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exu (m)
Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« on: December 24, 2006, 12:32 AM »

1. Exu has never made up long winded answers to questions he does not know the answer to.
2. Exu would never dream of telling an attractive female to cover herself from head-to-toe.
3. Exu would never advise against the use of condoms. Nor would he teach that anal (and oral) intimacy is wrong.
4. Exu would not act on instructions given by the voices in his head. Rather, he'd do the responsible thing and hand himself over to the authorities.
5. Exu would never shed tears over a cartoon. Nor would he become aggressive at the thought beautiful women parading their assets.
6. Exu would never dream of telling another being what to eat. Or even how to kill your food without scientific reasoning.
7. Exu would never abuse and brainwash children. That's just sick.
8. Exu would never talk to the clouds and expect results. Experience has taught Him that being proactive is a wonderful thing.
9. Exu would ensure that those who have committed criminal acts, whether financial or civil (and especially with regards to children) spent at least part of their lives in prison.
10. Exu would never stifle scientific progress without a valid reason.

p.s.
Exu loves each and every one of you.

Even the people who refuse to acknowledge Him as their god.
LanreDaMan (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #1 on: December 24, 2006, 01:18 PM »

What does Exu say about Gay relationships
What does Exu say about the  After life
What does Exu say about God and who he/she is
What  THE HELL is EXU anyway
angelz
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #2 on: December 25, 2006, 09:52 PM »

Wat is exu? A new god or an old one. Is he or she a human-god, or anoda gurumaraji.
gbade. x (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #3 on: December 26, 2006, 01:01 PM »

^. . .just another attention seeker.
Grouppoint (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #4 on: February 07, 2007, 06:00 PM »

Exu does not realise that the laws which govern society, in terms of what is wrong or right, are actually instituted by religion. Therefore Exu has no legs to stand upon, when he goes against religion.

nferyn (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #5 on: February 07, 2007, 09:14 PM »

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 07, 2007, 06:00 PM
Exu does not realise that the laws which govern society, in terms of what is wrong or right, are actually instituted by religion. Therefore Exu has no legs to stand upon, when he goes against religion.
Grouppoint fails to realise that those laws exist independent of religion, as they can be found in similar shapes accross many societies with many different religious points of view. On top of that many of those religious actually go very much against common morality, unless you think that children speaking out against their parents really should be put to death and that giving your daughters to be despoiled is good moral conduct.
gbade. x (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #6 on: February 07, 2007, 09:26 PM »

. . .so far nferyn fails to realise that the fact still remains they were  instituted by the same religion(s) exu keeps dissing, irrespective of geographical locations/countries. 
Grouppoint (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #7 on: February 07, 2007, 09:31 PM »

Nferyn misses the point here.
The definition of right or wrong in modern soceity, anywhere in the world has its roots from a religion. Your country's constitution probably has its basis from the 10 commandments.
Hence embracing the ideal portions of the laws, and criticising the less than palatable ones does not make Exu or even nferyn morally above religion.
I daresay that without religion, man would still be running around the place, despoiling, killing, stealing as it was in the cave era.
nferyn (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #8 on: February 07, 2007, 10:02 PM »

Quote from: gbade. x on February 07, 2007, 09:26 PM
. . .so far nferyn fails to realise that the fact still remains they were  instituted by the same religion(s) exu keeps dissing, irrespective of geographical locations/countries. 
No they weren't. Religion only codified the existing morality from the societies is sprang from. On top of that religious morality didn't (completely) follow the expanding moral circle as we see it today. Slavery is no longer condoned and women are fully equal to men, just to name two modern moral convictions that go against e.g. the high Christian morality.
Repeating the tired old canard that all morality comes from religion does bring it any closer to the truth.
nferyn (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #9 on: February 07, 2007, 10:10 PM »

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 07, 2007, 09:31 PM
Nferyn misses the point here.
The definition of right or wrong in modern soceity, anywhere in the world has its roots from a religion.
Why don't you bring some evidence for that claim

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 07, 2007, 09:31 PM
Your country's constitution probably has its basis from the 10 commandments.
No it doesn't.

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 07, 2007, 09:31 PM
Hence embracing the ideal portions of the laws, and criticising the less than palatable ones does not make Exu or even nferyn morally above religion.
My ethics will hold out against religious morality any time and do not stem from religion, but rather find their basis in human nature - if you want to discuss this, I'd be happy to oblige.

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 07, 2007, 09:31 PM
I daresay that without religion, man would still be running around the place, despoiling, killing, stealing as it was in the cave era.
Assertions without evidence are hollow, my dear.
By the way, how would you know than people were on a despoiling, killing and stealing spree prior to the advent of religion and, assuming that was the case, how did that then magically change when religion was brought in?
Grouppoint (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #10 on: February 08, 2007, 10:37 AM »

To preven going back and forth, I suppose we ought be in agreement as to the definitiion of religion.

