Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Montana: "Let's make stupidity mandatory!" Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:54:58 -0600 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 86 Message-ID: References: <7ORhP.796214$DYF8.668936@fx14.iad> <26pioj1h4upnqjaad10qms38cucod2fadq@4ax.com> <21cb1cac-84b1-41d1-8641-05aa444e9648@yellowjersey.org> <2026c25f-a31c-4b6d-9500-4adc98249c5d@yellowjersey.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:54:56 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="395eed22ccbfe7a8321f785c614cb9fd"; logging-data="3895076"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19wTLC1Y+IZZfmbySmlZ9E+" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:R4HTQZ+UV1VHYuch+VZGYrQIovc= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4402 On 1/16/2025 4:24 PM, Zen Cycle wrote: > On 1/16/2025 4:37 PM, AMuzi wrote: >> On 1/16/2025 3:19 PM, Zen Cycle wrote: >>> On 1/16/2025 4:14 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>> On 1/16/2025 3:09 PM, Zen Cycle wrote: >>>>> On 1/16/2025 3:15 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>> On 1/16/2025 2:05 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >>>>>>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:27:20 -0500, Frank Krygowski >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 1/16/2025 4:39 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 21:28:08 -0500, Frank Krygowski >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm reminded about a parable about a poor widow >>>>>>>>>> contributing two tiny >>>>>>>>>> coins, a trivial amount, but “Truly I tell you, >>>>>>>>>> this poor widow has put >>>>>>>>>> more into the treasury than all the others. They >>>>>>>>>> all gave out of their >>>>>>>>>> wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in >>>>>>>>>> everything —all she had to >>>>>>>>>> live on.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So she starved? WTF? Are you really OK with that? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Good point: WTF! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'll bet you think the guy who told that tale should >>>>>>>> have been >>>>>>>> crucified, right? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Good grief, Krygowski, you have no idea who made that >>>>>>> story up. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> C'est bon >>>>>>> Soloman >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [raises hand] >>>>>> Uh, Mark? >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-12-42/ >>>>>> https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-12-43/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> As one godless heathen to another, I say "well-played >>>>> sir, well-played" >>>>> >>>> >>>> Merely not being a Christian is no excuse to ignore >>>> English lit! >>>> >>> >>> ? >>> >>> I wouldn't exactly call the bible english lit. >>> >> >> It's absolutely fundamental, and a gargantuan outsized >> influence on everything which follows, from Shakespeare to >> Lincoln. >> >> (The King James anyway. If you read it in the original >> Hebrew (Part I) and Greek (Part II), then I have no opinion >> > > True, but except for the recent movement in some states to > shove the bible down students throats, you won't find many > English lit classes where the bible is on the syllabus > (nothing showed up in my half-assed search, I could be wrong). > > I was however surprised to see how many colleges have a > "bible as literature" course offering. > Correct. Each man is on his own regarding deeper meaning or lack thereof. But it really is fundamental to understanding English literature. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971