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Post by Occam's Spork on Dec 20, 2012 9:32:57 GMT 10
"The association of El Shaddai with breasts and the goddess Asherah has been rejected by most scholars." claudemariottini.com/el-shaddai-part-2/As I said, FRINGE. (P.S. The sound of crickets is likely due to boredom)
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Post by pim on Dec 20, 2012 9:41:53 GMT 10
Cricket? Somebody mention cricket? Who's batting?
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Post by Occam's Spork on Dec 20, 2012 9:47:46 GMT 10
You ought to also remember that the Bible does say that many people of Israel fell into pagan practices before the Babylonian Exile, so evidence of this paganism might agree with, rather than contradict, the Bible.
So you are simply restating things we may already know about the Isrealites. --What else ya got?
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Post by Occam's Spork on Dec 20, 2012 10:07:15 GMT 10
Cricket? Somebody mention cricket? Who's batting? crick·et noun 1. any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket)
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Post by Occam's Spork on Dec 20, 2012 10:08:38 GMT 10
You ought to also remember that the Bible does say that many people of Israel fell into pagan practices before the Babylonian Exile, so evidence of this paganism might agree with, rather than contradict, the Bible. So you are simply restating things we may already know about the Isrealites. --What else ya got? "Isrealites"? Is real light on spelling accuracy. Try Israelites. This imperfect mortal graciously accepts your correction.
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Post by pim on Dec 20, 2012 10:33:52 GMT 10
I think Stud Manly gets the joke Earl and played dumb in his reply.
I will take issue with your phonetics though, Earl! The pronunciation you give [krik-it] is English. In Australian English we pronounce "cricket" with a schwa as the vowel sound in the second syllable.
The schwa is the unstressed vowel and is represented phonetically by an inverted "e". Press ALT and type 0601 on the number pad and you should get "ə". So in Australia we pronounce it as [krik-ət].
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Post by pim on Dec 20, 2012 10:47:50 GMT 10
airgun Pim? Nah!!Just arguin'!! Do you pronounce "Phuket" as [poo-ket] or to rhyme with "flip it"? And if the latter would you pronounce the "it" part as [it] or [ət]? I reckon if you got frustrated with something and said "Ahhh Phuket!" that last syllable would come out as a very blokey Australian schwa!! ;D
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Post by pim on Dec 20, 2012 11:12:08 GMT 10
I don't have to speak with a broad nasal Australian accent to produce a schwa in the second syllable of "cricket". An ordinary middle-of-the-range Australian way of speaking will do. As for mumbling with an immobile upper lip and your bottom lip hardly moving, 'tis said that originated in the bush because if you opened your mouth too wide while talking you only let all the flies in!! And as any Australian knows - or should know - there is nothing quite as disconcerting as when suddenly in mid-sentence a blowie flies into your mouth!!
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Post by slartibartfast on Dec 20, 2012 22:30:44 GMT 10
The planet Krikkit is located in a dust cloud composed chiefly of the disintegrated remains of the enormous spaceborne computer Hactar. Hactar was originally created by the Silastic Armorfiends of Striterax to design the Ultimate Weapon. Hactar produced a very, very small bomb that, when activated, would connect every star to every other star, cause them to all go supernova simultaneously and, thus, destroy the universe. The bomb proved dysfunctional because Hactar had designed it with a tiny flaw, reasoning that no consequence could be worse than that of setting the bomb off. The Silastic Armorfiends disagreed and destroyed Hactar. Due to the dust cloud, the sky above Krikkit was completely black, and thus the people of Krikkit led insular lives and never realised the existence of the Universe. With the population thus prepared, Hactar, disintegrated but still functional, built and crashed a model spaceship onto Krikkit in order to introduce its inhabitants to the concept of the Universe. Secretly guided by Hactar, the Krikkiters built their first spaceship, Krikkit One, penetrated the dust cloud, and surveyed the Universe before them. Unbeknownst to the Krikkiters, Hactar had been subliminally conditioning their minds to the point where they could not accept a Universe into their world view with the intention of putting them into a similar mindset to that of the Silastic Armorfiends. Sooner or later, they would require an Ultimate Weapon, and this would allow Hactar to finally complete his purpose, something he had felt considerably guilty about not doing before. Upon first witnessing the glory and splendor of the Universe, they casually, whimsically, decided to destroy it, remarking, "It'll have to go." Aided again by the mind of Hactar, the Krikkiters built an incredible battlefleet and waged a massive war against the entire Universe. The Galaxy, then in an era of relative peace, was unprepared, and spent the next 2,000 years fighting the Krikkiters in war that resulted in about two "grillion" casualties. When Krikkit was eventually defeated, Judiciary Pag sentenced Krikkit and its sun to be sealed in a Slo-Time Envelope within which time would pass almost infinitely slowly until the end of the Universe, thus serving the dual purpose of protecting the Universe from Krikkit, and allowing the Krikkiters to enjoy a solitary existence in the twilight of Creation. Light would be deflected around the envelope, making it invisible and impenetrable. The Wikkit Gate, the key that would unlock the envelope, was disintegrated into time, and could therefore not be used to free the planet from the envelope ahead of time.
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Post by Occam's Spork on Dec 22, 2012 23:03:28 GMT 10
Mainstream:"belonging to or characteristic of a principal, dominant, or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc."
Your scholars are mainstream, your theory is not. (Please take note of the difference.)
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