tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post140319458448525296..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men 2013Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-4563647257791049002013-12-30T07:53:37.430-05:002013-12-30T07:53:37.430-05:00You've given the most common translation, but ...You've given the most common translation, but other Bibles render the verse differently. For example, Douay Rheims (an early translation) gives, "Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will."<br /><br /><br />This is a significantly different meaning.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, Happy New Year!BobSykesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-3688242837843696682013-12-29T02:22:13.272-05:002013-12-29T02:22:13.272-05:00"People today do not even understand the word..."People today do not even understand the wording of the 2nd amendment, <br />let alone a 2000 year old obscure text. And yet, how writing has <br />elevated humanity!"<br /><br />“If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it ought to be good enough for the children of Texas.”Jorge_Videlanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-68198197907973343142013-12-28T18:20:01.070-05:002013-12-28T18:20:01.070-05:00"People today do not even understand the word..."People today do not even understand the wording of the 2nd amendment"<br /><br /><br />you really are a hick. and a roman hick to boot.the duke of leinsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-13845193906941330452013-12-27T22:29:37.062-05:002013-12-27T22:29:37.062-05:00or, as the New Revised Standard Version puts it &q...or, as the New Revised Standard Version puts it "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors" <br />http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202&version=NRSV<br /><br /><br /><br />People today do not even understand the wording of the 2nd amendment, let alone a 2000 year old obscure text. And yet, how writing how elevated humanity!LondonYoungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-3167574193195265792013-12-27T19:47:00.460-05:002013-12-27T19:47:00.460-05:00The original Greek is somewhat less sappy in regar...The original Greek is somewhat less sappy in regards to the angelic Annunciation to the shepherds which would translate roughly as "on earth peace to men of good will." This of course would not apply to the S.O.B. who stole my mountain bike away from my daughter on Christmas day. If I ever catch him it will be the peace of the dead he will be enjoying.Rudelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-89084460308127505752013-12-27T15:23:46.741-05:002013-12-27T15:23:46.741-05:00There is no peace but enforced peace. War and des...There is no peace but enforced peace. War and destruction is the sad natural loot of mankind.<br /><br /><br />Merry Christmas to all anyways!Rudelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRh0QiXyZSknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-75999966723812876082013-12-26T23:31:41.328-05:002013-12-26T23:31:41.328-05:00Peace on earth, as long as it is not an enforced p...Peace on earth, as long as it is not an enforced peace. Good will to men and to those animals whose sentience we- in particular Christians- have arrogantly dismissed.Haciendanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86146367151790210562013-12-26T22:16:04.122-05:002013-12-26T22:16:04.122-05:00you won't believe it, but my high school physi...you won't believe it, but my high school physics teacher still held the record for the 50 yd dash in IOWA. he was part german aristocrat and part black he claimed. he looked all white. he told us the story of valeriy borzov. i'd already heard it at "speed camp". he told us that in that most unmalleable athletic ability a soviet, a ukranian, had proven that it was possible to the duke of leinsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-83484341474718190172013-12-26T18:28:59.839-05:002013-12-26T18:28:59.839-05:00a few years ago steve promised he'd post on hi...a few years ago steve promised he'd post on his views regarding ultimate reality. he's said buddhism is the deepest "belief system". (of course, the very use of the term "belief system" shows a lack of acquaintance with religion.) perhaps he fears derision and loss of face. but i'd expect a theoretical physicist to be very unlike dawkins et al.the duke of leinsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-77014912139787225862013-12-25T12:39:20.027-05:002013-12-25T12:39:20.027-05:00Merry Christmas & all the bestMerry Christmas & all the bestvv111ynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86936779345007018352013-12-25T02:38:13.912-05:002013-12-25T02:38:13.912-05:00And the commentariat wishes the same to you as wel...And the commentariat wishes the same to you as well!Paulnoreply@blogger.com