Today is Robert Burns' birthday. I wonder if the gargoyles ever discovered him after their awakening in the modern world (a countryman, after all, if of a different species - though, of course, the clan's become a bit more multicultural since Brooklyn's return from his Timedancing).
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders
posted @ Sun, Jan 25, 2015 6:37:59 am EST from 108.226.1.5

Gargoyle religion seems to revolve around not defining or limiting the Ineffable with any kind of set in stone doctrine or codified worship. Which is kinda the complete opposite of almost every human religion ever. Or as Hudson onec put it...

"Must you humans name Everything? Nothing's real to you 'til you've named It, given It limits!"
Algernon
"See, the idea is that God is too big to be defined by words. Sort of like Zeno's Paradox. There's an infinite number of dots between you and the object. The closer you get to defining God, the further away it gets." ~Dr. Stephen Franklin
posted @ Sat, Jan 24, 2015 11:05:23 am EST from 78.143.162.193

Greg once stated (at a convention, not at "Ask Greg" - and I learned this from someone who was there rather than hearing it directly, so it's second-hand information) that gargoyles don't have creation myths because they don't think that way; to them, what matters is that something exists, not how it got there.
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders
posted @ Fri, Jan 23, 2015 6:41:46 pm EST from 108.226.1.5

So this talk on religion has got me thinking on the Gargoyles' belief system. According to the wiki they believe in some higher power that all things are apart of but do not have a creation myth. This may make them one of the few if not the only culture that doesn't have a demiurge of some kind. Almost paradoxical if you think about it.
Matthew
From far, from eve and morning, And yon twelve-winded sky, The stuff of life to knit me, Blew hither: here am I. -A.E. Housman
posted @ Fri, Jan 23, 2015 6:37:12 pm EST from 64.85.229.140

One notable example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Bluestone
Masterdramon - [kmc12009 at mymail dot pomona dot edu]
"If someone ever tells me it's a mistake to have hope...well then, I'll just tell them they're wrong. And I'll keep telling them until they believe. No matter how many times it takes." - Madoka Kaname
posted @ Thu, Jan 22, 2015 11:37:56 pm EST from 72.130.106.142

Apparently "Bluestone" is a common Jewish name. I've never heard it outside Gargoyles- maybe it's a New York thing?
Jurgan - [jurgan6 at yahoo dot com]
posted @ Thu, Jan 22, 2015 10:59:44 pm EST from 24.8.2.111

It's come up a few times on Ask Greg. For example:

http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=3350

http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=5308
Masterdramon - [kmc12009 at mymail dot pomona dot edu]
"If someone ever tells me it's a mistake to have hope...well then, I'll just tell them they're wrong. And I'll keep telling them until they believe. No matter how many times it takes." - Madoka Kaname
posted @ Thu, Jan 22, 2015 5:58:34 pm EST from 72.130.106.142

I didn't know that Matt Bluestone was Jewish. Is that canon in training?

I knew that most of the characters introduced in "Golem" were Jewish, but I didn't know that anyone else was.
Paul - [nampahcfluap at yahoo dot com]
posted @ Thu, Jan 22, 2015 4:33:32 pm EST from 71.57.109.177

I'm just glad someone claimed tenth...

Soooo... topic? Uh, are Matt Bluestone and Max Loew related? They look similar and are both Jewish. This is the Gargoyles Universe afterall. Discuss.
Matt - [Saint Louis, Missouri, USA]
posted @ Wed, Jan 21, 2015 11:03:02 pm EST from 99.92.110.98

I must have misplaced a DECIMAL or something... I always mess up some mundane detail.
Paul - [nampahcfluap at yahoo dot com]
posted @ Wed, Jan 21, 2015 12:21:56 am EST from 71.57.109.177

Ninth(9th)!!!!!!!!!
Vinnie - [tpeano29 at hotmail dot com]
Mark Twain: "Don't argue with stupid people. They'll take you down to their level and beat you with experience."
posted @ Mon, Jan 19, 2015 11:28:55 pm EST from 108.198.140.39

Almost forgot it was Monday; the pitfall of three-day weekends.

So I shall simply say eighth.
Brainiac - [OSUBrainiac at gmail dot com]
"It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."
posted @ Mon, Jan 19, 2015 9:50:24 pm EST from 71.72.180.87

7th!
Matthew
From far, from eve and morning, And yon twelve-winded sky, The stuff of life to knit me, Blew hither: here am I. -A.E. Housman
posted @ Mon, Jan 19, 2015 5:07:39 pm EST from 71.202.80.122

Sixth!
Ross
posted @ Mon, Jan 19, 2015 1:57:20 pm EST from 50.148.97.169

Fifth!
Matt - [Saint Louis, Missouri, USA]
posted @ Mon, Jan 19, 2015 1:27:15 pm EST from 99.92.110.98

Fourth
Phil - [P1anderson at yahoo dot com]
posted @ Mon, Jan 19, 2015 11:17:40 am EST from 50.192.123.173

Liz Thompson, Patty Thompson, and Death the Kid!
Masterdramon - [kmc12009 at mymail dot pomona dot edu]
"If someone ever tells me it's a mistake to have hope...well then, I'll just tell them they're wrong. And I'll keep telling them until they believe. No matter how many times it takes." - Madoka Kaname
posted @ Mon, Jan 19, 2015 7:45:54 am EST from 72.130.106.142

Secundus!
Algernon
Under the caverned pyramids great Set coils asleep; Among the shadows of the tombs his dusky people creep. I speak the Word from the hidden gulfs that never knew the sun- Send me a servant for my hate, oh scaled and shining One.
posted @ Mon, Jan 19, 2015 7:16:59 am EST from 78.143.162.193

First!
Phoenician
"The suspense is terrible, I hope it lasts" -- Willy Wonka
posted @ Mon, Jan 19, 2015 3:54:32 am EST from 65.79.128.155