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Ah, but the Penguins of Doom are Emerson's vanished gods after they were painted pink and penguinated. Killing their penguin form only returns them to vanished god form, which makes them rather boring (and impossible to kill). I'm also told that they are more irritating in their vanished god form than in their Penguins-of-Doom form. *fishes Penguins of Doom out of deNile* *throws Mod Cookies to the crocodiles*
 
did you have to read Emerson for class? You seem to mention his "vanished gods" quite often...

Well then, *drops penguins of doom off cliff*
 
Lossëndil said:
did you have to read Emerson for class? You seem to mention his "vanished gods" quite often...
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In high school, yeah. And his irritating poem hasn't gotten out of my head since. I was probably traumatized, but my satellite teacher wouldn't have cared.

*Penguins of Doom fly back up*
 
*cactus-splats penguins*

I tried reading it, and can't seem to make much sense out of it. Is Brahma a god of contridictions? the poem certainly seems to suggest so. And why would the meek lover of gods turn their back on heaven?
 
Because Emerson believed in a World Soul sort of god like the Hindus--everything that existed was part of god to him. The meek lover of the good would turn his back on heaven because, to him, there isn't any heaven except being absorbed by the World Soul, and certainly no heaven like the Christian one. So the World Soul--I think Emerson called it the Over-soul--encompasses everything. It isn't exactly Brahma--Brahma, the Hindu deity that (supposedly) created everything, is part of it--but maybe Emerson didn't know enough about Hinduism to make the distinction.
 
Thank you! That makes more sense (in a strange sort of way). sounds almost like the commune. :rolleyes: And thank you for being patient with me so often and explaining everything. I've learned quite a bit since you joined. :)

*offers non-mod cookie*
 
I'm studying to be a teacher, so I enjoy getting to explain things. And I've learned a lot from people on TDL too (such as that the Chinese use little circles ;)). *breaks non-mod cookie and offers half to Lossy*
 
*sigh* my dad'll kill me for that. I once wrote an article for the school newspaper, and my dad read it, offered two alternate words coices, and pointed out 5 comma mistakes.

*cookie-splats father*
 
'Coices' is a typo. It should read 'choices'.

I dislike typos quite severely. That is why so many of my posts get edited. After I post something, I will notice typos, and I choose to edit my post and correct them in consideration of other's sanity. (Or insanity, depending on the way you want to look at it.)
 
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