What is the root of 'Cedrism' and 'Cedrist'?

[Kaiser Ayreon]

Yes... I'm trying to figure out the root of these words: Cedrist and Cedrism. The etymology that is. Does anyone know?

[Erik Mortis]

I know...

[Kaiser Ayreon]

Tell me, please?

[Erik Mortis]

It amuses me to keep it to myself for all time.

[Kaiser Ayreon]

[Scott of Hyperborea]

It comes from waaay back in the old days, when Erik and Nick used to sacrifice citrus fruits to the gods. "Cedr" was the De'Enetet (an old Shirerithian language) word for citrus.

(Erik, my sole purpose in life is to prevenu from being amused.)

[Erik Mortis]

This is why I never trust you with anything anymore... and point out how much you are a liar liar with pants constantly on fire!

You have no sense of mystery...

[Kaiser Ayreon]

Why... why would this religion be named after the citrus?

[Erik Mortis]

Do you really wanna keep asking questions when you already aren't happy with the answers?

[Scott of Hyperborea]

I've been told by Erik over gmail chat that I'm taking all the mystery out of the Universe, so instead of answering your question, I will...*suddenly waves his cloak in a dramatic manner, and disappears in a puff of orange smoke, leaving behind only a strange, 17-petalled flower, a white powder that evaporates almost instantly, and a device that looks sort of like an octahedral clock.*

[b3n|<3r|\|]

Mystery is good, except where it's meaningless.

[Erik Mortis]

It's all meaningless. That's the point.

[Scott of Hyperborea]

Mystery is good, except where it's meaningless.

Heads, I respond to this; tails, I leave it to Ari.
*flips a coin and gets tails*

[Ari Rahikkala]

Hey, if Scott is lazy, then I can be lazy, too. Just read Joy in the Merely Real

[Krasniy Yastreb]

And there's me thinking it was all named after some guy called Cedric.

[Jonas]

Cedric is a friend of me, and he never told me that he gave his name to a religion.

[b3n|<3r|\|]

I didn't get Joy in the Merely Real, but my comment was tongue-in-cheek.

(Replace "Joy in the Merely Real" with the title of any Overcoming Bias article, or perhaps just "Overcoming Bias", and I could use this post as a template.)

All mystery's meaningless... like I think Erik said... though he may have been referring to Cedrism.

Edit: Though let me point out, I think that something without meaning can have meaning due to its lack of meaning. Say, if something that was meaningless was given meaning by someone who didn't understand - the fact that it was meaningless to start with means that it's lack of meaning is... poignant. I mean.

And since we're on the topic of Overcoming Bias, is the name a joke I don't get? I find it hard to tell because I can't read most of the articles.

[Jacobus Loki]

And all this time I thought it had to do with trees!

Cedrist > Cedar-ist > Tree > Malarbor.

But citrus grows on trees, so I'm content.

(Lights string of ladyfingers with a blissful smile on face)

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