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| Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by exu(m): 12:32am On Dec 24, 2006 |
1. Exu has never made up long winded answers to questions he does not know the answer to. 2. Exu would never dream of telling an attractive female to cover herself from head-to-toe. 3. Exu would never advise against the use of condoms. Nor would he teach that anal (and oral) sex is wrong. 4. Exu would not act on instructions given by the voices in his head. Rather, he'd do the responsible thing and hand himself over to the authorities. 5. Exu would never shed tears over a cartoon. Nor would he become aggressive at the thought beautiful women parading their assets. 6. Exu would never dream of telling another being what to eat. Or even how to kill your food without scientific reasoning. 7. Exu would never abuse and brainwash children. That's just sick. 8. Exu would never talk to the clouds and expect results. Experience has taught Him that being proactive is a wonderful thing. 9. Exu would ensure that those who have committed criminal acts, whether financial or civil (and especially with regards to children) spent at least part of their lives in prison. 10. Exu would never stifle scientific progress without a valid reason. p.s. Exu loves each and every one of you. Even the people who refuse to acknowledge Him as their god. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by LanreDaMan(m): 1:18pm On Dec 24, 2006 |
What does Exu say about Gay relationships What does Exu say about the After life What does Exu say about God and who he/she is What THE HELL is EXU anyway |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by angelz(f): 9:52pm On Dec 25, 2006 |
Wat is exu? A new god or an old one. Is he or she a human-god, or anoda gurumaraji. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by gbadex1(m): 1:01pm On Dec 26, 2006 |
^. . .just another attention seeker. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by Grouppoint(m): 6:00pm On Feb 07, 2007 |
Exu does not realise that the laws which govern society, in terms of what is wrong or right, are actually instituted by religion. Therefore Exu has no legs to stand upon, when he goes against religion. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by nferyn(m): 9:14pm On Feb 07, 2007 |
Grouppoint:Grouppoint fails to realise that those laws exist independent of religion, as they can be found in similar shapes accross many societies with many different religious points of view. On top of that many of those religious actually go very much against common morality, unless you think that children speaking out against their parents really should be put to death and that giving your daughters to be raped is good moral conduct. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by gbadex1(m): 9:26pm On Feb 07, 2007 |
. . .so far nferyn fails to realise that the fact still remains they were instituted by the same religion(s) exu keeps dissing, irrespective of geographical locations/countries. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by Grouppoint(m): 9:31pm On Feb 07, 2007 |
Nferyn misses the point here. The definition of right or wrong in modern soceity, anywhere in the world has its roots from a religion. Your country's constitution probably has its basis from the 10 commandments. Hence embracing the ideal portions of the laws, and criticising the less than palatable ones does not make Exu or even nferyn morally above religion. I daresay that without religion, man would still be running around the place, raping, killing, stealing as it was in the cave era. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by nferyn(m): 10:02pm On Feb 07, 2007 |
gbade. x:No they weren't. Religion only codified the existing morality from the societies is sprang from. On top of that religious morality didn't (completely) follow the expanding moral circle as we see it today. Slavery is no longer condoned and women are fully equal to men, just to name two modern moral convictions that go against e.g. the high Christian morality. Repeating the tired old canard that all morality comes from religion does bring it any closer to the truth. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by nferyn(m): 10:10pm On Feb 07, 2007 |
Grouppoint:Why don't you bring some evidence for that claim Grouppoint:No it doesn't. Grouppoint:My ethics will hold out against religious morality any time and do not stem from religion, but rather find their basis in human nature - if you want to discuss this, I'd be happy to oblige. Grouppoint:Assertions without evidence are hollow, my dear. By the way, how would you know than people were on a raping, killing and stealing spree prior to the advent of religion and, assuming that was the case, how did that then magically change when religion was brought in? |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by Grouppoint(m): 10:37am On Feb 08, 2007 |
To preven going back and forth, I suppose we ought be in agreement as to the definitiion of religion. What's your definition of religion? |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by Grouppoint(m): 11:01am On Feb 08, 2007 |
@nferyn, If you agree with me that religion is a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons. Also that it is a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. Then you should agree that before these moral codes were agreed upon, people would have carried on without an agreed set of laws. Hence Exu could not be better than Religion because Exu would have been roaming around aimlessly. All he has done now is borrow what he considers good from religious ethics, and condemn the rest. By the way, what is your country? Most of the mordern world constitutions were founded upon the 10 commandments. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by mrpataki(m): 4:09pm On Feb 08, 2007 |
Exu has even failed to see that Christianity is even more than a religion. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by nferyn(m): 8:43pm On Feb 08, 2007 |
