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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (58453)	9/23/2014 5:45:31 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

7 Japan, this Island Earth Credit: public domainThe gods created two divine siblings, brother Izanagi and sister Izanami, who stood upon a floating bridge above the primordial ocean. Using the jeweled spear of the gods, they churned up the first island, Onogoro. Upon the island, Izanagi and Izanami married, and gave forth progeny that were malformed. The gods blamed it upon a breach of protocol. During the marriage ritual, Izanami, the woman, had spoken first. Correctly reprising their marriage ritual, the two coupled and produced the islands of Japan and more deities. However, in birthing Kagutsuchi-no-Kami, the fire god, Izanami died. Traumatized, Izanagi followed her to Yomi, the land of the dead. Izanami, having eaten the food of Yomi, could not return. When Izanagi suddenly saw Izanami's decomposing body, he was terrified and fled. Izanami, enraged, pursued him, accompanied by hideous women. Izanagi hurled personal items at them, which transformed into diversions. Escaping the cavern entrance of Yomi, he blocked it with a boulder, thus permanently separating life from death. (Rather like Persephone in Hades, isn't it?)

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (58453)	9/23/2014 5:46:17 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

6 China, the Middle Kingdom Credit: public domainA cosmic egg floated within the timeless void, containing the opposing forces of yin and yang. After eons of incubation, the first being, Pan-gu emerged. The heavy parts (yin) of the egg drifted downwards, forming the earth. The lighter parts (yang) rose to form the sky. Pan-gu, fearing the parts might re-form, stood upon the earth and held up the sky. He grew 10 feet per day for 18,000 years, until the sky was 30,000 miles high. His work completed, he died. His parts transformed into elements of the universe, whether animals, weather phenomena, or celestial bodies. Some say the fleas on him became humans, but there is another explanation. The goddess Nuwa was lonely, so she fashioned men out of mud from the Yellow River. These first humans delighted her, but took long to make, so she flung muddy droplets over the earth, each one becoming a new person. These hastily-made people became the commoners, with the earlier ones being the nobles the first example of mass-production!

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (58453)	9/23/2014 8:26:24 PM
From: Greg or e	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

You seem to be hitting your head squarely on the nail on a daily basis lately. I can hardly wait to see what strange and bizarre claim you will make today. Did you ever find out what Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin means? Thank you for demonstrating how thousands of radical atheists are no better than the people they call hateful and have nothing better to do with $80.000.00 than to throw it away on jokes to "TROLL" a handful of radical "Christians" who aren't representative of anyone but themselves.