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Anti-religious Rob

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Readers might have noted that I am becoming increasingly anti-religious on my journal - and in general. Calling the word of God the truth like this morning's TV evangelist did definitely does not calm me down. Religious belief systems are just one of many theories on creation, life and morality. And arguably they belong to the most far-fetched.

I'll repeat a phrase I posted earlier today: my lifestyle is as valid as any religious belief system. And possibly even more because I'm only delusional when I'm on drugs and not every time I see a Bible or Koran. I also no longer care whether I offend people with any Satanic or atheist outings. Religious people who approach or attempt to affect my lifestyle offend me as well, by assuming I'm gullable enough to believe in fairytales.

Superstition

Anglosphere

Reading Ugandan newspapers can be quite funny. A letter published in this morning's edition argued against legalisation of prostitution and focused on the "would you want your daughter to be a whore" argument. Fair enough, that's probably not what anyone wants. On the other hand this is a country with 70% unemployment, so some people will be drawn to work on the streets regardless of morality and public opinion. Legalised prostitution as we know it in the Netherlands might actually be beneficial. It would generate tax income, enable workers to get health care, unions, and so on.. Anyway, that's not what interested me about the letter.

No, it was the argument that sexual intercourse is often used by satanists and witchdoctors to transfer demons and demonic thoughts. Sitting next to one of the many "Jesus Christ is the lord" churches, it's hard to ignore that religion is a major player in Uganda, but I had not expected such superstition even though there are plenty of nutters back home who want to ban rock festivals because of the unsavoury lyrics.

I'm kind of glad I packed my Satanic "God is busy, can I help you" shirt for religioun has a tendency to make me a rebel.

(No, not one for Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, who are ignoring the cease-fire a little bit according to the papers. Think of a Resist the Lord Army instead, using rock music and t-shirt catchphrases instead of torture and rape.)

Sim City Freemason street layout

Urbanity

Washington DC's street layout could be more than an oasis of landmarks, museums and parks for tourists: it is allegedly an occult centre of devil worship. Many followers of conspiracy theories claim that the WWashington D.C. street layout is Satanic and Masonic, full of goathead pentagrams. And amidst all this, the Freemasons rule the world.

But for this Sim City post the validity of those claims matter not. I will also not answer whether worship of Lucifer might not be so bad considering Bible text show God is a jerk himself. I don't care whether my Sims are Satanic or not, I care about urbanetics and ambitious city building plans.

Therefore I wonder whether it would be possible to create a goathead in Sim City. Two limitations: the 45-degree building limits (72-degree angles are required for a true pentagram) and the lack of majestic boulevards in Sim City 3000 - this would be much more fun in Sim City 4 which alas I do not have installed.

Nonetheless I managed to create a city pattern that seems to create a goathead surrounded by major transportation routes. This layout would best work on a large map using my 14x14 street grid pattern:

http://www.robertjohnkaper.com/img/journal/20060806-sc3mason.jpg

I have yet to actually build this, but I'm interested to find out some day how this would look. I have always liked the idea of building cities with majestic downtowns and always try to build my cities in such a way that landmarks, boulevards and parks complement the CBD in such a way that each city has a unique look and feel. Making a city that resembles Washington DC in such a way that paranoid Sims turn to the occult for an explanation definitely sounds like fun!

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