<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> James Wynn <crushtv@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> The Urth Mailing List <urth@lists.urth.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 19, 2012 3:46 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: (urth) Oannes<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv668861728">
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On 3/19/2012 1:56 PM, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote:<br>
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Also, are there any examples of an impersonal finite god? Or would
that just be a BDO?</blockquote>
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That's a good question. Big Dumb Object is an interesting term for
it. An impersonal finite god would be a god drained of everything
worthy of worship.<br><br>________________________<br>Insert Super Bowl joke here.<br><br>Yes, it would be like an idol, except that even idols represent something bigger than the idol.<br><br>OTOH, perhaps the Roman household gods were like that---not the family ancestors, but the little guys you'd nod to as you stepped over the threshold or stoked the fire in the hearth. Nobody expected them to speak, but the domain of each was limited to a few square feet. <br><br>Kind of like a modern grimacing Green Man face on a doorknocker: a small dumb object that gestures to something no one thinks about any more.<br> </div></div></div> </div> </div></body></html>