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Re: OT: Socialism (WAS: Re: Saving endangered langs (was Re: Extrapolating languages)

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 23, 2003, 0:06
On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 10:48:20PM +0000, Tim May wrote:
> Why is it that so few people are apparently able to follow the very > simple guideline that you DO NOT DISCUSS POLITICS ON THE LIST?
But Dad! He started it! <points to Andreas> STOP POKING ME! AND GET ON YOUR SIDE OF THE BACK SEAT! Ahem. Sorry. To get back on topic: what holidays do your various concultures celebrate, and how? This is a topic I'm trying to devote some attention to, especially the religious aspects, since the culture I'm dealing with was separated from the rest of the planet long before any of the current major religions existed (I know, religion is just as taboo as politics, but this is speculation, not proselytizing.) It's hard to imagine what sort of path the older religions might have taken if left to grow across a planet without those major influences. Would some other monotheistic, prophet-centric religion have cropped up, human nature being what it is? Is there a natural point of cultural development at which something of the sort is practically inevitable? Or would we have a planetful of people still following the nature-religions; global not-so-neo Paganism? -Mark

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Sylvia Sotomayor <kelen@...>Religious Development WAS: Re: OT: Socialism (WAS: Re: Saving endangered langs (was Re: Extrapolating languages)
Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>Religion and Holidays, were Socialism (WAS: Re: Why Can't We Just Not Talk Politics?
Adam Walker <carrajena@...>