On 19 Dec 00 at 3:13, owner-arachne-digest@arachne wrote:
>Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:15:09 +0100
>From: Michael Polak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #1379
>
>"Religiously running" ? I am starting to be scared of all this ! (Have you seen
>"Life of Bryan" by Monthy Python ? ;-)
'religio' in Latin originally meant obligation or duty.
Take it that way, Michael!
>Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:41:01 -0500
>From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #1379
>
>On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:15:09 +0100, Michael Polak wrote:
>
>Michael, how can you, our most venerable and exalted cult leader,
>be scared of anything?
>
>Was it not you who taught us that through worship of Goddess Arachne
>we can overcome all of our fears?
>
>May the Force be with you,
This one is worse! So let me cite some critical remark from the book
of the prophet Izaiah:
"To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
and compare me, that we may be alike?
Those who lavish gold from the purse,
and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
then they fall down and worship!
They lift it upon their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
Remember this and consider,
recall it to mind, you transgressors,
remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me."
Iz 46:5-9
Or in short: it is not helpful to believe in chains of one
and zero. It does not matter whether you call them WINDOWS or
Arachne. Let us go and look for the bugs in the idol!
Regards,
Christof Lange
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