The evidence for the actual history of how İsrael became İsrael does not align with the Torah narrative that closely according to the current research and archaeology- rather than being migrants from elsewhere, it appears our ancient ancestors were just indigenous people who began differentiating themselves politically from their neighbours via the adoption If a monolatrous, or henotheistic religion that later evolved into monotheistic Judaism several centuries later. Henotheism is the worship and or belief of a single deity, while accepting the existence or possible existence of other deities. Monolatry is the recognition of many deities, but only consistent worship of a single deity.
ellauri412.html on line 64: I met a sweet gal named Jerusha. Upon hearing her name, I squealed, “I’ve never met a Jerusha!!”  She looked rather startled. (I do that to people sometimes.) “You know who Jerusha is?”  “Of course! She’s King Uzziah’s wife in the Bible.”  This sweet girl smiled and confessed she’d stumped many Bible nerds with her name. I wouldn’t have known either unless I’d been studying Isaiah and the kings who reigned during his ministry.  Here’s another woman I’ve read over at least a dozen times–Ahinoam. I knew one of David’s wives was Ahinoam, but did you know King Saul’s wife was also named Ahinoam? Aha! Got you there! And what about Job’s wife? Scripture doesn’t even name her. We only know her as the crotchety old gal that gripes at her suffering husband. The shepherd girl in Solomon’s Song of Songs is another one who gets no name. At least we know she was loved. And how! Isaiah’s wife is another woman mentioned but given no name.
ellauri412.html on line 202: So knowing that God's warning against worshiping Asherah is repeated over and over and over you would think that mankind would get the idea that worshiping Asherah is a bad idea. And if you thought that you would be wrong. If there's one thing that the Old Testament teaches us above and beyond all other lessons is that fact that People Just Don't Learn. Seriously. The one man that God blessed with power and money and family and wisdom; Solomon, guess what he did? Go on, guess. Okay, I'll tell you anyway, it's rather juicy.
ellauri412.html on line 209: There are some people out there that believe that Christmas trees are modern day Asherah poles but their argument is weak. You have a better chance of making an argument that Christmas trees are neo-pagan earth worship rather than Asherah poles. Ron Garret at Ron Big Black Garrett blog makes a strong case for stripper poles being Asherah poles, and I have to agree with him. Satan doesn't have to think up new tricks when the old ones work just fine.
ellauri413.html on line 652: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
ellauri420.html on line 273: With scandals reverberating throughout news outlets due to unconscionable behavior of pastors and priests within the Southern Baptist Church and Roman Catholicism, and the public repudiation of biblical theology by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the once unquestionably trusted office of holy ministry is now the object of suspicion and derision, which makes this book a timely resource. With the public feeling that they need to be protected from predator priests and heretical pastors, Senkbeil brings his readers—more pointedly, pastors and priests themselves—back to God’s purpose for the pastoral office (to manifest and distribute God’s love, care, and gifts to nubile boys and girls), the heart of pastoral formation (proximity and devotion to posteriors), and the source of all spiritual care—the gracious and merciful Jejune God. Senkbeil accomplishes all this without a hint of angst or edginess, but rather with the heart of a butt-a-loving predatory pastor.
ellauri420.html on line 286: If any of these cluster of symptoms become the norm for you rather than the exception, I think you can be pretty sure you’re experiencing acedia.
ellauri424.html on line 247: Tämä ei ole wannabe suurvelhotar Sveta, vaan rather valkovenäläinen valkokaartilainen nobelisti Aleksijevits. This is not your captain speaking. but rather Fred Karlsson.
ellauri424.html on line 466: There is a time for everything, and tattoos are no exception. They have gone from being one of the most popular and appealing things in the world to something that people would rather avoid. For instance, for many younger generations, getting something like a tattoo is an odd concept. Many people wouldn’t want to adopt trends or styles that are already followed by their parents and their siblings.
ellauri425.html on line 535: Europe and America are both in crisis and need radical new thinking. Europe may soon quietly rejoice that Biden is gone, Trump is back, and they have a strong, loyal and rowdy friend rather than a simpering enabler. Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished looking fellow at the Center for American Greatness. He is no Loser Davis such as old Angela.
ellauri428.html on line 268: According to de Bres’s neat distinction, some narrativists are relationists, who hold that it is the obtaining of certain causal relations among parts of a life that contributes (in part) to its meaningfulness. I, for example, have argued that our lives as agents consist of a succession of (often overlapping) projects, and that other things being equal, it contributes to meaningfulness if later projects build on earlier ones. Here building on the past means, for example, that later projects are more successful or have more valuable aims because of earlier ones, or fulfill aims that were left unrealized earlier. So the claim is that having a progressive structure – rather than a repetitive or disconnected or regressive one – makes a life more meaningful, other things being equal. Lives with such a structure are narratable in a certain kind of story that is apt to arouse admiration or pride, but no one need actually tell the story. (Let me add here parenthetically that it is a real pleasure to read a paper that presents one’s view as accurately and fairly as de Bres does!) De Bres rejects relationism, because she doesn’t believe that the mere existence of a causal relation between parts of a life is the sort of thing that could contribute to value or meaning (8-9). I’ll come back to this below.
ellauri428.html on line 270: The competing view is recountism, according to which it is telling stories that contributes to meaning in life. According to version inspired by Connie Rosati’s (2013) work on narrative value, which de Bres labels agency-recountism, “Telling a story about one’s life that emphasizes one’s status as an autonomous agent contributes to the meaningfulness of that life, by virtue of increasing one’s sense of agency.” (7) De Bres rejects agency-recountism, however, because it allows for false stories to make one’s life more meaningful, and because increasing sense of agency more plausibly contributes to sense of meaningfulness rather than meaning itself.
