev. Karl E. Taylor" |
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
01 May 2005 07:51:10 PM |
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wrote:
Karl, keep with the program...
A towering tree is an impressive sight. Yet, the eye merely perceives
the leaves, branches, and trunk. The roots-the life source of the
tree-lie hidden deep in the ground.
It is much the same with atheism. Like a lofty tree, the denial of
God's existence grew to an impressive stature by the 19th century.
Could life and the universe exist without a supernatural First Cause?
Is the worship of such a Creator a waste of time? The answers from the
leading philosophers of the day were loud and clear. "Just as we no
longer need a moral code, neither do we need religion," declared
Friedrich Nietzsche. "Religion is the dream of the human mind,"
asserted Ludwig Feuerbach. And Karl Marx, whose writings would have
profound influence in coming decades, boldly stated: "I want to
increase the mind's freedom from the chains of religion."
Multitudes were impressed. What they perceived, however, were simply
the leaves, branches, and trunk of atheism. The roots were in place and
sprouting long before the 19th century began. Surprisingly, the modern
growth of atheism was fostered by the religions of Christendom! How so?
Because of their corruption, these religious institutions provoked a
great deal of disillusionment and protest.
YOU are an ignorant sod. You have no evidence for what you claim, and
you only exist to give grief to those that think differently from you.
If you had evidence for this god, objective evidence that is, you would
be hard pressed to present it.
You, however, don't present anything. You spew hate and bigotry to
those that view the world different from you. You hate those that have
found a way of life that makes them happy, with out the crap you spew.
YOU, are a pathetic little dreamer, lost in a world of useless, vacuous
noise.
You mean nothing to the world, and even less to the universe.
Atheism is a fact, gods do not exist. When you can provide objective
evidence for this god of yours, humanity will consider you a prophet.
Till that time, you are noise, and unpleasant noise at that.
Oh, and as a kindly reminder, FOAD!
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There are none more ignorant and useless,
than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
____________________________________________________________________
Rev. Karl E. Taylor
A.A #1143 PLONKED by Bob
Apostle of Dr. Lao EAC: Virgin Conversion Unit Director
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
01 May 2005 08:34:43 PM |
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Rev. Karl E. Taylor wrote:
YOU are an ignorant sod. You have no evidence for what you claim,
and
you only exist to give grief to those that think differently from
you.
Karl,
you diapers are soiled yet again, During the Middle Ages, the Catholic
Church had a stranglehold on its subjects. "The hierarchy seemed ill
equipped to deal with the spiritual needs of the people," notes The
Encyclopedia Americana. "The higher clergy, notably the bishops, were
recruited from the nobility and saw their office mainly as a source of
prestige and power."
Some, such as John Calvin and Martin Luther, tried to reform the
church. Their methods, however, were not always Christlike; intolerance
and bloodshed marked the Reformation. (Compare Matthew 26:52.) So
vicious were some attacks that three centuries later Thomas Jefferson,
the third president of the United States, wrote: "It would be more
pardonable to believe in no god at all, than to blaspheme him by the
atrocious attributes of Calvin."
Clearly, the Reformation did not restore pure worship. Yet, it reduced
the power of the Catholic Church. No longer did the Vatican hold a
monopoly on religious faith. Many joined newly formed Protestant sects.
Others, disillusioned by religion, made the human mind their object of
worship. A liberal attitude ensued, allowing for diverse opinions about
God.
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| User: "Rev. Karl E. Taylor" |
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
01 May 2005 10:21:24 PM |
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wrote:
Rev. Karl E. Taylor wrote:
YOU are an ignorant sod. You have no evidence for what you claim,
and
you only exist to give grief to those that think differently from
you.
Karl,
you diapers are soiled yet again, During the Middle Ages, the Catholic
Church had a stranglehold on its subjects. "The hierarchy seemed ill
equipped to deal with the spiritual needs of the people," notes The
Encyclopedia Americana. "The higher clergy, notably the bishops, were
recruited from the nobility and saw their office mainly as a source of
prestige and power."
Some, such as John Calvin and Martin Luther, tried to reform the
church. Their methods, however, were not always Christlike; intolerance
and bloodshed marked the Reformation. (Compare Matthew 26:52.) So
vicious were some attacks that three centuries later Thomas Jefferson,
the third president of the United States, wrote: "It would be more
pardonable to believe in no god at all, than to blaspheme him by the
atrocious attributes of Calvin."
