[plug] [OT] Dead pets

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On 5/18/05, Leon Brooks <leon at cyberknights.com.au> wrote:
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Oi.. that's a bit rough.. 
I mean Atheist is more likely to explain that all things die and to
show the proper method of disposing of a corpse so that it's sanitary
and respectful of the birds memory.

and Buddhists don't have a hell, basically you just get brought back
into the world again and again until you attain enlightenment (read:
until you _GET IT RIGHT_)


> 
>   3) admit that the bird is dead
> 
>      switch (religion) {
>      case atheist:
>          GAME OVER PLAYER<1>
>          chuck bird in bin
>      case christian:
>          switch (theology) {
>          case evangelical:
>              bird is in heaven, where all good birds go when they die
>          case catholic:
>              bird is in purgatory, fate to be determined by your actions
>          case premillennialist:
>              bird is dead, spirit has returned to god, bird will reanimate
>              at second coming
>          default:
>              other options are beyond the scope of this analysis
>          }
>          hold funereal ceremony
>      case gaian:
>          bird's spirit has returned to resume being part of world-spirit
>          hold party
>      case buddhist:
>          bird is in hell, but it might be a very *nice* hell
>          grin and bear it
>      case hari:
>      case reincarnationists-in-general:
>          bird will come through again, probably as something more
>            interesting like a crow or macaw
>          hold funereal dance
>      case animist:
>          hope that bird's spirit doesn't come back to get you
>          take bird to shaman
>      default:
>          scope overflow again
>      }
> 
> Cheers; Leon


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