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Religions, So Many Variations
There are dozens, maybe hundreds of religions around the world.
But from what I've seen there is only a few "types".
The biggest "type" is the our guy had the straight dope from the almighty so we gotta do what he said or else.
But this "type" is split up into which guy the follow, then subdivided more times.
Those subdivisions range from lax except at their religious holidays, to real vehement assholes.
Because of this disparity I'm glad I found out how this happened.
Now you know.
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Re: Religions, So Many Variations
Really, there are...
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Unaffiliated goes right along with public behavior these day.
Religion was a big help in making people behave due to peer pressure.
People being naughty would try to be sneaky about it to avoid that pressure.
Now without that chance of tsk tsked by peers, they're being naughty in front of impressionable youth
and setting a very low bar for public behavior. 
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Re: Religions, So Many Variations
They estimate about 12,000 Gods have been venerated...
I noticed of the top ten Buddhist Gods, #2 is Buddha.?!?
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Re: Religions, So Many Variations
I'm not sure what their "Godrank(tm)" technology is based on. "Lucifer" being the most popular Roman god implies it is just mentions, which would mean that stuff like mentions of the Tom Ellis TV show based on the Mike Carey comic based on the Gaiman comic based on folklore based on the Bible would count towards the Roman god of the morning star.
But Tithonus being ranked higher than Zeus breaks that theory. Who mentions Tithonus?
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Neither Gozer nor its minion Zuul show up in the top ten lists... bummer.
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Mithras is still being suppressed at this late date, appalling.
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I wonder which gods are most venerated in the US?
Plutus: god of wealth?
Kratus: god of power?
Apate: goddess of deceit?
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McCluhan: God of TV
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Christian values have purged the archives of accurate facts. Missing in all lists is the #1 god - of sex.
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Re: Religions, So Many Variations
griff wrote:
I wonder which gods are most venerated in the US?
Plutus: god of wealth?
Kratus: god of power?
Apate: goddess of deceit?
MAKE APATE GREAT AGAIN