Clearly, the Reformation did not restore pure worship. Yet, it reduced
the power of the Catholic Church. No longer did the Vatican hold a
monopoly on religious faith. Many joined newly formed Protestant sects.
Others, disillusioned by religion, made the human mind their object of
worship. A liberal attitude ensued, allowing for diverse opinions about
God.
Is this the best you can do jabbers?
Geez, what a waste of bandwidth.
You'd think you could at least provide some objective evidence for your
god thingy you keep going on about.
But no. Failures like you never can.
***** off jabbers, you are a putz.
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There are none more ignorant and useless,
than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
____________________________________________________________________
Rev. Karl E. Taylor
A.A #1143 PLONKED by Bob
Apostle of Dr. Lao EAC: Virgin Conversion Unit Director
____________________________________________________________________
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| User: "jabriol" |
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
02 May 2005 06:49:05 PM |
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Rev. Karl E. Taylor wrote:
Is this the best you can do jabbers?
I can do better did you know, that the 18th century, rational thinking
was commonly extolled as the panacea for world problems. German
philosopher Immanuel Kant asserted that man's progress was being
hindered by his dependence on politics and religion for guidance.
"Dare to know!" he urged. "Have the courage to use your own
intelligence!"
This attitude characterized the Enlightenment, also known as the Age of
Reason. Lasting through the 18th century, this period was marked by an
obsessive quest for knowledge. "Skepticism replaced blind faith,"
says the book Milestones of History. "All the old orthodoxies were
questioned."
One 'old orthodoxy' to come under scrutiny was religion. "Men
changed their outlook on religion," says the book The Universal
History of the World. "They were no longer satisfied with the promise
of rewards in heaven; they were demanding a better life on earth. They
began to lose their faith in the supernatural." Indeed, most
Enlightenment philosophers held religion in contempt. In particular,
they blamed the power-hungry leaders of the Catholic Church for keeping
people in ignorance.
Dissatisfied with religion, many of these philosophers became deists;
they believed in God but maintained that he had no interest in man. A
few became outspoken atheists, such as philosopher Paul Henri Thiry
Holbach, who claimed that religion was a "source of divisions,
madness, and crimes." As the years passed, many more grew weary of
Christendom and shared Holbach's sentiments.
How ironic that Christendom spurred on the growth of atheism! "The
Churches were the soil of atheism," writes theology professor Michael
J. Buckley. "The Western conscience found itself deeply scandalized
and disgusted by confessional religions. The Churches and the sects had
devastated Europe, engineered massacres, demanded religious resistance
or revolution, attempted to excommunicate or to depose monarchs."
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| User: "Rev. Karl E. Taylor" |
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
02 May 2005 07:27:18 PM |
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jabriol wrote:
Rev. Karl E. Taylor wrote:
Is this the best you can do jabbers?
I can do better did you know, that the 18th century, rational thinking
was commonly extolled as the panacea for world problems. German
philosopher Immanuel Kant asserted that man's progress was being
hindered by his dependence on politics and religion for guidance.
"Dare to know!" he urged. "Have the courage to use your own
intelligence!"
Yup, intelligence. Learned by asking question, examining data, and
searching for answers.
Blind faith be damned. Mythology be damned. Superstition be damned.
This attitude characterized the Enlightenment, also known as the Age of
Reason. Lasting through the 18th century, this period was marked by an
obsessive quest for knowledge. "Skepticism replaced blind faith,"
says the book Milestones of History. "All the old orthodoxies were
questioned."
And why do you suppose that was? Could it be that as people learned
more and more about the world around them, that the gods seemed more and
more absent?
One 'old orthodoxy' to come under scrutiny was religion. "Men
changed their outlook on religion," says the book The Universal
History of the World. "They were no longer satisfied with the promise
of rewards in heaven; they were demanding a better life on earth. They
began to lose their faith in the supernatural." Indeed, most
Enlightenment philosophers held religion in contempt. In particular,
they blamed the power-hungry leaders of the Catholic Church for keeping
people in ignorance.
