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[bluflamingo]

If you were looking for a word with the same feeling as 'jeez,' as in 'jeez, McKay, inappropriate much?' but couldn't use it because the person saying it doesn't come from a culture that has Jesus, and hence can't have jeez, what word would you use instead?

(It's not Teyla, despite the icon, but it is someone who was raised in Pegasus, and hence has the Ancients as Gods thing)

It's driving me nuts, to the point of wanting to leave it in, except that now I've noticed, I can't *un-notice* it and it'll bug me every time I look at the story from now on.

My sanity thanks you for any suggestions :o)

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[10pmpacifictime.livejournal.com]

And even those religions that do have central deities, of ten have lesser beings with powers. Think of nymphs, satyrs, saints, nature spirits.

I think part of SGA's problem was that they didn't have a regular character, like Daniel, who's purpose is to explore both the differences and the similarities between the various cultures. Elizabeth was the closest they got, but she didn't get the opportunity very often and then they killed her. *is still bitter*

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, good point about the absence of an anthropologist on SGA. But why couldn't we have had a bit of dialogue in which Teyla or Ronon explain what exactly it is they believe about the Ancestors? Or how their two cultures maybe differed. (Because I actually see Ronon having more belief in the Ancestors than Teyla as per "The Return", which is interesting considering Halling's faith.)

*is bitter too*

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Wow, I go to bed for a few hours and the two of you have had a whole theological debate about the whole thing :o)

The end result of which I can now steal.