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I completely agree on the bible side, I found out last year that there are copies of the bible extant (found during the Victorian period) that do not even have the resurrection in them, a central tenet to Roman Catholicism.Quote from: Reverend Al on February 18, 2015, 01:05:44 AMQuote from: meekon5 on February 17, 2015, 08:35:36 AMActually the Dude is based on the real Dude, Jeff Dowd, an associate of the Coen Brothers...True, and I understand your point, but Dudeism is based on a movie with a central character named Jeffrey Lebowski, not Jeff Dowd.Here I have to say I don't agree, the Dude in the film is an example, much like the Buddhas, Dudeism is not based on the movie, the movie is not holy text. I think this is a fundamental mistake many people make the film is not scripture to Dudeists, it is my belief that you may be a Dudeist and not ever have heard of the film, take Lao Tsu for instance.Dudeism is a way of being, I was a dudeist before I found the label to hang upon myself for the convenience of others.
Quote from: meekon5 on February 17, 2015, 08:35:36 AMActually the Dude is based on the real Dude, Jeff Dowd, an associate of the Coen Brothers...True, and I understand your point, but Dudeism is based on a movie with a central character named Jeffrey Lebowski, not Jeff Dowd.
Actually the Dude is based on the real Dude, Jeff Dowd, an associate of the Coen Brothers...
Quote from: Reverend Al on February 18, 2015, 01:05:44 AMQuote from: meekon5 on February 17, 2015, 08:35:36 AMActually the Dude is based on the real Dude, Jeff Dowd, an associate of the Coen Brothers...True, and I understand your point, but Dudeism is based on a movie with a central character named Jeffrey Lebowski, not Jeff Dowd.Here I have to say I don't agree, the Dude in the film is an example, much like the Buddhas, Dudeism is not based on the movie, the movie is not holy text. I think this is a fundamental mistake many people make the film is not scripture to Dudeists, it is my belief that you may be a Dudeist and not ever have heard of the film, take Lao Tsu for instance.Dudeism is a way of being, I was a dudeist before I found the label to hang upon myself for the convenience of others.
Quote from: meekon5 on February 18, 2015, 08:19:32 AMQuote from: Reverend Al on February 18, 2015, 01:05:44 AMQuote from: meekon5 on February 17, 2015, 08:35:36 AMActually the Dude is based on the real Dude, Jeff Dowd, an associate of the Coen Brothers...True, and I understand your point, but Dudeism is based on a movie with a central character named Jeffrey Lebowski, not Jeff Dowd.Here I have to say I don't agree, the Dude in the film is an example, much like the Buddhas, Dudeism is not based on the movie, the movie is not holy text. I think this is a fundamental mistake many people make the film is not scripture to Dudeists, it is my belief that you may be a Dudeist and not ever have heard of the film, take Lao Tsu for instance.Dudeism is a way of being, I was a dudeist before I found the label to hang upon myself for the convenience of others.You're correct, of course. I should have said Dudeism was inspired by the movie, not based on it. I stand corrected.
It's sort of like the flying spaghetti monster but not so insulting.The Dude stands in stark contrast to the seriousness of most religious symbols and that's a good thing.It's the point.It's sort of funny and funny is good. It's Dudeism so that's what you call it man. My 2 cents.
That interesting, man. I haven't seen anything that links the dead sea scrolls with the Jesus. The link was cool but I didn't see it there, either. Anyway, I understand the scrolls consists mostly of passages from the torah. Of course, the new testaments (a/k/a the Happy Fun Time Jebus Show) are, to a large extent, built on the supposed fulfillment of prophecies from the torah. I wouldn't be surprised if the scrolls' alleged references to the J-man were predicated on the same spurious assumptions (e.g., "look, a dude on a mule coming through the gates - it must be the lord!" or "the chick said she didn't lie with anyone - god did it!" or "well, he was crucified - it aint like they do that regularly is it?").** Yeah, I didn't even make up these examples. The original sources are sufficiently ridiculous. See, Zechariah 9:9, Gen. 3:15, and Psalm 22:16-18.