What's your definition of religion?
Grouppoint (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #11 on: February 08, 2007, 11:01 AM »

@nferyn,
If you agree with me that religion is a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons.
Also that it is a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

Then you should agree that before these moral codes were agreed upon, people would have carried on without an agreed set of laws. Hence Exu could not be better than Religion because Exu would have been roaming around aimlessly. All he has done now is borrow what he considers good from religious ethics, and condemn the rest.

By the way, what is your country? Most of the mordern world constitutions  were founded upon the 10 commandments.
mrpataki (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #12 on: February 08, 2007, 04:09 PM »

Exu has even failed to see that Christianity is even more than a religion.
nferyn (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #13 on: February 08, 2007, 08:43 PM »

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 08, 2007, 11:01 AM
@nferyn,
If you agree with me that religion is a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons.
Also that it is a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
Actually, I don't follow your definition at all. Central to all religions it the belief in (a) supernatural being(s) that interact with the natural world in one way or another. Religions are those practices that focus on that belief and people use that thesis to structure their life (and possibly that of others as well) around that belief. This can result in a specific set of practices and rules of conduct. These cultural practices are usually not only influenced by that belief but have many other sources as well.

By your definition, secular humanism is a religion as well, even though it is anything but a religion

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 08, 2007, 11:01 AM
Then you should agree that before these moral codes were agreed upon, people would have carried on without an agreed set of laws.
Our moral rules are independent from religon. Religion only justifies and codifies already existing morality. If not, someone that is not religious couldn't possibly be moral, and that is clearly contradicted by the facts. There are for example proporationately far less atheists in prison than theists (I could look up the numbers if you like, but I'm too lazy for the moment ;-)).

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 08, 2007, 11:01 AM
Hence Exu could not be better than Religion because Exu would have been roaming around aimlessly.
Nonsense, as he and other atheists do not roam around aimlessly, your assertion is contradicted by the facts

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 08, 2007, 11:01 AM
All he has done now is borrow what he considers good from religious ethics, and condemn the rest.
Or rather religion has borrowed it's moral codes from 'natural' morality as it was during it's period of formation and didn't evolve along with 'natural' morality, hence the many immoral elements in religious morality.

Quote from: Grouppoint on February 08, 2007, 11:01 AM
By the way, what is your country? Most of the mordern world constitutions  were founded upon the 10 commandments.
Belgium, and no, as far as I know, they are not. Can you bring some evidence for that statement?
nferyn (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #14 on: February 08, 2007, 08:44 PM »

Quote from: mrpataki on February 08, 2007, 04:09 PM
Exu has even failed to see that Christianity is even more than a religion.
In what sense?
exu (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #15 on: February 08, 2007, 08:58 PM »

Christian natural law

Despite its pagan origins, a number (though not all) of the early Church Fathers -- in the West more so than in the East -- sought to incorporate the natural law tradition into Christianity (the suspect devotion of the Stoics to pagan worship no doubt aided in this adoption). The most notable among these was Augustine of Hippo, who equated natural law with man's prelapsarian state; as such, a life according to nature was no longer possible and men needed instead to seek salvation through the divine law and grace. In the Twelfth Century, Gratian reversed this, equating the natural and divine laws. Thomas Aquinas restored Natural Law to its independent state, asserting that, as the perfection of human reason, it could approach but not fully comprehend the Eternal law and needed to be supplemented by Divine law.
mrpataki (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #16 on: February 08, 2007, 09:09 PM »

Quote from: nferyn on February 08, 2007, 08:44 PM
In what sense?

It is a relationship between Man and his Maker (GOD).
KAG
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #17 on: February 08, 2007, 09:25 PM »

Quote from: mrpataki on February 08, 2007, 09:09 PM
It is a relationship between Man and his Maker (GOD).

