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Lucifer
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 08:02 pm
From Epicurus, the Greek philosopher. He said that we don't need God because we free our fear from having one.
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makemeshiver33
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 08:06 pm
Antiquism: Same old ****, different day!
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spendius
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 06:17 am
BOTULISM

spendius
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cavfancier
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 06:21 am
I blame the CPD for the decline of this forum.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 10:15 am
makeme, You need to add "at much higher cost."
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rufio
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 10:34 am
Hmmm.

Tourism: Let's take pictures of ****.
Conservatism: The original **** was the best ****.
Liberalism: We need more money to fund new ****.
Libertarianism: The government should stop mucking around in our ****.
Academiism: Your **** doesn't count unless you write a book about it.

That's all I've got for now. I realize none of those are religions. Razz
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Lucifer
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 10:48 am
Etymologically speaking, if it has "-ism" at the end, it's usually a belief in something.
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rufio
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 11:15 am
Not neccessarily. Tourism is a commonly used word, and it doesn't mean a belief in touring. Similarly with environmentalism, or industrialism, or consumerism. It can mean a lot of things, really. Mostly it refers to what people do.

Come to think of it, industrialism should be, "Let's mass produce this ****."
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 11:17 am
rufio, I must wholeheartedly disagree; consumerism is a religion. Wink
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Lucifer
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 11:47 am
I didn't say "always", I said "usually".
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rufio
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 12:35 pm
Touche, CI. But religions don't have to be about beliefs, they too can be about practices. You can hardly say that Agnosticism is about belief. Razz
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Lucifer
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 12:53 pm
Or "anti-belief". Don't take etymological definitions too literally. Often, when "belief" is used in the etymological meaning, the real meaning is more general, but in English, we just tend to stick on the Greek suffix, "-ism" at the end of the word quite lazily.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 02:48 pm
I'm not sure about "lazily," but it's a helpful tool for the English langage. Wink
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Lucifer
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 03:04 pm
My Etymology mentor said to use the "English sucks" rule when doing etymological analysis. Especially with Latin.
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spendius
 
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Reply Fri 10 Dec, 2004 07:32 am
Vampirism
Exhibitionism
Retifism
Anaclitism
Victorianism
Coitobalnism
Narcissism
Ecouteurism
Teledildonicism
Troilism

????????

spendius
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Fri 10 Dec, 2004 11:02 am
spendius, If you can provide the definitions for those words...
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Lucifer
 
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Reply Fri 10 Dec, 2004 12:01 pm
altruism: **** for all.
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Lady J
 
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Reply Fri 10 Dec, 2004 12:04 pm
**second note to self** Still must learn latin.....
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Lucifer
 
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Reply Fri 10 Dec, 2004 12:08 pm
Sorry, I didn't have any PM priviledges. I'm going to check now...
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cavfancier
 
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Reply Fri 10 Dec, 2004 12:18 pm
spendius wrote:
Vampirism
Exhibitionism
Retifism
Anaclitism
Victorianism
Coitobalnism
Narcissism
Ecouteurism
Teledildonicism
Troilism

????????

spendius


What are you trying to tell us about your apparently quite exciting life and/or religion? We are all campadres here. I would use the 'wink' emoticon, but it is beneath you, or is it on top?
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