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Kintaro · 07-03-2003, 10:32 AM

This thread is being started on the premise that some of us here refer to The Way (tm) and the Absolute Truth(reg.TM) as being capitalist trademarks capitalizing religion as a mass propaganda tool.

Especially when it's religion VS religion, and not theism VS atheism (i.e. my god is better than your god, despite having the same holy scripture)

The Way
The Truth
God

Please help continure the list for things worthy of adding the trademark notice.

kitsune · 07-03-2003, 01:36 PM

So how would you refer to the Truth that is true in itself.

By that I mean the actual Truth, not aligned to a religion or used as a tool for the propogation of dogma?

Mageth · 07-03-2003, 01:41 PM

The Truth is that I don't know what either of you are getting on about.

kitsune · 07-03-2003, 01:56 PM

Say, I'm a wolf.

You live in a village where there have been wolf attacks many years ago in the past. None more recent than 200 years ago.
These attacks have passed into myth and legend and yet are used to frighten children into behaving in a certain manner. They are the sticks of social control.

The terms Wolf (tm), Howling (tm), Wolf-Bite (tm) are all trademarked implements of the village society.

Now one day, I'm passing through the forest by the village and I get the munchies. So I stop-over and grab the village head-man and BITE him. I rip his stomach out while he watches.

How does the Bite (tm) compare with the BITE?

The thing with trade-marks are:- the real thing is discounted by the trivialization of the t-m'd version of the word.
Like just becaue bite (tm) is so over-used to frighten us kids, we know that it doesn't exist so why bother carrying a knife.

The marketing folks need me to BITE them. I'm hungry for the trade-markers and the patent people.

Grrrrrrr...trade-mark that!!

christ-on-a-stick · 07-03-2003, 02:03 PM

Heh????

But anyway, my additions would be:

Free Will (TM)
God's Plan (TM)
True Christian (TM)
The Fall (TM)

Mageth · 07-03-2003, 02:11 PM

I'm Still Puzzled. (TM)

Kintaro · 07-03-2003, 05:25 PM

no wonder, you're Still Searching(TM)

07-03-2003, 10:32 AM	#1
Kintaro Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 247	Registered Trademarks of Christianity and Other religions in general. This thread is being started on the premise that some of us here refer to The Way (tm) and the Absolute Truth(reg.TM) as being capitalist trademarks capitalizing religion as a mass propaganda tool. Especially when it's religion VS religion, and not theism VS atheism (i.e. my god is better than your god, despite having the same holy scripture) The Way The Truth God Please help continure the list for things worthy of adding the trademark notice.

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07-03-2003, 01:36 PM	#2
kitsune Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: below the blinking moon Posts: 6	So how would you refer to the Truth that is true in itself. By that I mean the actual Truth, not aligned to a religion or used as a tool for the propogation of dogma?

07-03-2003, 01:41 PM	#3
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	The Truth is that I don't know what either of you are getting on about.

07-03-2003, 01:56 PM	#4
kitsune Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: below the blinking moon Posts: 6	Say, I'm a wolf. You live in a village where there have been wolf attacks many years ago in the past. None more recent than 200 years ago. These attacks have passed into myth and legend and yet are used to frighten children into behaving in a certain manner. They are the sticks of social control. The terms Wolf (tm), Howling (tm), Wolf-Bite (tm) are all trademarked implements of the village society. Now one day, I'm passing through the forest by the village and I get the munchies. So I stop-over and grab the village head-man and BITE him. I rip his stomach out while he watches. How does the Bite (tm) compare with the BITE? The thing with trade-marks are:- the real thing is discounted by the trivialization of the t-m'd version of the word. Like just becaue bite (tm) is so over-used to frighten us kids, we know that it doesn't exist so why bother carrying a knife. The marketing folks need me to BITE them. I'm hungry for the trade-markers and the patent people. Grrrrrrr...trade-mark that!!

07-03-2003, 02:03 PM	#5
christ-on-a-stick Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Durango, Colorado Posts: 7,116	Heh???? But anyway, my additions would be: Free Will (TM) God's Plan (TM) True Christian (TM) The Fall (TM)

07-03-2003, 02:11 PM	#6
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	I'm Still Puzzled. (TM)

07-03-2003, 05:25 PM	#7
Kintaro Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 247	no wonder, you're Still Searching(TM)

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