Comments on: Most Amazing and Least Noticed

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:32:49 +0000

The earliest images of Christ’s redemptive sacrifice on the Cross
are from Germany, and all from the 10th and 11th centuries.

In the Mediterranean countries, Christ was NEVER represented on
the Cross, except as a King or Emperor in full robes posing against
it — until the First Crusade, which began in the 1090s, during
which a bunch of Northern Europeans crossed the Mediterranean
to get to the East.

One of the earliest British poets was a shepherd named Caedmon. He
was the author of some beautiful religious poetry, especially
a classic about the Cross.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:37:08 +0000

Simmons, I would say that Greek philosophy was based on inquiry. So Aristotle inquired about the number of teeth women are born with and ame up with the answer that it was one less than men are born with.

Odin would have had Mrs. Odin open her mouth and COUNTED her teeth.

We are a society based on the idea that, “One experimetn is worth a hundred expert opinions.”

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:35:49 +0000

Peter, you’re right.

My point was that the Bible clearly states that the Earth was created and the heavens spead
above it, which is why Galileo was condemned.

I also seem to remember someone who worked for Jehovah telling the sun to stay still in the
sky for a while, indicating it was the sun and not the earth that was moving.

I won’t continue on this. I know that we now know that BOTH move,and so forth.

My point is that, in biblical terms, the earth IS the center of the universe.

The Church could not shoehorn the real unviverse into the Old Testament.

By: Simmons

Simmons — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:40:21 +0000

Could you say we are a society based on inquiry?

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:41:57 +0000

On a statement of fact: firmament does not mean “firm earth.” It means the sky, especially where the clouds are. Firmamentum was a literal translation of Greek οτερέωμα in the Septuagint. It is one of the waters divided from the waters below. The word underscores your statements about the ancient supremacy of the Greek OT. (Historically it was even the version of choice among Jews and not just the “Hellenized” diaspora.)

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:12:41 +0000

To expand a little on a small point: Yggdrasil’s roots are WORLDS deep. Its roots stretch to the world of the gods and to our own Middleyard. Literally, Yggdrasill means the “awful pulling beam” or “awful gallows.” In early modern English, the tree would be Ugdrawsill. Trivia.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:04:47 +0000

Visionary.