Toadfish Monastery

Are you sure?

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For some people it is their main business to spread myths as history while declaring the actual history to be mainly myths (as opposed to the myths they sell of course).

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Of course, there is history combined with myth too.

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The Japanese emperors are still officially direct descendants of the sun goddess Amaterasu.

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To claim a blood relation is heresy.

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That may be true for the monotheist religions.

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I'm sure the temple priests would try.

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Is there a heterodox sect of Offlerians?

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I thought they were by definition heterodox.

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Don't confuse orthodox and orthodont.

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Do the forefathers of religion have problems with their teeth?

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And verily shall he bellow forth the ten sacred names of the forbidden dawn ...
I tell a lie ... the NINE sacred names of the forbidden dawn!

Then shall he stride forth, and many shall be the number of his stridings.
Full across the Disc shall he stride.
And those who gaze upon him shall say, "Look -- it is Offler, and he strideth!"
From this day forth, ask theyselves, sinners! Ask!
"Offler strideth, but does he stride for me?"

Or will you too be cast aside into the great big nasty pit, where there shall be a wailing and a gnash of teeth ...
and if you haven't got teeth then teeth will be provided, oh yes indeed.

Black! Black shall be the blood upon his hands!
And large! Large great piercing things shall be upon his head!
And he shall pierceth them who holdeth his name in vain.
"Lo -- we are pierceth," they shall cry. "Ouch! That really hurt!"
Yet it shall avail them nothing, for the piercings shall be many!

Ooooh woe to thee, the pierc-ed!
Woe to thee who turn from Offler!
Woe to those whose unmentionable areas shall feel the prod of those nasty, pointed horns!

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Could it be that Greek ascetics had no teeth hence no gnashing thereof?

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Even those usually had slaves whose teeth could be used if one's own were worn.

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*probably not volontarily given

Was that the excuse for the beatings?

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