Og and Ug - the first parable.

[Taxloss]

I said this in a PM discussion with BMUS (you know - plotting, conspiracies, etc). We were talking about the persecution complex. She kindly said I should repost it here for your delectation.

Here goes:

>Imagine the invention of religion in a cave on the plains of
>Africa:
>
>Og: I wonder what causes lightning and bush fires.
>
>Ug (wanting to seem clever): Um ... a man in the sky.
>
>Og: Ug, you're talking out of your ass.
>
>Ug: For being so intolerant to my sacred beliefs, I will now
>beat you to death with this thighbone.
>
>Og: That seems unnecessarily harsh.
>
(Thwack)
>

[trotsky]

1. LMAO

That's a good one. And probably accurate!

[onager]

2. Bwah! Hilarious, and close to...

...what H.L. Mencken wrote about the beginning of religion.

It went something like this:

Mencken guessed that when our ancestors lived in caves, one day it started raining and wouldn't stop.

The rain continued and the water level rose until it started flooding the lower caves. People drowned in their homes during the night. Animals and small children were washed away.

Finally, after weeks of rain, one day a very angry man stuck his head out of his cave and screamed up to the sky: "Stop raining!"

It was a pure coincidence, but it DID stop raining.

And that man who yelled, Mencken wrote--was our very first priest!

[YankeyMCC]

3. Fantastic lol

[beam me up scottie]

4. Yep.

Started with one guy talking out of his ass...

:rofl: