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04-26-2002, 07:18 AM
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So publicly disagreeing with the mods is grounds for being banned.
 Makes me appreciate II that much more. Hey Oolon, I disagree with you! |
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04-26-2002, 08:41 AM
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RUFUS!
I totally disagree with your moving my Scientiae flirt thread to "miscellaneous discussions!" miscellaneous! Pfft! |
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04-26-2002, 12:53 PM
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It was long thought that ringing church bells would repel lightning; in fact, some bells would have "fulgura frango" ("I break the lightning" in Latin) on them. But though several webpages refer to this, I haven't found one that has a big collection of church-bell inscriptions. But ADW mentions that some bells were, in fact, baptized for this duty. However, ringing church bells in thunderstorms would often result in the bell-ringers getting killed by ... lightning. And despite the deaths and church-tower lightning damage, the various church authorities would often take several years before deciding to use a lightning rod on their structures. |
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04-27-2002, 02:49 AM
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Schiller's famous "Die Glocke" (The Bell) is a long poem that all German-speaking children have to read in grade school. It's motto is taken from a church-bell in Schiller's home town: "Vivos voco. Mortuos plango. Fulgura frango" (I call the living. I mourn the dead. I break the lightning). I once lived close to a noisy churchtower and added the following lines: "Dormientes irrito. Somnum interrupo" (I disturb the sleepers. I interrupt sleep") HRG 
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04-28-2002, 01:17 AM
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On <a href="http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=5fbe6a3f1ae741a92feb3ed329931d2f& threadid=10296&perpage=10&display=&pagenumber=7" target="_blank">this</a> thread, God Fixation, whom I think is a misguided young lady, plagariazed Hovind's Evolutionist "stumpers."
Would someone with an account on that forum post the following link to answer her? <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/9917/evolution/hovind_questions.html" target="_blank">Mr. Hovind's Questions for Evolutionists</a> I would hate to see people waste their time having to explain Hovind's crap to her. -RvFvS |
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