just what is an *AVATAR* ?

family

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Dec 23, 2009, 3:06:09 PM12/23/09

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For our resident sage Francis A.Miniter.

It is a placeholder; much like "consciousness".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mthDxnFXs9k

erilar

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Dec 24, 2009, 7:37:43 PM12/24/09

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In article <UP2dnZcqMsSv5a_W...@bresnan.com>,
"family" <brit...@bresnan.net> wrote:

My initial reaction to the word when I encountered the name of the movie
was based on earlier reading of a lot of myth and such, where it's an
incarnation of a god.

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Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo

Willow

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Dec 26, 2009, 9:36:17 PM12/26/09

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Wicopedia says:

In Hinduism, Avatar or Avatara (Devanagari अवतार, IAST avatāra,
Sanskrit for "descent" viz., from heaven to earth, from the verbal
root tṝ "to cross over") refers to a deliberate descent of a deity
from heaven to earth, and is mostly translated into English as
"incarnation", though more accurately as "appearance" or
"manifestation".[1] Some schools see it corresponding more closely to
the view of Docetism in Christian theology, as distinct from the idea
of incarnation in mainstream Christology and its implication of God
'in the flesh'

Willow

Fire Tiger

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Dec 26, 2009, 11:40:58 PM12/26/09

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It is computer game speak for the character in the game you control.

Scott Jensen

Bud

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Dec 27, 2009, 6:47:31 PM12/27/09

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On 2009-12-27, Willow wrote:
> Wicopedia says:
>

> In Hinduism, Avatar or Avatara (Devanagari ???????????????, IAST avat??ra,

> Sanskrit for "descent" viz., from heaven to earth, from the verbal

> root t??? "to cross over") refers to a deliberate descent of a deity

> from heaven to earth, and is mostly translated into English as
> "incarnation", though more accurately as "appearance" or
> "manifestation".[1] Some schools see it corresponding more closely to
> the view of Docetism in Christian theology, as distinct from the idea
> of incarnation in mainstream Christology and its implication of God
> 'in the flesh'
>
> Willow

Docetism
n : the heretical doctrine (associated with the
Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and
his sufferings and death on the cross were
apparent rather than real
--
Bud

Bud

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Dec 27, 2009, 6:52:58 PM12/27/09

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> Scott Jensen

See, the dictionary on line fits right in with gaming.
BTW, they bore the pants off me.
--
Bud

Francis A. Miniter

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Dec 27, 2009, 11:07:28 PM12/27/09

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Hi family,

I wanted to wait until I had a chance to view the video
before responding. It is an interesting thesis that we are
"self modelling" and that our integrated personality is an
illusion. In a small way, I think we can see it in action
in daily life. Consider this: you are talking with friend
B, a female, when friend C, a male, approaches. If you
observe what happens, the first thing is that, no matter how
well everyone knows each other, the conversation immediately
changes. The persona that we put on for two different
people is not the same persona that we put on for any one
person, and that persona differs depending on our
interlocutors. So I suppose that our personas can be very
much avatars, just as Krishna can adopt Arjuna's charioteer
as an avatar.

--
Francis A. Miniter

Oscuramente
libros, laminas, llaves
siguen mi suerte.

Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra Haiku, 6

Stanley Moore

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Dec 29, 2009, 8:40:40 PM12/29/09

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"erilar" <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:drache-F475E3....@nothing.attdns.com...

Soecufucakky a Hindu god. That's what I recall from a comparative religion
class in college. An incarnation of the deity. I guess it is similar to Zeus
taking on the form of a swan to seduce Leda. Take care
--
Stanley L. Moore
"The belief in a supernatural
source of evil is not necessary;
men alone are quite capable
of every wickedness."
Joseph Conrad