Quote from: BikerDude on February 19, 2015, 07:59:07 AMIt's sort of like the flying spaghetti monster but not so insulting.The Dude stands in stark contrast to the seriousness of most religious symbols and that's a good thing.It's the point.It's sort of funny and funny is good. It's Dudeism so that's what you call it man. My 2 cents.Sorry insanely busy in the real world of jobs.And this is good we haven't had one of these discussions for ages.I'm not exactly disagreeing with this point of view, but it's the Taoist point that the Dude is important but not central. The Dude is a very good example of how to live life as a dudeist, but he is not a saint. He is not everything. To paraphrase Buddhism, and Buddha, this works for me but it's not necessarily the way it should work for you.TBL is not a holy text as in the bible. Literally to canonise the Dude is to confuse the finger pointing with the object it is pointing at. If you see the Dude on the road, kill him!
That's all well and good. But I do believe that there are some other aspects to Dudeism that make it unique.One is that we are based on or inspired by the character of the Dude. Rather than a character or person that achieves elevated status in the traditional way.
I can't disappoint by missing an opportunity to point out another of the ways that the "biggies" meet the criteria of being a "parady" religion.For instance....The Vatican set the world record for paraquatism by profiteering on the Holocaust.http://www.npr.org/2015/01/30/382374060/from-laundering-to-profiteering-a-multitude-of-sins-at-the-vatican-bankQuoteBy World War II, the church had sizeable investments and created the Vatican Bank in order to hide its financial dealings with the Nazis from the U.S. and Britain."I was surprised to the extent to which the Vatican was deeply embedded with German companies," Posner says. "They bundled together life insurance policies of Jewish refugees who had been sent to Auschwitz and other death camps. They escheated these policies early on ? meaning they took the cash value of them."Later, when the surviving children or grandchildren of the victims tried to collect on the insurance policies, they were refused. "These insurance companies would refuse to pay out saying: 'Show us a death certificate,' which they knew was impossible," Posner explains. "They would keep the money."Now tell me that any of the fucks at the league office give one good wet fart for anything Jesus said. They are just in the business of making others believe it.It's like Lennon said ..... you look at who profits and.....
By World War II, the church had sizeable investments and created the Vatican Bank in order to hide its financial dealings with the Nazis from the U.S. and Britain."I was surprised to the extent to which the Vatican was deeply embedded with German companies," Posner says. "They bundled together life insurance policies of Jewish refugees who had been sent to Auschwitz and other death camps. They escheated these policies early on ? meaning they took the cash value of them."Later, when the surviving children or grandchildren of the victims tried to collect on the insurance policies, they were refused. "These insurance companies would refuse to pay out saying: 'Show us a death certificate,' which they knew was impossible," Posner explains. "They would keep the money."
Quote from: meekon5 on February 18, 2015, 08:19:32 AMI completely agree on the bible side, I found out last year that there are copies of the bible extant (found during the Victorian period) that do not even have the resurrection in them, a central tenet to Roman Catholicism.Quote from: Reverend Al on February 18, 2015, 01:05:44 AMQuote from: meekon5 on February 17, 2015, 08:35:36 AMActually the Dude is based on the real Dude, Jeff Dowd, an associate of the Coen Brothers...True, and I understand your point, but Dudeism is based on a movie with a central character named Jeffrey Lebowski, not Jeff Dowd.Here I have to say I don't agree, the Dude in the film is an example, much like the Buddhas, Dudeism is not based on the movie, the movie is not holy text. I think this is a fundamental mistake many people make the film is not scripture to Dudeists, it is my belief that you may be a Dudeist and not ever have heard of the film, take Lao Tsu for instance.Dudeism is a way of being, I was a dudeist before I found the label to hang upon myself for the convenience of others.I believe we need a Dudeist conclave on this point.I think that the movie clearly is a very important part of Dudeism.True that Dudeism has existed through time but the movie uniquely illuminates the point.I just don't think you can have Dudeism without the character of the Dude.And who would want to? The movie is awesome.I'd point to the words of the Dudely Lama. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kL_cm7UOAohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emZAyrzsIsshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQhxcFK7cK0And just for kicks I give you ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYxbJzyVzaYLove it when Jerry says "what we are thinking about is a peaceful planet. We're not thinking about power, we're not thinking about those kind of struggles, revolution or war or any of that, etc...We'd all like to live an uncluttered life. A simple life, a good life, and think about moving the whole human race ahead a step." Jerryism?
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