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WCDT: 2455-2459 (27-31 May, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
ankhtahr:
About the Scientology thing: Southpark actually had a rather accurate summary of this. Here is a video which compares a description with the South Park depiction:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7EEOMbBIO8
The Edda is imho one of the more interesting books of religion. Also it's really just a collection of old poems and stories.
The Hávamál is a great read e.g. (which is where the quote from Valdís' signature originates). It's basically a loose collection of tips on how it's best to lead your life, but only tips, no requirements.
Loki:
How come everyone knows more about Norse Mythology than me? I didn't know you need to be a friggin Norse Mythology major to read this comic!
Oh well. I can blame it on Ankh being further up north than me. :-D
ankhtahr:
Well, that and I feel myself connected to Ásatrú (translates to "Asentreue" in German, or "Faith in the Ćsir"), which is basically the old Norse belief.
I wouldn't say that I believe in the Norse gods, it's just that I consider it to be the religion in which I would put the most trust. I might word it as not believing, but hoping.
Edit: also if you want to learn more about the Norse belief system, read the Edda. Start with the prosaic Edda. The best (and cheapest) translation available in German is by Arnulf Krause. The typical translations (Karl Simrock and Felix Genzmer) try too hard to keep the sound of the poems and stories, which makes them very hard to read. That might be wanted in the poetic Edda, but not for the prosaic. So if you want a good introduction buy "Die Edda des Snorri Sturluson" and "Die Götterlieder der Älteren Edda" in the "Reclam" edition. Cheap, but good. You miss about a third then (which is in a third book), but it's a very good introduction, and contains most of the important stuff. Read the prosaic Edda then and keep the poetic Edda at hand, as the prosaic Edda refers to the poetic Edda multiple times.
Oh, and by the way, skip the prologue of the prosaic Edda. It was written, when most of the Nordics were already christianised, so the prologue tries to fit the Norse myths into a Christian environment.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 26 May 2013, 07:03 ---
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 26 May 2013, 06:05 ---The pattern of the Gregorian calendar repeats every four thousand years.
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I think four hundred years is enough,
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Oops - just a slip of the memory (not working it out or anything).
Akima:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 May 2013, 12:53 ---I've always meant to read the major religious texts, just haven't gotten around to it.
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Here's a copy of the standard edition of the Pali Canon. Enjoy! When you have finished that, you can start on the hundred or so volumes of the Dŕzŕngjīng (大藏經 or Great Treasury of Sutras) regarded as canonical in East Asian Mahayana Buddhism. There won't be a test:
All composed things are like a dream,
a phantom, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.
That is how to meditate on them,
that is how to observe them.
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