03-30-2003, 03:55 PM | #181 |
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03-30-2003, 04:15 PM | #182 |
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You sure it's the 1950s? I thought it was the 40s.
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03-30-2003, 05:28 PM | #183 |
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Eh, somewhere in there....should go look it up and be sure...
Heh heh. Sorry, yeah. Got a bit muddled there. Coney's link a few pages back clearly states that it was the 1940s.
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03-30-2003, 05:43 PM | #184 |
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Coney rocks.
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03-30-2003, 09:50 PM | #185 |
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-meanders along, whistling innocently-
BUMP! -dashes out of the thread-
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03-30-2003, 11:43 PM | #186 |
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Dare I ask what that was about?
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03-30-2003, 11:51 PM | #187 |
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Bumping it back up to the top. Just a desperate attempt to keep the religious knowledge thread alive.
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03-30-2003, 11:53 PM | #188 |
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Ah, yes.
More questions? More arguments? C'mon, people, keep the knowledge flowing! ....I meant that, you know....
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03-30-2003, 11:53 PM | #189 |
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And since the actual practice of Wicca began in the 40s, it's easy to weed out people who truly follow it and those that are just in it since it's become a type of fad lately. Point in case:
A Wiccan girl at school and I were discussing (borderline arguing) about religion. She said something along the lines of how "Christianity has only been around for two thousand years, while MY religon has been around since nearly the beginning of time." Hmm...
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03-30-2003, 11:57 PM | #190 |
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Hmph, that's not accurate. I doubt it even is according to "the myth" that Coney's link spoke of.
Just curious - Did you set her straight on the matter?
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03-30-2003, 11:59 PM | #191 |
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Yes, and then she asked if I had been researching up on her since I found out about her religion (we'd been friends for awhile). Bah, hardly. A year before I had been extremely interested in Wicca and nearly converted, but unlike the fad followers I had done a lot of research on the religion.
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Yes, you're right there, though I'm not sure what the reference is, let me look it up... Ezekiel 28: 13-15 Quote:
Speaking of Cherub, I have a question for Jews: Is the "ch" from Hebrew, as in Michael, cherub, cherubim, etc. pronounced as a "kh", like in Bach, and loch?
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I'm not Jewish, but I'm pretty sure it is. "Baruch ata Adonai", for example - the "ch" there is pronounced almost exactly the way it is in German.
BTW, could someone of you people who actually knows the story of Lucifer and the Fall extrapolate on it for me?
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Sorry, I'm just doing a quick scan before popping off to bed, but I'd be glad to in the morning.
EDIT: I know about "Baruch ata Adonai", I'm just not sure about some of the others.
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All right, Lucifer. Lucifer was the greatest angel in the vast hosts of heaven; he was a living instrument of worship to God. So great was he, that in his heart pride began to grow, and he said within his mind, "I will ascend into the heavens, and my throne will be higher than that of God; I will be like the Most High". Basically, he plotted to dethrone God and replace him as the King of Heaven. One third of the angels followed him in his rebellion, and they made war against the forces of God, lead by Michael the Archangel. Lucifer's war failed, naturally, and he was cast out of heaven, his heart filled with a hatred for God and holiness. When he saw Man, the apple of God's eye, created in His image, he desired to wound the heart of God by striking at this, His most beloved creation. So, he deceived Eve and tempted Adam into rebelling against God, bringing Sin into the world and into them, and thus separating them from communion with God, much to the grief of both Man and God.
Any one else who knows of this particular matter is free to add to/correct this. Okay, now I AM getting off!
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The ch is the German "kh"
That's why nobody can actually pronounce Chanukah.
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