Still are. And not just the catholic crutch either. Folks such as you,
that want to replace science with your religious outlook on life, the
universe and everything. That want to indoctrinate young children with
your mythical pseudo-science, at the cost of rational thought. People
that demand, we all follow a ridged set of bronze age "commandments",
because the mythical deities demand it.
Deities that have yet to show themselves to modern humans.
What are they afraid of?
Dissatisfied with religion, many of these philosophers became deists;
they believed in God but maintained that he had no interest in man. A
few became outspoken atheists, such as philosopher Paul Henri Thiry
Holbach, who claimed that religion was a "source of divisions,
madness, and crimes." As the years passed, many more grew weary of
Christendom and shared Holbach's sentiments.
Still are. The crimes of religion are still happening to this very day.
Deny it all you like, but the papers and news media are full of them.
The religious hero to one, is a religious terrorist to another.
How ironic that Christendom spurred on the growth of atheism! "The
Churches were the soil of atheism," writes theology professor Michael
J. Buckley. "The Western conscience found itself deeply scandalized
and disgusted by confessional religions. The Churches and the sects had
devastated Europe, engineered massacres, demanded religious resistance
or revolution, attempted to excommunicate or to depose monarchs."
Classic case of "put up, or shut up". Glad to see the human race has
been evolving away from the ridiculous notion of gods and devils,
heavens and hells.
If any faith or religion had factual grounds to exist, there would be no
argument. Yet they all fail, and none of them, can support their claims
with objective evidence.
--
There are none more ignorant and useless,
than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
____________________________________________________________________
Rev. Karl E. Taylor
A.A #1143 PLONKED by Bob
Apostle of Dr. Lao EAC: Virgin Conversion Unit Director
____________________________________________________________________
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| User: "bob young" |
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
12 May 2005 12:29:04 AM |
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wrote:
Karl, keep with the program...
A towering tree is an impressive sight. Yet, the eye merely perceives
the leaves, branches, and trunk. The roots-the life source of the
tree-lie hidden deep in the ground.
It is much the same with atheism. Like a lofty tree, the denial of
God's existence grew to an impressive stature by the 19th century.
Could life and the universe exist without a supernatural First Cause?
Is the worship of such a Creator a waste of time? The answers from the
leading philosophers of the day were loud and clear. "Just as we no
longer need a moral code, neither do we need religion," declared
Friedrich Nietzsche. "Religion is the dream of the human mind,"
asserted Ludwig Feuerbach. And Karl Marx, whose writings would have
profound influence in coming decades, boldly stated: "I want to
increase the mind's freedom from the chains of religion."
Multitudes were impressed. What they perceived, however, were simply
the leaves, branches, and trunk of atheism. The roots were in place and
sprouting long before the 19th century began. Surprisingly, the modern
growth of atheism was fostered by the religions of Christendom! How so?
Because of their corruption, these religious institutions provoked a
great deal of disillusionment and protest.
This silly story is so akin to the fables that support religion it makes
me want to laugh.
There are two types of human, those that believe in an invisible god
because other humans told them to, and the other group that refuses to
believe in an invisible god until it shows it's face.
The second group can be called 'practical and 'users of common sense' and
'non believers' some profess to be atheists, IOW those that have an
interest in the subject.
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| User: "LP" |
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| Title: Re: TOBS:Atheism ..why? |
02 May 2005 07:30:02 AM |
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On 1 May 2005 17:03:57 -0700, wrote:
Karl, keep with the program...
A towering tree is an impressive sight. Yet, the eye merely perceives
the leaves, branches, and trunk. The roots-the life source of the
tree-lie hidden deep in the ground.
Sorry, but photosynthesis is considered the trees life source.
http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/forsite/fromair.htm
A Tree From the Air?
So where does all the food come from that the tree uses to grow? The
answer is simple yet very complex - it comes from the air. Trees like
all plants carry on the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is
the process by which plants utilize the energy from the sun to make
sugar from carbon dioxide in the air. The next time you look at a
tree think about the fact that what you see was once nothing but a
bunch of carbon dioxide gas. The general equation for photosynthesis
is pretty simple:
Sun light
CO2(carbon dioxide) + H20 (water) ----> C6H12O6 (sugar) + O2(oxygen)
This simple equation reveals much about a plant.
First its obvious they need sunlight to survive.
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