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		<title>My Godzilla is an angry Godzilla.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With apologies to the prophet Nahum:
Godzilla is an avenger,
a passionate God;
Godzilla is an avenger,
expert in wrath.
Godzilla is an avenger against his foes,
he seethes in anger against his enemies.
Godzilla is slow to anger,
but massive in strength:
he will not remit punishment.
Mothra is in the whirlwind,
her path is in the storm,
clouds are the dust on her many feet.
Ghidorah [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.rarebitscomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Godzillacism.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-476" title="Godzillacism" src="http://www.rarebitscomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Godzillacism.png" alt="" width="350" height="788" /></a>With apologies to the <a href="http://ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com/ancient_hebrew_poetry/2007/07/my-god-is-an-an.html" target="_blank">prophet Nahum</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Godzilla is an avenger,<br />
a passionate God;</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Godzilla is an avenger,<br />
expert in wrath.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Godzilla is an avenger against his foes,<br />
he seethes in anger against his enemies.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Godzilla is slow to anger,<br />
</em><em>but massive in strength:<br />
he will </em><em>not remit punishment.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Mothra is in the whirlwind,</em><em><br />
her path is in the storm,<br />
clouds are the dust on her many feet.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Ghidorah the King rebukes the sea, and dried it up,<br />
he made all the rivers dry.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Kyoto and Osaka languish,<br />
the bloom of Tokyo languishes.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>The mountains quaked before him,<br />
the hills fluidified.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>The earth became a waste in his presence,<br />
the expanse, and all who inhabit it.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>In the presence of his fury, who can stand?<br />
Who can withstand the heat of his wrath?</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>His anger is poured out like lightning,<br />
rocks are dislodged before him.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em> Godzilla is good to those who wait for him,</em><em><br />
a fortress on a day of distress.<br />
</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>He takes care of those who find shelter in him<br />
in the overwhelming flood.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>He makes a full end to opposition,<br />
and pursues his enemies into darkness.<br />
</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>What are you thinking with regard to Godzilla?</em><em><br />
He will make a full end.</em><em><br />
No adversary<br />
opposes him more than seven times.</em></p>
<p><strong>This has got to be fifteen shades of sacreligious, right?</strong> Oh well, its for the greater good. And by greater good, I mean the next century&#8217;s <em>fantastic new religious faith</em>:</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Godzillacism!!</h2>
<p>The people have been clamoring for a new, more violent and natural disaster packed way to worship for years. And while there are many cranky gods in the history of the human religious pantheon &#8212; none even comes <em>close</em> to Godzilla. Even when he&#8217;s trying to do good, pagodas are toppled and people run screaming through the streets. He&#8217;d cream Zeus and Thor with one burst of atomic breath, and make Buddha a light snack. Let&#8217;s face facts people, a god is only as good as the repertoire of special moves they can pull out in a pinch, and godzilla has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_and_abilities_of_Godzilla" target="_blank">quite an extensive list</a>.</p>
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<p><em>POWER OF FLIGHT!</em></p>
<p>I honestly can&#8217;t think of a reason why we <em>shouldn&#8217;t </em>be worshipping Godzilla right now. You&#8217;ve got loads of dualism (Godzilla is both creator/destroyer, <a href="http://www.godzillatemple.com/feedback.htm" target="_blank">mother/father</a>, hero/villain, force of nature/creation of man), an <a href="http://www.godzillatemple.com/godfaq.htm#kaiju" target="_blank">amazingly cool heavenly pantheon</a>, and a ridiculously vengeful god to justify any act of aggression you might need an excuse for.</p>
<p>And if the <a href="http://www.venganza.org/" target="_blank">flying spaghetti monster</a> gets it&#8217;s own fake religion, why not Godzilla? It&#8217;s just foolish.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll hash out the details later.</p>
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