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Author Topic:   Is it necessary to provide the Vatican's numbering system?
Omnivorous
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Message 15 of 25 (608510)
03-10-2011 7:36 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by goldenlightArchangel
03-02-2011 2:32 PM


All the works of Shakespeare are indexed by act, scene and line number.
It's quite useful to scholars and aficionados alike. No one remembers offhand who indexed them or, by referencing them, agrees with whatever perspective he had.
And Shakespeare was a much better writer than god.


Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
-Shakespeare
Real things always push back.
-William James

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Message 17 of 25 (608591)
03-11-2011 2:13 PM
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03-11-2011 1:41 PM


Re: A god does not declare anything
That's all very nice...like playing with glass beads while you bandy about what to call them.
But I don't care what language you use to say it. It's still nonsense.
There is more profound human truth and understanding in one Shakespeare play (even--or especially--the comedies) than in all the religious texts in this god-benighted world. Better writing, too.
No matter how you number the pages.


Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
-Shakespeare
Real things always push back.
-William James

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Omnivorous
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Message 20 of 25 (608607)
03-11-2011 3:51 PM
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03-11-2011 3:14 PM


There are no celestial truths--the sky is empty of everything but our imaginations and the stars.
Should you think you've found a celestial truth, send it to me: I'll give it a good kick in the ass to check its antecedents, then send it back to you numbered for your non-papist index.
In the meantime, I recomend that you search for celestial truths with one hand and spit in the other.
We'll see which one fills up first.


Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
-Shakespeare
Real things always push back.
-William James

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Message 24 of 25 (609063)
03-16-2011 10:31 AM
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03-15-2011 4:39 PM


Re: A reverence paid when speaking the Vatican's number to sell [the word]
Just more hooey.
I don't why you're being allowed to pile it up here.


Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
-Shakespeare
Real things always push back.
-William James

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