On Jan 21, 2008 9:50 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 13:22 -0800, Ed Kasky wrote: > > At 11:53 AM Monday, 1/21/2008, you wrote -=> > > >William Case wrote: > > >>Hi Ric; > > >> > > >>Just sitting here Sunday morning killing time before I actually do > > >>something useful. Thought I would add my 2¢. > > >I am religious and I'll add my 2 cents. > > >In the cultural context that the verse was > > >written, the name of a god was used to call upon > > >the power of the god. That's why it was such a > > >big deal when God revealed his covenant name to Jacob. > > > > > >When you don't take the cultural context of the > > >time/region of what it meant to use the name of > > >a god into your understanding of the passage, you end up mis-interpreting it. > > > > > >Unfortunately most Bible translations do a poor > > >job at noting these cultural things in their > > >footnotes, so all kinds of funny interpretations result. > > > > And all this has exactly what to do with the Fedora OS? > > I guess it means that we are humans and not machines dedicated directly > to the Fedora OS via USB rectal probes, who ponder and debate many OT > things. It's happened before, it'll happen again. > > I personally think most OT subjects as a result of our collective need > to remain human and converse, even if it's in disagreement. No one is > getting paid here, so a little bit of payment in OT, by the list, is not > out of the question. This list would get bare, REAL quick, if it weren't > for some bit of OT discussion. Even a trained seal will not bark when > there are no fish. :) My 2 cents, Ric I just wish their was a separate list, or people would diligently preffix the subject 'OT' -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
