h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

........yum!!!! ..........

::drool::

*mixes up a batch of root beer floats with premium vanilla ice cream, passes them around*

Here you go, enjoy.

Sluuurrrrrppppp!

YAY!!! You are a true saint!!!

THANK YOU!!!

Mmmm.....

*Drinks his float and eats some of his sandwich*

Thanks, WM! This is great! Oh, by the way,...

*Affy dashes out to the scooter, and comes back in with several cases of a strangely labelled soft drink*

I don't suppose you'd be interested in marketing this, would you? It's the latest drink from CLI.

*Witty examines the watch-like device that the Professor gave her, the Time Expander. She presses the button for the first time, which allows her to essentially accomplish 2 things at the same time.*

Sure, Affy. Nothing would please me more than to sell this product at the 24-Seven.

If this device works the way I expect, I'll be sort of like Hermione Granger.

Don't you mean Hermione Gingold? As in Harry Potter? In any event, those things are fun for a while, but I got tired of them quickly. Of course, that's because I realized that I would never know when my birthday really was, and would always keep track of the time spent in every single temporal jump. They're handy, but not *too* handy.

I mean Hermione Granger, as in Harry Potter. One semester she had a device by which she could be in multiple places at the same time so that she could take courses that would have had schedule conflicts otherwise. (Trust me, I have a 9 year old obsessed Harry Potter fan at home IRL.)

The late Hermione Gingold was indeed an real person: [link removed by moderator]

I had asked the Professor for a way to squeeze more than 24 hours into a day. This was his solution. I'll give it a try for a while.

Are you sure that it's Hermione Granger? I could've sworn that it was Gingold...oh, wait, maybe that's just an actress, or something.

Anyway, I'm another Harry Potter fan. I one the first copy of Harry Potter IV in my city for my entry in a costume contest (I went as a Dementor). And yes, I'm not unfamiliar with Hermione's hourglass.

I'm unfamiliar. Prefer the Wizard of Oz books, but I haven't tried Harry Potter.

A very religious lady told me a while back that Harry Potter is Satanic. Boy, did I give it to her-- "Wiccans, who are witches, never worshipped Satan.... they didn't even have a devil to worship..."

That was fun. I don't like narrow-mindedness!!!!

That link that was removed (grrrrr) from my post above was to the biography of Hermione Gingold on the Internet Movie Database. She was an old timer, died in the 1990's in her mid-80's.

I got my copy of book 4 on my way home from London last July, so I have the British version. The cover art and font are different, but the text is the same. I got a lot of quizzical looks when I was carrying around with me. You really should read them, Dragonfly. They're a quick read and very entertaining.

I wonder if I should stock Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans in the store?

I also enjoy the Wizard of Oz books, although I'm trying to fill in a few gaps in my collection (I don't even have all of the original fourteen.)

As for the Harry Potter books, my view as a Christian is that other people should read them before making snap judgements. I only have one other concern about the Harry Potter books leading to more involvement in the Wiccan religions. I'll play my First and Second commandment cards agaig.

(Just so you know, WM, Dragonfly and I have been debating religion in a mailing list for a while...oh, wait, you're on the Muse list too. So you know as well. Never mind...)

Huh! Potter is more comercial. I wish I truly could be a comunist, and smack anykind of religious and pseudoreligious talk as Opium for the masses, but I am far to liberal, and, huh, somwhat a little narrowminded...

YAY!!!

Well, you know... I'm almost finished with a book that had many points to make, and this is one of them.... that the commandment "You shall have no false gods before me" is rather... hermmm... is a kind of jealous statement. I understand being against false gods-- there is ONLY ONE God, but He has many names.

No false gods gives God Himself a human quality of jealousy that is uncomfortable to live with. He's Love, not jealousy. Of course, we have to bear in mind that this commandment stands as a guide and a reminder to the faithful that God is far better than a new car or submersible toaster oven. It shouldn't teach, however, that someone else's God is fake.

There's a reason why people believe what we believe, and if you look into their faith enough, you'll see that it's similar to most any God-fearing(should be God-loving) religion, once pomp and circumstance and ritual are thrown out. People should attend church to SHARE God, not to find Him. He's within you in the first place.

So yes, recognize the Big Guy/Gal before false gods. But be sure that such faith doesn't blind you from acceptance of other faiths. "We're more the same than we are different".

(Not implying that you've never given a look-into on the Wiccan faith, or any other religion, Affy dear... I'm just letting out my general feeling. I see a lot of ignorant people out there, and I know you're not among them...)

*nods respectfully*

The heathen idols are in aisle 2.

Engländer: Have you been able to get into your original home page yet? I left you a note on your new home page with a suggestion for regaining access.

Aisle two!?? Oh.... I was looking on aisle 666 !!!!

Yes, thank you for asking. I dropped in at Abi´s and there were two bbclinks which I have not tried yet, but I am feeling quite smug, with the three of me in one New Homespace. We´re getting on quite well with each other...

.... quite!!!

Dragonfly, I have only one other comment about the first commandment being a jealous command: *IT'S TRUE*!

Before any fellow monotheists jump on me, I'll just remind everyone to flip open their Bibles to...okay, I think it's Leviticus. I can't remember. But anyway, God himself says "I am a jealous God." And who wouldn't be? He created the Universe, the time/space continuum, Satan, humanity, and the very things that many other people worship. I'd be a bit jealous to if (for instance) I created fire, gave it to humans, and they said, "Oh, look! Fire! Let's worship this thing now!"