So is Sikhism. Is it also more than a religion in your estimation?
TerraCotta (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #18 on: February 09, 2007, 04:05 AM »

To answer earlier questions--this is Exu  Smiley
exu (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #19 on: February 09, 2007, 01:12 PM »

Hahahaha

I've been exposed.
y2kmayor
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #20 on: February 13, 2007, 10:11 AM »

Hello guyz

what is Exu's all about? I will like to know more
babaearly (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #21 on: February 13, 2007, 11:20 PM »

Quote from: y2kmayor on February 13, 2007, 10:11 AM
Hello guys

what is Exu's all about? I will like to know more

Please dont know about him, he's one of the devil's minnions, a little demonic boy

and Exu did you smoke weed before or during posting this trash?
babaearly (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #22 on: February 13, 2007, 11:28 PM »

Ah i laughed at the link you provided you Esu's kolomentals

culled from the wiki link


Eshu (other names include ExĂș, Eleggua, Eleda and Elegba) is an Orisha, and one of the most respected deities of the tradition. He has a wide range of responsibilities: the protector of travelers, god of roads, particularly crossroads, the deity with the power over fortune and misfortune, and the personification of death, a psychopomp. Every magical ceremony or ritual began with an offering to Eshu; failure to do so guarantees failure in the intent of the ceremony[1]. Eshu is revered within the Orisa-Ifa system of the Yoruba as well as in syncretic faiths like Santeria/Lukumi developed by the descendants of enslaved West Africans in the Americas, where Eshu was identified with Saint Anthony or Saint Michael[2], depending on the situation. He is identified by the colours red and black, or black and white and his caminos, or paths (compare: avatar) are often represented carrying a cane, shepherd's crook, as well as a pipe.

Eshu is a trickster-god, and plays frequently tempting choices for the purpose of causing maturation. He is a difficult teacher, but a good one[3]. As an example[4], Eshu was walking down the road one day, wearing a hat that was red on one side and black on the other. Sometime after he departed, the villagers who had seen him began arguing about whether the stranger's hat was black or red. The villagers on one side of the road had only been capable of seeing the black side, and the villagers on the other side had only been capable of seeing the red half. They nearly fought over the argument, until Eshu came back and cleared the mystery, teaching the villagers about how one's perspective can alter a person's perception of reality, and that one can be easily fooled. In other versions of this tale, the two tribes were not stopped short of violence; they actually annihilated each other, and Eshu laughed at the result, saying "Bringing strife is my greatest joy".

and for you who want to know about Exu or Esu is this enuf? does he look like a loving God like ALMIGHTY GOD,JEHOVAH in Heaven? need i say more and for your info we call your god,Esu meaning Devil or Satan. ah  Grin Grin Grin need i really say more?
babaearly (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #23 on: February 13, 2007, 11:32 PM »

Quote from: exu on February 09, 2007, 01:12 PM
Hahahaha

I've been exposed.

Its a pity for you devil worshippers.

so bringing strife is your god's greatest joy! what a pity!
I'm imagining how messed up your life is
TerraCotta (m)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #24 on: February 14, 2007, 05:47 AM »

Quote from: babaearly on February 13, 2007, 11:28 PM

and for you who want to know about Exu or Esu is this enough? does he look like a loving God like ALMIGHTY GOD,JEHOVAH in Heaven? need i say more and for your info we call your god,Esu meaning Devil or Satan. ah  Grin Grin Grin need i really say more?

Perhaps you can post a picture of your deity.

Another link, for your education.
Omo Eko (f)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #25 on: February 14, 2007, 05:50 AM »

Quote from: TerraCotta on February 14, 2007, 05:47 AM
What does your "Almighty God, Jehovah in Heaven" look like? Perhaps you can post a picture.

Another link, for your education.

people people people wow, that all i got to say
agnesoseka
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #26 on: March 18, 2007, 06:03 PM »

Whts Exhu??
sisimose (f)
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #27 on: March 18, 2007, 06:18 PM »

a pile of hogwash, that's what

attention seekers incorporated Grin
IDINRETE
Re: Top 10 Reasons Why Exu Is Better Than Religion.
« #28 on: March 18, 2007, 07:04 PM »

@ babaearly
and for you who want to know about Exu or Esu is this enough? does he look like a loving God like ALMIGHTY GOD,JEHOVAH in Heaven? need i say more and for your info we call your god,Esu meaning Devil or Satan. ah     need i really say more?

1SAMUEL 15:2-3,18
"Thus says the Lord of Hosts: I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt, Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. BUT KILL BOTH MAN AND WOMAN, INFANT AND NURSING CHILD, OX, SHEEP, CAMEL AND DONKEY,
NOW THE LORD SENT YOU ON A MISSION AND SAID 'GO AND UTTERLY DESTROY THE SINNERS, THE AMALEKITES, AND FIGHT AGAINST THEM UNTIL THEY ARE CONSUMED,

AND SAMUEL HACKED AGAG IN PIECES BEFORE THE LORD IN GILGAL,

IS THIS A LOVING GOD OR A BELLIGERENT BLOODTHIRSTY  GOD. THIS IS GOD IS WORSE THAN DEVIL/SATAN IN ALL RAMIFICATIONS.

YOU REALLY NEED TO SAY MORE
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