tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post8092872911608876039..comments2024-03-25T21:14:49.666-04:00Comments on Joel Swagman (Reviews / TESOL): Bible Trivia AnswersJoel Swagmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post-8980509987131610952014-03-02T22:59:42.431-05:002014-03-02T22:59:42.431-05:00Wordsworth. Now more than ever.Wordsworth. Now more than ever.dpreimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post-38890270902683869732014-03-02T20:19:04.231-05:002014-03-02T20:19:04.231-05:00I know, it's completely fantastical....and yet...I know, it's completely fantastical....and yet he's not an anomaly. Lots of Christians believe this, as a quick google search for connections between Genesis 6 and Paul's command to cover heads will reveal.<br />See for example:<br />http://www.creationhistory.com/nephilim.shtml<br /><br />http://www.mt.net/~watcher/enoch5.html<br /><br />http://unamsanctamcatholicam.blogspot.com/2010/08/head-coverings-because-of-angels.html<br /><br />http://godde.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/because-of-the-angels/<br /><br /><br />...and more.<br />And I'm with you, there are moments when I do sort of miss that sort of fantastical world view about Angels and demons and the whole bit. Vibrant mythology in many ways can be more interesting than boring everyday life. Which I suppose is why it attracts so many people.<br /><br />To quote Wordsworth:<br />THE world is too much with us; late and soon,<br /> Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:<br /> Little we see in Nature that is ours;<br /> We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!<br /> The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;<br /> The winds that will be howling at all hours,<br /> And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;<br /> For this, for everything, we are out of tune;<br /> It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be<br /> A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; 10<br /> So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,<br /> Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;<br /> Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;<br /> Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.Joel Swagmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post-51404791700896872692014-03-02T10:56:07.884-05:002014-03-02T10:56:07.884-05:00This is the first I've heard your 8th grade SS...This is the first I've heard your 8th grade SS teacher's Noahtic defense of Pauline gender commands. I have to admit, there are moments when I miss that esoteric sort of Biblical exposition.dpreimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.com