Today's encounters with religion
Oct. 20th, 2008 10:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easy1. A flier slipped under the door asking: "Would you like the know the Truth?" Indeed, but as they've already managed to break the LHC, we'll have to continue waiting.
2. It was impossible not to overhear one Catholic student explaining the significance of the first Passover to another. The captive Hebrews smeared lamb's blood on their doorways because the Egyptians worshipped a lamb god. The Nile was turned to blood because the Egyptians worshipped the Nile as the source of life, and blood symbolises life. (Uh... OK, maybe I didn't quite get all of that bit.) Plus each of the ten plagues was a similarly symbolic assault on the "top ten" Egyptian gods. Alas, at that point I had to depart; it would've been interesting to hear which god the guy reckoned went with each plague. With literally thousands of deities to choose from, it shouldn't be too hard to find a few likely candidates... unless you're looking for a lamb god.
2. It was impossible not to overhear one Catholic student explaining the significance of the first Passover to another. The captive Hebrews smeared lamb's blood on their doorways because the Egyptians worshipped a lamb god. The Nile was turned to blood because the Egyptians worshipped the Nile as the source of life, and blood symbolises life. (Uh... OK, maybe I didn't quite get all of that bit.) Plus each of the ten plagues was a similarly symbolic assault on the "top ten" Egyptian gods. Alas, at that point I had to depart; it would've been interesting to hear which god the guy reckoned went with each plague. With literally thousands of deities to choose from, it shouldn't be too hard to find a few likely candidates... unless you're looking for a lamb god.
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Date: 2008-10-20 12:18 pm (UTC)2. It makes almost as much sense as an omnipresent god who needed a reminder of where his chosen people lived. :)
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Date: 2008-10-20 01:22 pm (UTC)HadrosaurHadron Collider.no subject
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Date: 2008-10-20 10:14 pm (UTC)The Left-Handed Chicken. She's writing a sequel to "Hummer", at last! =:o}
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Date: 2008-10-20 08:22 pm (UTC)Off topic, but we were discussing this on Angriest's blog
Date: 2008-10-21 12:10 am (UTC)http://davidtennant.albumpost.com/album871
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Date: 2008-10-21 03:45 am (UTC)Ram lamb ram a lamb a ding dong!