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wendongotta Posted Thu 20 Mar, 2008 8:21 PM |
i wrote this in a different post, but i figured more people would read this... i'm sharing the wealth of a college class about major religions. this is what my teacher told us to keep us awake today:
here's a good one. this main myth of the origins of shintoism talk about how the kami (way of life, pureness) is so sick lol. my teacher explained like this:
the first human beings were Izanagi (the man kami spirit) and Izanami (the female kami spirit). Izanagi asked Izanami about how her body was "shaped". she said that she had a spot that wasn't "filled." Izanagi said he has a spot that was "filled with excess." he asked her if they could combine their "spots" to make things equal, and in the process have sexual intercourse. she responded, and i quote my prof who quoted from the Book of Kojiki, "That would be EXCELLENT."
my prof is so funny and i really like his lectures. he always throws weird and creepy things to keep our attention. kinda like how samurais are extremely devoted to their people and country. if they feel they have shamed their honor, they will actually commit hara-kiri ("belly-slicing." this is how the kami-kazes were, with the belief in honoring and defending their people to the utmost and preferring death to dishonor.
how's that for a lesson??? |
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Peewee Posted Thu 20 Mar, 2008 8:23 PM |
WOW so cool!!! Teach us more!!! lol
PMSL @ excess.....ummmm let me fill you up little lady!!! lmao |
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wendongotta Posted Thu 20 Mar, 2008 8:29 PM |
| i would post some pics a friend of mine took of incan pottery in peru, but that might be a little too extreme!!! lol let me just say, i would so not use those pots for home decor or storage!!! |
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Turtleneck Posted Thu 20 Mar, 2008 8:29 PM |
| He was filled with excess all right. "Combine our spots"...that's the oldest come-on line in the book! |
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wendongotta Posted Thu 20 Mar, 2008 8:32 PM |
| you would be surprised by how much porn you can find in ancient religion and culture traditions. nowadays it is all taboo, but it was just a natural process in their book! humans can be so primative still though lol. |
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Peewee Posted Thu 20 Mar, 2008 8:37 PM |
Yeah I think the Christian church tried to pretty much ban anything they felt uncomfortable with! lol
Hey Incan pottery, cool. I have seen that before, well bizarre! lol |
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