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[drewbear]

Random thought based on something I said in trollprincess's journal:

What are the names and natures of the modern world's unspoken gods? I don't mean Yahweh or Allah or Gaia or Christ or any that belong to an established religion. I mean gods like Murphy, God of Misfortune and Malfunction, or Ralph of the Porcelain Altar, God of Drunken-ness and Ill Health.

I suspect that there's a diety of blood and oil, who considers car wrecks to be sacrifices. And there may be a diety of technology considering how many people act like their TVs or computers to be mildly sapient ("C'mon, baby, don't do this to me! Just work, damn you!").

So, how 'bout it? Gimme names & natures, people. The Gods demand recognition!

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I'm goin to H*LL for this....

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

I dunno about gods, but being a small-C catholic, I've always wanted to create a few saint names for parishes:

St. Priapus
St. Phallos (Greek Orthodox)
St. Onan (and All Wankers)

Re: I'm goin to H*LL for this....

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

"C'mon, baby, don't do this to me! Just work, damn you!"

BTW, Don't anthropomorphise computers. They don't like it.

Re: I'm goin to H*LL for this....

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

But they started it! 8-P

Re: I'm goin to H*LL for this....

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! Those would certainly be some...interesting parishes, to say the least. 8-)

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I think some of the modern world's gods are more hidden and subtle than the Olde Gods. Imagine, for instance, the chap who makes sure that one sock in your laundry load vanishes without fail. I'm pretty sure he's also the god who watches over offices worldwide, "borrowing" pens and other supplies to the consternation of corporate cogs everywhere.

He might be related to the Vendor God, who watches over vending machines with the gleeful and mischievous desire to occasionally pluck an inserted coin or bill from its appointed route and pocket it, thus depriving the payer of his choice goody, and probably inciting some delectable rage as well.

I think some of the gods might be a bit insensate, though. Take, for instance, the God Of Lotto. I don't think he hears worth crap, and I know he gets lots of prayertime action. WORST GOD EVAR.

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

Huh. For some reason, I always thought of the God of Losing/Lost Items as female, not male. She likes keys and remote controls also.

And the God of Lotto isn't deaf, he's just fickle. Closely related to Lady Luck, I'm guessing.

OH! We can't forget Rumor, God of Gossip and Misinformation! How else could that kind of stuff travel faster than light?