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Related: About this forumAtheist MK Seeks God’s Help to Save DMK
By Express news service
Published: 10th Jan 2016 11:08:25 AM
CHENNAI: Atheism is out for DMK president M Karunanidhi. He is courting god to save the shaky DMK by engaging priests from Tirupati Tirumalai Devasthanam to chant Vedic hymns at his Gopalapuram residence here last week. For a party founded to defeat the Brahminical hold over society started by Ramaswamy Periyar, MKs holy acts have enraged critics. His son and political heir MK Stalin has also been criticised for visiting famous temples during his Namukku Naame campaign trail across the state.
It shows our leaders tolerance of the beliefs of others and his manners not to hurt them in any way. When the priests are reciting mantras, it will be uncivilised and rude to stop them, said one of the party functionaries. The controversy arose after a TV channel run by the Devasthanam wanted the rights to air the Telugu version of the television series on Sant Ramanuja Karunanidhi has penned.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Atheist-MK-Seeks-God%E2%80%99s-Help-to-Save-DMK/2016/01/10/article3220052.ece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karunanidhi
randys1
(16,286 posts)by definition I suppose this makes us atheists, but there is no ism
sorry
rug
(82,333 posts)Paul Bunyan is not a god.
Atheism (a theos) specifically and exclusively concerns nonbelief in god(s).
randys1
(16,286 posts)dragons?
Here is a list of JUST the letter A of things I dont believe in, what do I call each of these?
Á Bao A Qu (Malay) - An entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor.
Aatxe (Basque) - A spirit that takes the form of a bull.
Abaasy (Yakuts) - Demons that have teeth of iron.
Abada (African) - Small type of unicorn reported to live in the lands of the African Congo.
Äbädä (Tatar) - Forest spirit.
Abaia (Melanesia) - Huge magical eel.
Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Savage humanoid with backward feet.
Abath (Malay) - One-horned animal.
Abura-sumashi (Japanese) - Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Acephali (Greek) - Headless humanoids.
Acheri (Indian) - Disease-bringing ghost.
Achlis (Roman) - Curious elk.
Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) - Giant birds that understand human languages.
Adaro (Solomon Islands) - Malevolent merfolk.
Adhene (Manx) - Nature spirit.
Adlet (Inuit) - Vampiric dog-human hybrid
Adroanzi (Lugbara) - Nature spirit.
Adze (Ewe people) - An African vampiric-forest being.
Aerico (Greek) - Disease demon.
Afanc (Welsh) - Lake monster (exact lake varies by story).
Agni (Hindu) - God of fire and sacrifices.
Agathodaemon (Greek) - Spirit of vinefields and grainfields.
Agloolik (Inuit) - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen.
Agogwe (East Africa) - Small, ape-like humanoid.
Ahkiyyini (Inuit) - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks.
Ahuizotl (Aztec) - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid.
Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep.
Aigikampoi (Etruscan) - Fish-tailed goat.
Airavata (Hindu) - Divine Elephant.
Aitu (Polynesian) - Malevolent spirits or demons.
Aitvaras (Lithuanian) - Household spirit.
Ajatar (Finnish) - Dragon.
Akateko (Japanese) - Tree-dwelling monster.
Akhlut (Inuit) - Orca-wolf shapeshifter.
Akka (Finnish) - Female spirits or minor goddesses.
Akki (Japanese) - Large, grotesque humanoid.
Akkorokamui (Ainu) - Sea monster.
Akuma (Japanese) - Evil spirit.
Akupara (Hindu) - Giant turtle that supports the world.
Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) - Ghostly flame which causes disease.
Al (Armenian and Persian) - Spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women.
Ala (Slavic) - Bad weather demon.
Alal (Chaldean) - queen of the full moon.
Alan (Philippine) - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children.
Alce (Heraldic) - Wingless griffin.
Aleya (Bengali) - Spirit of a dead fisherman.
Alicanto (Chilean) - Bird that eats gold and silver.
Alicorn - A winged unicorn from the Latin "ala" (wing) and "corn" (horn).
Alkonost (Slavic) - Angelic bird with human head and breasts.
Allocamelus (Heraldic) - Ass-camel hybrid.
Almas (Mongolian) - Savage humanoid.
Al-mi'raj (Islamic) - One-horned rabbit.
Aloja (Catalan) - Female water spirit.
Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) - Little people and tricksters.
Alp (German) - Male night-demon.
Alphyn (Heraldic) - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs.
Alp-luachra (Irish) - Parasitic fairy.
Al Rakim (Islamic) - Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers.
Alseid (Greek) - Grove nymph.
Alû (Assyrian) - Leprous demon.
Alux (Mayan) - Little people.
Amaburakosagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
Amala (Tsimshian) - Giant who holds up the world.
Amamehagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
Amanojaku (Japanese) - Small demon.
Amarok (Inuit) - Giant wolf.
Amarum (Quechua) - Water boa spirit.
Amazake-babaa (Japanese) - Disease-causing hag.
Amemasu (Ainu) - Lake monster.
Ammit (Ancient Egyptian) - Female demon with a body that was part lion, hippopotamus and crocodile.
Amorōnagu (Japanese) - Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
Amphiptere (Heraldic) - Winged serpent.
Amphisbaena (Greek) - Serpent with a head at each end.
Anak (Jewish) - Giant.
Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) - Human-headed sphinx.
Angel (mainly Christian, Jewish, Islamic traditions) - From the Greek ángelos, divine beings of Heaven who act as mediators between God and humans; the counterparts of Demons.
Angha (Persian) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid.
Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) - Lightning spirit.
Ankou (French) - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and a scythe.
Anmo (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
Antaeus (Greek) - A giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground.
Anubis (Ancient Egyptian) - The God of the Underworld
Antero Vipunen (Finnish) - Subterranean giant.
Ao Ao (Guaraní) - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep.
Aobōzu (Japanese) - Blue monk who kidnaps children.
Apkallu (Sumerian) - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki.
Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) - Female cloud spirit.
Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) - Human-scorpion hybrid.
Ardat-Lili (Akkadian) - Disease demon.
Argus Panoptes (Greek) - Hundred-eyed giant.
Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) - Old woman with magical powers.
Arimaspi (Greek) - One-eyed humanoid.
Arion (Greek) - Extremely swift horse with a green mane and the power of speech.
Arkan Sonney (Manx) - Fairy hedgehog.
Asag (Sumerian) - Hideous rock demon.
Asakku (Sumerian) - Demon.
Asanbosam (West Africa) - Iron-toothed vampire.
Asena (Turkic) - Blue-maned wolf.
A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) - Stone-giant.
Ashi-magari (Japanese) - Invisible tendril that impedes movement.
Asiman (Dahomey) - Vampiric possession spirit.
Askefrue (Germanic) - Female tree spirit.
Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) - Fire elemental and spectral fire.
Asobibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture.
Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) - Island-sized whale or sea turtle.
Asrai (English) - Water spirit.
Astomi (Greek) - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food.
Aswang (Philippine) - Carrion-eating humanoid.
Atomy (English) - Surprisingly small creature.
Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) - Invisible spirit that follows people.
Atshen (Inuit) - Anthropophagous spirit.
Auloniad (Greek) - Pasture nymph.
Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) - King of the birds.
Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) - Insect spirit.
Axex (Ancient Egyptian) - Falcon-lion hybrid.
Ayakashi (Japanese) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil.
Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture.
Aziza (Dahomey) - Little people that help hunters.
Azukiarai (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.
Azukibabaa (Japanese) - Bean-grinding hag who devours people.
Azukitogi (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides.