The SecondLife Bible - A public work

So I was reading a thread about the history of SL... where we came from... where we are going and I suddenly realized that SL lacked the mythical dogmatic background that most cultures / religions use to orient themselves in the world. That being the case, lets create our own holy book of SL!! I'll start!!!

Creation:1:1

"In the beginning, there was Philip"

*looks at Jamie Bergman*

Actually, according to this data:

+---------------+--------------------------------------+
| avatar_name   | avatar_key                           |
+---------------+--------------------------------------+
| Doug Linden   | a2e76fcd-9360-4f6d-a924-000000000001 |
| Cory Linden   | a2e76fcd-9360-4f6d-a924-000000000002 |
| Philip Linden | a2e76fcd-9360-4f6d-a924-000000000003 |
| Jed Linden    | a2e76fcd-9360-4f6d-a924-000000000004 |
| Eric Linden   | a2e76fcd-9360-4f6d-a924-000000000006 |
| Andrew Linden | a2e76fcd-9360-4f6d-a924-000000000010 |
| Ian Linden    | a2e76fcd-9360-4f6d-a924-000000000016 |
+---------------+--------------------------------------+

First there was Doug, then there was Cory, then there was Philip.

BLASPHEME!! How DARE you question our religion with logic! *gets the torches* Burn the witch!

In the beginning it was Philip and so it was written, you can see it right there so it must be true, the writing affirms itself.

but but but, we all know first there was Philip and it was good, but new evidence supports that Cory was here first does this mean Philip is not God or there is no God or that Cory is god. OMG the belief system just went haywire. How will we survive.

Shakes his head, remebers he is a devout Aimeest, turns toward Midnight City, dons tfillin from his Torrid Midnight worship collection, crosses himself, to protect himself from the evil that is Lewis Nerd, and quickly says a few Aimee be praised, and goes about his buisness secure in his beliefs.

You must be a FORTRAN programmer.

I shall not attempt to speak the primeval UUID, The UUID that must not be named, the True Philip of which Philip Linden is but the First Avatar, but anyone but a Fortran Programmer should be able to feel the Holy Hexadecimal in their heart.

[left]The FIC Verses[/left]
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[left]In the Beginning there was Doug and Cory.[/left]

[left]And they said it was good.[/left]


[left]Peace was unto the land, and then, there was Philip.[/left]

[left]And Philip declared that there should be Marketing, and Funding, and Investment Capital.[/left]



[left]Spirits from beyond were drawn into the Land.[/left]

[left]And the spirits were Feted, and they declared the world Good.[/left]

[left]The spirits brought with them the concepts of Art, Invention, Commerce, Online Romance, and Sin.[/left]

[left]And it was still Good, if not so Good, but definitely a lot more Interesting.[/left]

Doug begat Cory who begat Phillip ...

Commentary:

In the beginning, there were a bunch of guys.

coco

"The primary purpose of the Data statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable Pi can be given that value with a Data statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change." - Fortran manual for Xerox Computers

...who all had female avatars?

Philip is the Way, the Light, and the Truth. He is the alpha and the omega.

As the Prophet Bolliver (peace and honor upon him) pointed out, Aimee is the Savior of the World, delivered to us from on high to save us from our evil ways.

Beginning and end?

Perhaps so, but Aimee (female) is the Savior of the World.

wow I'm a prophet I always wanted to make a profit in SL, but I guess this is close enough!

Aimee be praised, phillip is the light and my salvation blessed be he who maketh the prims and commandeth the scripts. he who addeth ripples to the water, and HW lighting to the land for he is good and we bask in his glory Amen

| Aimee Weber | a2e76fcd-9360-4f6d-a924-000000000000 |

What would that make Eggy's?

Blesed be Hiro for he knowth the secret langauge and name of the savior - Blessed be Aimee

Our lag who art in lag, lag be thy name thy kingdom lag thy will be lag in lag as it is in lag. Give us this lag our daily lag and lag us our lag as we lag our lag and lag us not into lag but deliver us from lag. Hail lag full of lag, lag is with thee.

das a lotta laaaaaagggg

We have prims and lag, textures and lag, animations and lag, prims and textures and lag, and the lag and lag special. Oh yes, there's also avatar surprise.

"I'll have the avatar surprise, so long as there's no lag in it."

You went and spoiled the surprise!

"Do you ahve anything with no lag in it?"

Well, there's snapshot to disk. There's only a bit of lag in that.

"Really?"

No. Sorry.

a2e76fcd-9360-4f6d-a923-ffffffffffff

[ ...Phil blessed them. Phil said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the grid, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every virtual thing that moves on the grid." But Ruth said to Phil, "What fish? I don't see any fish. Or birds. In fact, I don't see anything here. ".

And Phil coughed and he replied, "Ah. Well, if you just stick two prims together you can make yourself a fish. Like this, see? You should try it - it's very rewarding." And Ruth said, "What? That's too much trouble. I'd rather just sit here.. If I had something to sit on.."

To which Phil said, "Oh? And I suppose you'd like to be rewarded for just sitting around?" And Ruth replied, "Well, why not? I could use a chair first, btw. And while you're at it, maybe you could send someone around to make copies of this fish, and maybe some bread too. I’m working up an appetite here... ]

And then an Angel of the Lord appeared, clad in white, and bearing the etheral name Anshe. And Philip gave her [unofficial] dominion over all the land, trusting her to distribute it to his faithful followers. And Anshe did.

There once was an Av from Nantucket...

Oh wait, that's not from the bible.

MM