And also, just for the sake of prolonging the argument, I'll remind everyone that the command calls for no other gods whatsoever. False or not. This not only includes abstaining from worshiping Baal, Buddha, Zeus, Mother Nature, Huitzilopoctli, The Implementors, Cthulhu, and the others, but it also includes things like music stars, television, radio, books, political figures, yourself, money, fame, etc. If you examine the text, you'll find that the second commandment is not unlike putting a few underlines and exclamation points on the first one. In my opinion, anyway. Finding God is important as well, for while He may exist within you, He won't if you don't ask Him to first.

Sorry for going on like this, I've just got some strong moral obligations that I've been shunning for quite some time now.

Anyone else out there going to join the Zaphodista Revolution? Or has everyone here joined, and I'm just not realizing it?

Buddha is very much worth worshipping. I'm not happy with that comment. 70% of this world believes in Buddhism(and not all Buddhists even view him as a diety of any sort). Have you looked into the Buddha's teachings before judging him!?? God will forgive those who have open minds. You don't have to develop any feelings for the Buddha, but it is sure you will find some respect for him if you look into his teachings. I respect your viewpoints, but you are only coming from the Bible. There's more out there than just the Bible, and other religions are no less important or spiritual than Christianity.

Mother Nature is also worthy of worship. You can respect Her and still Love God. God created Her, right!?? Are we supposed to not appreciate this wonderful gift called earth that He gave to us!?? I think not... he wants us to be happy. He should only hope that we take care of his earth. Worshipping Mother Nature never cause anyone to develop a harmful attitude toward anyone else-- perhaps, I dare believe, that worship of nature brings people closer than God than Church can.

Your moral obligations are awe-inspiring, and perhaps so much so that you're becoming a little blinded by them. In opening your mind to other faiths, you'll step no further away from your God, you will step closer to Him, I am sure. You don't have to adopt other viewpoints, but what everyone needs to do(myself included) is to give a bit of time to study what other people are moved to believe. Reflect on this. There is reasoning behind it all-- and that, to me, is ONE GOD with many names.

I absolutely agree that you have to seek God, that He does exist within you. He is in everyone. In many forms.

God, it is believed, is omnipresent, all-knowing, and perfect. PERFECT. How could he have made Satan!?? God didn't make Satan, that was the handywork of the Christian Church-- paint the Pagan diety Pan in a nice shade of red, and convince listeners that worship of him is evil.

Just can't keep quiet. I am learning a lot and have learned a lot. I apologize about how I interpret faith in some people, and perhaps there is reason for that. I don't feel I am being irrational....

That´s your problem. Apologizing for your point of view, You and Affy. There may OR may not be a God. There are a lot of things I can call God. But try a definition of God:

Affy: He´s the creator (any proof? just the normal kind of upshot like: well, I haven´t seen a ship evolve from metalplates and timber but I know someone made a design)

Dragonfly: He´s the God behind the things we call God.(i.e one god, many names). Well so we boil down to all being a part of that god, and that could meen we are all just part in that wierdo God´s dream (I think this has a Hindu background)

Read the "Principia Ethica" by Moore. He goes at length trying to define "good". Ends up with saying there is no entity that in itself can be said is "good".

As it goes, religions are beliefsystems. You decide at one point that you believe this or that. Having been brought up in the line Affy is talking, I know how important it was, to be a follower of THE one and only God. The one that the OT is talking of , that jelous old f**t, who f****d Mary in a holy way, so that we have Jesus as his son to cope with. And they ARE jelous. You try enjoying a Sunday morning at home, when all your inner cells have been programed to: "It´s time for service, you are letting God down. And he´s SOOOO sad, that you came of His way."

Not only does he claim to be jelous, he claims to be the Truth and the Way and a whole lot of other things.
Here, Dragonfly, remember that bit about "If all the earthpopulation were 100" how all the realy rich came from America? Well, if it´s true that a camel would thread through a needle more easyly than that a rich man would get to heaven, I don´t think you´d have to be able to speak american back up in heaven. (Affy, would you be so kind as looking up the verse I mean?)

Oh, Heck. I am trying to out argument you two. That is ludicrous I think the things you write realy just show that what or whoever God is, s/he has the summ of all good and bad and right and wrong habbits we human can possibly think of. And if we find some new angle to personality, s/he´s bound to have that, too, and I guess Affy could find a passage in the bible to fit it. And that´s the thing. If you want to believe it you can, and I won´t change a thing with what I write.

The reality of one or many Goddesses or Gods should be left to evry individual. (Problem is: Christians were sent out into the World. Acts I, v.5 , am I right?)It´s like only I know what the thing I smell realy smells like. I can´t smell with either of your nose, and maybe I wouldn´t identify the same smell. Who/What is Goddess or not - who knows? And why care? Just because I smegging don´t want to go to hell?

Here´s a joke about Hell I like:

A man comes to Hell, and is asked at the reception in which Hell he wants to go: the American or the Russian.

Well, he asks, what´s the american hell like?

The shedule is: Tared and fethered, after that you get cooked, and after that run over by a bulldozer.

And what´s the difference to the Russian hell?

Oh, it´s basicly the same, just: sometimes there´s no tar, the ovens not working properly or they haven´t got any cash for fuel.