Uhhr, could we just please avoid religious discussions etc? I don't subscribe to the cooker mailinglist to see a bunch of bible quotes;)
Leon Brooks wrote: >On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:33, Adam Williamson wrote: > > >>Please tell me the Christian Web Services don't overlap with the >>Enterprise Open Source Journal. >> >> > >Having had a squiz at them, FaithTree and OFB seem to be pretty much mutually >exclusive in terms of content. I might expect a release announcement for >Sword or BibleTime to be mentioned on both sites, but little else. > > > >>"Jesus wants you to use Mandrake!" isn't >>a line I was hoping to see =). >> >> > >I don't know about Mandrake specifically, but the GPL and the way Free >software works do meet a couple of verses from the Good book exceptionally >well (quoted from the KJV for that authentic ancient cant): > >MOTIVATION/GPL > > Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, > do ye even so to them -- Matthew 7:12 > >CODE SHARING > > And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one > soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he > possessed was his own; but they had all things common. -- Acts 4:32 > >UNPREDICTABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT PACE AND DIRECTION > > The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, > but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every > one that is born of the Spirit. -- John 3:8 > >BEGINNING AND COMPLETING `IMPOSSIBLE' PROJECTS > > For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, > `Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;' and shall not doubt in > his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall > come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. -- Mark 11:23 > >FLAMEWARS/MUDSLINGING > > Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye > shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to > you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, > but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou > say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, > behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the > beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out > the mote out of thy brother's eye. -- Matthew 7:1-5 > >POLITICS(/BSD-LICENCING?) > > Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, > and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them > that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which > despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of > your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the > evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. > For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even > the publicans [brothel-keepers: pimps, more or less] the same? > -- Matthew 5:43-46 > >ATHEISM (sorry, quoting this 2000 year old text was irresistable) > > there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own > lusts, and saying, `Where is the promise of his coming? For since > the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the > beginning of the creation.' For this they willingly are ignorant of, > that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth > standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that > then was, being overflowed with water, perished. But the heavens and > the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, > reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of > ungodly men. > > > >>No offence intended. >> >> > >Really? I was kind of wondering what the competing catch-cry would be... > > * `Nobody wants you to use Mandrake?' > > * `The Great Void wants you to use Mandrake?' > > * `Mandrake is the end result of a very long sequence of uncountable > squillions of extremely unlikely accidents and coincidences, get > over it and get on with your life?' > > AKA > > * `Hydrogen, left to itself for long enough, will form Mandrake Linux?' > >Any favourites? (-: > >Cheers; Leon > > > > > >
