Reply to: The Gospel According To St. Chav

[Churchill]

That all depends on which end you're on

Now steady on!

[WageSlave]

<I did ancient Greek at school. In both senses of the term >

Did it make your eyes water WS?

That all depends on which end you're on

[WageSlave]

original greek

en th oikia tou patros mou monai pollai eisin ei de mh eipon an umin oti poreuomai etoimasai topon umin

(romanised for the forum)

I did ancient Greek at school. In both senses of the term

[OwlHoot]

original greek

en th oikia tou patros mou monai pollai eisin ei de mh eipon an umin oti poreuomai etoimasai topon umin

(romanised for the forum)

I guess "monai pollai" is the bit that means "many mansions", where "pollai" is the "many" word, and "monai" is the plural of "monas" meaning something like "unit" or "cell" (hence "mono" and "monastery"), and you can see how similar "monai" is to "manere".

OH in "Liddell and Scott" mode

[threaded]

original greek

en th oikia tou patros mou monai pollai eisin ei de mh eipon an umin oti poreuomai etoimasai topon umin

(romanised for the forum)

[OwlHoot]

Aye Threaded

That is a fascinating intepretation of a qoute which I have oft pondered,like much of the teachings of Christ there are various possible levels of interpretation.

Seems a shame to potentially spoil a mental picture of many stately homes all crammed into one house, like some kind of multi-dimensional tardis, but the word "mansion" once meant simply "dwelling", even a single room, from latin "manere" to remain.

So this saying probably would have had a more prosaic meaning in the 17th C, when the King James translation of the Bible was made..

[AlfredJPruffock]

AlfredJ: Is this not a biblical example of the disparity between the infinities of the rational and irrational number sets?

Aye Threaded

That is a fascinating intepretation of a qoute which I have oft pondered,like much of the teachings of Christ there are various possible levels of interpretation.

At one level Christ could be refering to the various levels of reality within the Universe, as I am by no means a mathematician therefore I cannot comment upon your observation on rational and irrational number sets ; altough looking at the night sky, the Universe does seem Approximately Infinite.


Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,

But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?

If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,

I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky

And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.

WH Auden

[Churchill]

AlfredJ: Is this not a biblical example of the disparity between the infinities of the rational and irrational number sets?

Imaginary Numbers Threaded, just like imaginary Lamborghini!

[threaded]

AlfredJ: Is this not a biblical example of the disparity between the infinities of the rational and irrational number sets?

[Lucifer Box]

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

JC

Certainly if Jesus was correct in his statement ,God is a bit of a property speculator.

I bet He can't wait for April 2006 when He'll be able to use His SIPP to invest in property.

[Churchill]

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

JC

Certainly if Jesus was correct in his statement ,God is a bit of a property speculator.

FRANCIS:
Well, blessed is just about everyone with a vested interest in the status quo, as far as I can tell, Reg.
REG:
Yeah. Well, what Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem.

[AlfredJPruffock]

> Takes a modest bow <

So, now we've done religion for the day, how about house prices?

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

JC

Certainly if Jesus was correct in his statement ,God is a bit of a property speculator.

[Lucifer Box]

what was a chav in the 1st century?

PS: respect, Lucifer

Much the same as today but with homespun Burberry and beards.

Thank you, Becs.

[Rebecca Loos]

that is fantastic but why is it funny? Is the original much different? what was a chav in the 1st century?

PS: respect, Lucifer

[threaded]

One of the more beautiful things to come out of the reformation was the translation of the bible into the myriad of languages it is available in today.