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I loathe the term "meme." It seems to focus on form to the exclusion of substance, as if ideas were magical incantations that just take over and needn't be analyzed very deeply. I think the meme theory appeals to a void in the mind of bankrupt (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Warning: this message is on-topic. Bull-beggars? Heh heh. I quote more: "Reginald Scot mentions fairies (and nymphs) among bugbears used to frighten children: 'Our mothers' maids have so terrified us with bull-beggars*, spirits, witches, urchins, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Warning: this message is on-topic. (...) I think it is a safe guess that one of Jack's models for Narnia was the fantasy novel _Lilith_ by George MacDonald. It too is remotely based on that Jewish folktale about Adam's other wife. I forget which (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There's a good book called _Virus_of_the_Mind_ -- probably available at Amazon or Fatbrain or B&N. (And hey, if B&N doesn't have it, nobody does! ;-) --Todd (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) seen on the net in a loooong time. (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And I'm currently interested in what in the world the book was that talked about memes that my anthropology professor mentioned cause now you people have me curious and want to read that. (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) good "starter" Gaiman stuff be? I really liked 'Day of the Dead" that he did for Babylon 5 and I've read a few short stories in Sandman that I liked. (One was about a cat telling other cats how they used to rule the world and chased humans (as (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I just had a thought on that "God doesn't play dice" phrase. If we truely have free will, then you bet that God plays dice (we'd be a living example). So...yeah...just thought I'd throw that one out there. (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) to (...) Oh. I never said I believed in the story. I was just throwing in some extra comment to bounce around. No, I believe that Adam's first real family problems started with his children. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Matt. 12:46-50 Matt. 13:55 Mark 6:3 Matthew 1:25 says Joseph "knew her not" until after Jesus was born. So much for perpetual virginity. The "H" stands for holy. Bill (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes. His siblings James, Joses, Simon, and Judas are mentioned in Matthew 13:55; this crew plus their sisters are mentioned in Mark 6:3; and brother James is mentioned again in Galations 1:19, and probably wrote the Epistle of James as well as (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Eve (...) I don't think incest would have necessarily been an issue then, from a medical standpoint anyway. With a relatively "pure" gene pool, for example from 1st to 5th generations since Creation, incestual couplings would produce far fewer (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't know Mr. and Mrs. OfNazareth(aka Mary and Joseph) had other kids. Seriously though, does anyone know where it tells about His brothers and/or sisters? I've always heard He had brothers but never read it anywhere. Also, where did the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think he had a sister named Faith. {:^D Bill? (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I thought that it said that we were saved by Jesus. :D Ben Roller (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Most definitely, tons of it. Usually comes from having preconceived ideas or from a lack of drawing conclusions until processing all of the facts. The bible must be viewed as a whole to try to get the overall picture. Too many christians make (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't want to be picky, so I almost didn't post this, but... It's important to realize that not every religion has a God. That is, I think, one of the more common differences between Eastern and Western religions. Ben Roller (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I wouldn't say "some" disagreement. :) Ben Roller (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) brought (...) Abel (...) find (...) That was the point above about the 130 years, enough people could have existed at that point to have migrated to Nod and settled. 130 years is a long time. It's 135 years back to the civil war, to put that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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