Post-Dogmatist Credo (1987)
We believe in a thousand
'true' post-dogmas.
Our post-dogma is like
a newt, clinging to a bending reed, changing colors to suit the differing
conditions that an intelligent newt might find itself in.
Our post-dogmas hang
out of every available opening always seen, always changing.
Our post-dogmas are
like whining, grunting little puppies, whose breath smells of sweet mother's
milk, and who can elicit a smile, as they poop on your shoes.
Our post-dogmas are
sometimes born into the world congenitally defective, burning up thousands
of lifetimes of bad-dog karma in a single stroke.
They require constant
feeding, producing prodigious poopings.
Tired, weary parasites
find their home in our post-dogmas generous, scraggly coat.
Our post-dogma requires
exactly the environment it likes.
It may sleep almost
it's entire life,
except awakening to
practice the procreative arts.
Our post-dogmas are
all hopelessly domesticated,
often a constant source
of worry,
prone to naughtiness
if not tended to.
Keepers of the thousand
post-dogmas must constantly
sift, discuss, forget,
remember, defend, dismiss,
invent, lampoon, display,
buy, sell and trade their post-dogma credos.
Our task is only to
seek to forget our truest self,
and once forgotten,
spend years trying to get back in touch with it.
The accomplished Post-Dogmatist
is one who is,
from time to time, absolutely
true to himself,
and alternatively, false
to himself,
and hence, completely
human.
He or she may embody
many things, but if truth is one of them,
Post-Dogmatist will
generally hibernate immediately,
or want their back scratched.
Post-Dogmatists are
both logical and illogical.
Post-Dogmatists know
the evil cousins; self-deception, illusion, and transitory truth.
They alternate between
rationality and irrationality,
logic and illogic, as
all humans do.
They constantly theorize,
think and do things,
( not necessarily in
that order ).
They may advocate or
not, speculate or not, postulate or not,
contemplate or not,
ponder or not, reflect and seek understanding or not, cling to all graspable
knowledge but know the limits of it (or not).
They may or may not
be 'at one' with the universe, but if by chance it happens, they would
probably keep it to themselves.
Post-Dogmatists may
deny, dispute, reject, or, conversely, agree, affirm, and accept, as humans
are wont to do generally.
Post-Dogmatists may
feel discontented, distraught, pensive, confused and befuddled (or, from
time to time, free of such negativity).
Post-Dogmatists maintain
perfect balance, until they fall down.
We, the originators
of the Post-Dogmatic Credo, do hereby affirm and acclaim this to be our
statement.
We salute all readers
of this document in the traditional Post-Dogmatic way. (see explanation)
I.B Anonymos, 1987
(To perform the traditional
Post-Dogmatists' salute, simultaneously drop to one's right knee, bow one's
head extend right arm out and forward, with palm of hand outstretched and
upturned, left arm tucked behind back at waist level. Flatulence, as well
as rude mouth noises, are optional, depending on the seriousness of the
salutee.)
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