Grouppoint:Actually, I don't follow your definition at all. Central to all religions it the belief in (a) supernatural being(s) that interact with the natural world in one way or another. Religions are those practices that focus on that belief and people use that thesis to structure their life (and possibly that of others as well) around that belief. This can result in a specific set of practices and rules of conduct. These cultural practices are usually not only influenced by that belief but have many other sources as well. By your definition, secular humanism is a religion as well, even though it is anything but a religion Grouppoint:Our moral rules are independent from religon. Religion only justifies and codifies already existing morality. If not, someone that is not religious couldn't possibly be moral, and that is clearly contradicted by the facts. There are for example proporationately far less atheists in prison than theists (I could look up the numbers if you like, but I'm too lazy for the moment ;-)). Grouppoint:Nonsense, as he and other atheists do [b]not [/b]roam around aimlessly, your assertion is contradicted by the facts Grouppoint:Or rather religion has borrowed it's moral codes from 'natural' morality as it was during it's period of formation and didn't evolve along with 'natural' morality, hence the many immoral elements in religious morality. Grouppoint:Belgium, and no, as far as I know, they are not. Can you bring some evidence for that statement? |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by nferyn(m): 8:44pm On Feb 08, 2007 |
mrpataki:In what sense? |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by exu(m): 8:58pm On Feb 08, 2007 |
Christian natural law Despite its pagan origins, a number (though not all) of the early Church Fathers -- in the West more so than in the East -- sought to incorporate the natural law tradition into Christianity (the suspect devotion of the Stoics to pagan worship no doubt aided in this adoption). The most notable among these was Augustine of Hippo, who equated natural law with man's prelapsarian state; as such, a life according to nature was no longer possible and men needed instead to seek salvation through the divine law and grace. In the Twelfth Century, Gratian reversed this, equating the natural and divine laws. Thomas Aquinas restored Natural Law to its independent state, asserting that, as the perfection of human reason, it could approach but not fully comprehend the Eternal law and needed to be supplemented by Divine law. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by mrpataki(m): 9:09pm On Feb 08, 2007 |
nferyn: It is a relationship between Man and his Maker (GOD). |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by KAG: 9:25pm On Feb 08, 2007 |
mrpataki: So is Sikhism. Is it also more than a religion in your estimation? |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by TerraCotta(m): 4:05am On Feb 09, 2007 |
To answer earlier questions--this is Exu  |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by exu(m): 1:12pm On Feb 09, 2007 |
Hahahaha I've been exposed. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by y2kmayor: 10:11am On Feb 13, 2007 |
Hello guyz what is Exu's all about? I will like to know more |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by Nobody: 11:20pm On Feb 13, 2007 |
y2kmayor: Please dont know about him, he's one of the devil's minnions, a little demonic boy and Exu did you smoke weed before or during posting this trash? |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by Nobody: 11:28pm On Feb 13, 2007 |
Ah i laughed at the link you provided you Esu's kolomentals culled from the wiki link Eshu (other names include Exú, Eleggua, Eleda and Elegba) is an Orisha, and one of the most respected deities of the tradition. He has a wide range of responsibilities: the protector of travelers, god of roads, particularly crossroads, the deity with the power over fortune and misfortune, and the personification of death, a psychopomp. Every magical ceremony or ritual began with an offering to Eshu; failure to do so guarantees failure in the intent of the ceremony[1]. Eshu is revered within the Orisa-Ifa system of the Yoruba as well as in syncretic faiths like Santeria/Lukumi developed by the descendants of enslaved West Africans in the Americas, where Eshu was identified with Saint Anthony or Saint Michael[2], depending on the situation. He is identified by the colours red and black, or black and white and his caminos, or paths (compare: avatar) are often represented carrying a cane, shepherd's crook, as well as a pipe. Eshu is a trickster-god, and plays frequently tempting choices for the purpose of causing maturation. He is a difficult teacher, but a good one[3]. As an example[4], Eshu was walking down the road one day, wearing a hat that was red on one side and black on the other. Sometime after he departed, the villagers who had seen him began arguing about whether the stranger's hat was black or red. The villagers on one side of the road had only been capable of seeing the black side, and the villagers on the other side had only been capable of seeing the red half. They nearly fought over the argument, until Eshu came back and cleared the mystery, teaching the villagers about how one's perspective can alter a person's perception of reality, and that one can be easily fooled. In other versions of this tale, the two tribes were not stopped short of violence; they actually annihilated each other, and Eshu laughed at the result, saying "Bringing strife is my greatest joy". and for you who want to know about Exu or Esu is this enuf? does he look like a loving God like ALMIGHTY GOD,JEHOVAH in Heaven? need i say more and for ur info we call ur god,Esu meaning Devil or Satan. ah  need i really say more? |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by Nobody: 11:32pm On Feb 13, 2007 |
exu: Its a pity for you devil worshippers. so bringing strife is ur god's greatest joy! what a pity! I'm imagining how messed up ur life is |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by TerraCotta(m): 5:47am On Feb 14, 2007 |
babaearly: Perhaps you can post a picture of your deity. Another link, for your education. |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by OmoEko1(f): 5:50am On Feb 14, 2007 |
TerraCotta:people people people wow, that all i got to say |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by agnesoseka: 6:03pm On Mar 18, 2007 |
Whts Exhu?? |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by sisimose(f): 6:18pm On Mar 18, 2007 |
a pile of hogwash, that's what attention seekers incorporated |
| Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion. by IDINRETE: 7:04pm On Mar 18, 2007 |
@ babaearly and for you who want to know about Exu or Esu is this enough? does he look like a loving God like ALMIGHTY GOD,JEHOVAH in Heaven? need i say more and for your info we call your god,Esu meaning Devil or Satan. ah need i really say more? 1SAMUEL 15:2-3,18 "Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt, Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. BUT KILL BOTH MAN AND WOMAN, INFANT AND NURSING CHILD, OX, SHEEP, CAMEL AND DONKEY, NOW THE LORD SENT YOU ON A MISSION AND SAID 'GO AND UTTERLY DESTROY THE SINNERS, THE AMALEKITES, AND FIGHT AGAINST THEM UNTIL THEY ARE CONSUMED, AND SAMUEL HACKED AGAG IN PIECES BEFORE THE LORD IN GILGAL, IS THIS A LOVING GOD OR A BELLIGERENT BLOODTHIRSTY GOD. THIS IS GOD IS WORSE THAN DEVIL/SATAN IN ALL RAMIFICATIONS. YOU REALLY NEED TO SAY MORE |
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