Isaiah 34:7
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
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What do a smart Republican and a unicorn have in common? They’re both fictional characters.
And then I drop zee bomb!
This particular passage has always confused me. From a writer’s perspective, it makes no sense whatsoever. I always just assumed it was horribly mistranslated somewhere along the line and then paraphrased just as badly in the centuries since.
But, that’s the whole nature of the Abrahamic belief system anyway. It’s all myth and parable. Open to anyone’s guesses at the meaning.
Meanwhile, some good citizens in Gig Harbor have their panties in a knot because some out-of-state troublemakers want them to stop violating the Constitution by erecting a nativity scene in a public park.
http://www.king5.com/news/loca...../367637534
Roger Rabbit Commentary: I’ll bet they’d be even more upset if someone wanted to display a Buddha or put up temporary minaret in the same park.
The Constitution is just a piece of paper, and doesn’t really mean all that much, when you have people who are unwilling to follow it when it prevents them from doing something they want to do.
Pretty nutty stuff. My boy, Muhammed, thought the sun set in a muddy spring. Same caliber of jive as today’s biblical passage.
Religion was made up as we went along. All of it is just lies and people trying to rule over others using those lies.
Why on earth would anyone translate “reemim” as “unicorns” when wild goats, antelope, buffalo or even rhinoceroses would be a better idea?
@6 Because rational thinking has nothing to do with it.
@4 Well they may want to start with reading the State Constitution in Gig Harbor.
SECTION 11 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Absolute freedom of conscience in all matters of religious sentiment, belief and worship, shall be guaranteed to every individual, and no one shall be molested or disturbed in person or property on account of religion; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state. No public money or property shall be appropriated for or applied to any religious worship, exercise or instruction, or the support of any religious establishment: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That this article shall not be so construed as to forbid the employment by the state of a chaplain for such of the state custodial, correctional, and mental institutions, or by a county’s or public hospital district’s hospital, health care facility, or hospice, as in the discretion of the legislature may seem justified. No religious qualification shall be required for any public office or employment, nor shall any person be incompetent as a witness or juror, in consequence of his opinion on matters of religion, nor be questioned in any court of justice touching his religious belief to affect the weight of his testimony. [AMENDMENT 88, 1993 House Joint Resolution No. 4200, p 3062. Approved November 2, 1993.]
Pretty straight forward. Maybe you can have a nativity scene if you allow all religions to participate. Then again the plain text suggests perhaps not. Which must be why the Holiday displays at SeaTac are always a hot item. Good luck to the folks in Gig Harbor, which is a really cute town by gosh, fortunately there is no shortage of private yards and churches there.
@6 They say strong drink will make you miss when shooting at tax collectors. I suppose that applies to translators as well.
@1 That they are both fictional characters cannot be true as only one is potentially an individual. Unicorns clearly is referring to a group of magical horse like creatures with a horn in their head attracted to virgins. (Usually of the female sex.)
I suppose a smart Republican and a Unicorn could both be attracted to Virgins. What happens when a Republican and a Unicorn are attracted to the same Virgin. Hmm could be why the House of Windsor has a Unicorn in it’s crest.
@10 Thanks for clearing that up.