--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 8, 2006, at 5:09 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister <no_reply@> > > wrote: > >> > >> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > >>> > >>> --- In [email protected], spiritwalk99 <no_reply@> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> This article is priceless! It sure explains a lot. Won't they > >> all > >>>> be surprised when they get to the other side! > >>> > >>> I wish somebody would find a similar misinterpretation > >>> of the Christian Rupture, er, Rapture. > >>> > >>> Any takers? > >> > >> Wiki: > >> > >> Etymology > >> The word "rapture" comes from the Latin verb rapere which means "to > >> carry off, abduct, seize or take forcefully" (compare rape). It was > >> used in the Latin Vulgate (about 405 A.D.) translation of 1 > >> Thessalonians 4:17, which is the primary biblical reference to the > >> event in question, rapiemur "we shall be caught up" translating the > >> original harpagçsometha (passive mood, future tense of harpazô). > >> > >> rapiemur -- we shall be raped?? > > > > Excellent!! > > > > Possibly by the frustrated Muslim martyrs unhappy > > that all they got was raisins... > > Actually the story you posted I had heard a number of years ago on > the web--the actual translation then was "dates" not raisins--not > sure why this recent rehash has translated so differently, unless > it was to appeal to a western audience.
Oh, that must be it, Vaj. I mean, raisins are *so* completely different from dates, and Westerners have no idea what dates are. Do you ever listen to yourself? The book came out a little over a year ago (if you read the article). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
