Re: Constructed Religions

Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...> wrote:
> There seemed to be a big discussion about religion while I was gone.
> But very few (if any, for I was only browsing through the 500 or so
> accumulated posts) had to do with conlanging.
     Here is a brief description of Gladilatian religious terminology.
     Before first contact with other sentients the gladifers' conception =
of
God only existed as a philosophic theory that the universe was created =
and/
or designed by an intelligent being.  This being was called _nmutsnau_, =
from
the attribute _nmut_, having roughly the same meaning as the English =
prefix
_meta_, and _snau_, meaning "intelligent being".  Acceptance of this =
theory
was never very widespread, especially after the Big Bang was discovered, =
but
it persisted and was familiar to those gladifers with an interest in =
philo-
sophy.  However, it never occurred to its proponents to worship this =
being.
     When gladifers came into contact with other species with human-like
gods (including, of course, humans themselves) they applied the name =
_nmut-
snau_ to those concepts.  As with most alien cultural phenomena, there =
were
some gladifers who adopted the alien religions.  They remain a minority, =
but
for every major human religion there are gladifers who profess it, albeit
sometimes in ways strange to their human coreligionists.
     These are the names of the major human religions in the 29th =
century.
Religions which are associated with the teachings of an individual are
called _hfy<<individual's name>>_xmrt_, or "philosophy derived from
<<individual's name>>".

     Christianity: _hfyNremaseop_xmrt_ -- _Nremase_ means "gambit", i.e.
"a sacrifice made for expected future gain". -- Jesus Christ is =
_Nremaseop_.
     Catholicism: _rletfrsnau_xmrt_ -- literally "philosophy for =
everyone"
     Red(Blue)(White) Catholicism: _rletfrsnau_sno(hna)(wat)_xmrt_
     Buddhism: _matakulap_hfyUop_xmrt_ -- Buddha is _matakulap_Uop_, =
meaning
"one possessing knowledge".
     Emmism: _hfyEma_xmrt_ -- Emma's name is not calqued, possibly =
because
of disagreements among Emmists over just what she was, or perhaps =
because,
unlike most human words, the name is barely changed when Gladicized.
     Islam: _hfyEala_xmrt_ -- not, as might be expected, "philosophy =
derived
from Mohammed", but "philosophy derived from Allah"
     Resumptionism: _mehvoneot_xmrt_ -- "philosophy associated with
resumption"

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             Dennis Paul Himes    <>    dennis@himes.connix.com
             homepage: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm
        Gladilatian page: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/glad/lang.htm
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Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle
brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance =
as
the air."                      - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse =
96-99