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E. Blackadder
10-19-2001, 12:13 PM
You might find this fascinating stuff after you pass and I fail.

http://www.memri.org/news/
and some differences of opinion in opinion pieces:

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-forte101901.shtml

http://www.nationalreview.com/impromptus/impromptus101901.shtml
E. Blackadder
12-07-2001, 11:17 AM
And maybe this is just "piling on."

Short version: Some extremely old Koran fragments were found in a mosque. They seem to differ from current Korans.

There's also the suggestion that "every fifth sentence is incomprehensible." That would explain Lao's opinion of the work.

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99jan/koran.htm
Laocoön
12-07-2001, 11:45 AM
...and the Talmud espouses genocide. One might almost come to the conclusion that it is essential to think for yourself rather than to put great stock in "the Word of God."
E. Blackadder
12-07-2001, 11:52 AM
Now I have a reason to buy and read the, what... 10 volumes, is it? which translation do you recommend?

Where have you been? We were worried sick about you!
Laocoön
12-07-2001, 01:23 PM
I should have written "Torah," and not "Talmud."

This place is rather disinteresting in my absence, isn't it? Arguments over who hates the Taliban most, and the like.
No'ocoal
12-07-2001, 02:55 PM
On 2001-12-07 13:23, Laocoön wrote:
This place is rather disinteresting in my absence, isn't it?

I don't know if it is disinteresting in your absence, but it is certainly much smarter when you are gone.
Laocoön
12-07-2001, 03:16 PM
I was thinking that whenever I left this board it lowered the average IQ of both the board and my destination...
No'ocoal
12-07-2001, 03:49 PM
Wow, did you think of that line all by yourself?
E. Blackadder
12-07-2001, 05:41 PM
Successfully turning a minority opinion into a majority opinion is a challenge.
Laocoön
12-07-2001, 07:31 PM
On 2001-12-07 17:41, E. Blackadder wrote:
Successfully turning a minority opinion into a majority opinion is a challenge.



...meaning -- ?
No'ocoal
12-07-2001, 09:01 PM
On 2001-12-07 19:31, Laocoön wrote:

On 2001-12-07 17:41, E. Blackadder wrote:
Successfully turning a minority opinion into a majority opinion is a challenge.



...meaning -- ?

Now, now, Laoco'on, use the infinite wisdom you think you have and figure it out.