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The commandments of coyote

Posted 08 Oct, 2005 at 08:30 by wendy in /World | Permanent link

Coyote is the trickster of Native American lore. Then someone asked the question "What would the ten commandments look like if they'd been written by Coyote?", and this fellow came up with an absolutely brilliant answer.

I especially like this one:

VIV. Assume This Is It. Maybe There Is Reincarnation; Maybe Not. Not Only Am I Not Saying, Please Consider the Fact That I Probably Get A Say In Whether You Come Back, and If You Are the Sort Of Person Who Doesn't Do Anything With One Life, Why Should I Waste My Time Giving You Another One? Live Like You Get No Second Chances. You Will Have More Fun.

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Well....
It's compatible with Taoism, so I guess Coyote's going on the shelf right next to my idols of Phaedrus and Sartre.

Seems they're all pretty much cross-compatible, anyways.

Hmmmm. Sartre, Coyote, and Phaedrus. That seems like a bit of a holy trinity to me....

(Why do I feel like my "who we are" blurb was ripped out of the dating game? Pro'ly 'cuz someone watched Shrek a few times too many....)

Posted 2005/10/12 19:34:15 by Kael
You say "compatible with Taoism" as though that's a requirement, and then list a "holy trinity" that doesn't include Lao-tzu? I don't get it.
Posted 2005/10/12 20:30:15 by Matt
Lao Tzu, like Heinlein, are saints in my belief system. Taoism is above that.

<shrug>

Posted 2005/10/14 11:24:42 by Kael
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