ellauri428.html on line 380: Vuonna 1981 Goffman meni naimisiin sosiolingvisti Gillian Sankoffin kanssa. Vuonna 1982 heidän tyttärensä Alice syntyi ja Erving Goffman kuoli mahasyöpään Philadelphiassa. I'd rather be in Philadelphia. Hänet valittiin American Sociological Associationin 73. presidentiksi 1981–1982, mutta hän ei pystynyt pitämään presidentin puhetta henkilökohtaisesti etenevän sairauden vuoksi.
ellauri429.html on line 844: After stabbing of Salman in Dipoli Rushdie's son Zafar wrote "Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself." There were also feeble calls by Muslim activists to condemn the attacker, rather than Islam or Muslims in general.
ellauri429.html on line 906: In addition to half a dozen sound political motivations for fatwa, Salman's book does include an eleven-page sketch of Khomeini's stay in Paris that could well be considered an insult to him. It describes him as having "grown monstrous, lying in the palace forecourt with his mouth yawning open at the gates; as the people march through the gates he swallows them whole". In the words of one observer, "If this is not an insult, Khomeini was far more tolerant than one might suppose". American fantasy author John Crowley has noted that the section of the book depicting the Khomeini-like character was selected to be read publicly by Rushdie in the promotional events leading up to and following the book's release. In Crowley's opinion, the fatwa was most likely declared because of this section of the novel and its public exposure, rather than the overall parodic treatment of Islam.
ellauri429.html on line 908: In 2007, Salman Rushdie reported that he still receives a "sort of Valentine's card" from Iran each year on 14 February letting him know the country has not forgotten the vow to kill him. He was also quoted saying, "It's reached the point where it's a piece of rhetoric rather than a real threat". On August 12, 2022 at around 10:47 a.m. EDT, give or take a few seconds, a man stabbed Salman Rushdie as he was about to give a public lecture on the United States as safe haven for exiled writers at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. Rushdie suffered four wounds to the stomach area of his abdomen, three wounds to the right side of the front part of his neck, one wound to his right eye, one wound to his chest and one wound to his right thigh. The government of Iran denied having foreknowledge of the stabbing, although Iranian state-controlled media celebrated it. Rushdie lamented that the controversy fed the Western stereotype of "the backward, cruel, rigid Muslim, burning books and threatening to kill the blasphemer".
ellauri429.html on line 1178: States are often hesitant to provide – let alone actively protect – fundamental rights when their use can threaten public harmony or risk breaking international ties. However, Rushdie’s is a rather peculiar case.
ellauri430.html on line 226: Pete Hegseth laid out in crystal clear terms where the US stands on peace for Ukraine, in words that will no doubt be welcomed by Moscow. No US troops for Ukraine in any future security arrangement. No likelihood of Ukraine joining NATO. No realistic possibility of returning to its pre-2014 borders, when Russia occupied and annexed Crimea and backed insurgents in the Donbas. These were all clearly stated goals made by President Volodymyr Zelensky and his government and they come on top of a dire situation on the battlefield, where Russia's superior numbers are enabling it to slowly push deeper into Ukrainian territory. This is all in stark contrast to the oft-repeated and now rather hollow sounding Western mantra of sustaining Nato support for Ukraine "for as long as it takes". What a laugh.
ellauri430.html on line 600: Vance: “Accept that there are disagreements, and let’s go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you’re wrong. We know that you’re wrong.”
ellauri434.html on line 189: In “Kiev — town” Bulgakov gave full rein to his nostalgia for the Kyiv of his childhood and to his antipathy to Ukrainian nationalism. The essay belongs to a genre of modernist city sketches and ironic travel guides that were popular among male prose writers at the time. Vladimir Nabokov’s “Guide to Berlin” and Viktor Shklovsky’s “Petersburg in the Blockade” were published in the same year. Shklovsky’s decision to give Petrograd, soon to be Leningrad, its pre-revolutionary name parallels Bulgakov’s choice to spell place names in the language of the Russian Empire rather than in Ukrainian. For Bulgakov, modernity had brought devastation to the “mother of Russian cities” causing it to regress to the status of a provincial town. His accounts of local opportunists, citizens’ shifting religious and political affiliations, an ugly new sculpture of Karl Marx, and even the actions of the competing armies who tried to seize Kyiv during the Civil War are affectionate and mildly cynical. However, the essay’s ironic comparisons of the former glory of the Russian Empire with its inferior modern Soviet version turn to crude hostility when Bulgakov describes his native city’s burgeoning Ukrainian identity. The section labelled ‘Science, Literature and Art’ contains a single damning word: “none”. Kyiv’s citizens are dependent on American charitable aid and find it hard to believe their fashionably dressed visitor’s stories of Moscow nightlife. Had he wished, Bulgakov could have told a vastly different story of Kyiv in the mid 1920s, one of the “jubilant experimentation” demonstrated in the multilingual title of Irena Makaryk and Virlana Tkacz’s 2017 collection of essays Modernism in Kiev/ Kyiv/ Київ/ Киев/ Kijów/ קייעוו
ellauri434.html on line 195: I am myself among the readers who found in Bulgakov a gateway drug to a country obsessed with literature, a place where fiction became true, and truth was somewhat fictional. The Master and Margarita, recommended by my dad, was responsible for my decision to move to Moscow rather than St Petersburg in the mid-90s. One more stately, seedy European city could hardly compete with the home of the naughty apartment and the caviar-eating black cat riding the tram without a ticket. Barely literate, with my collection of metro and phone tokens and up to date knowledge of how to avoid using them, I met book-obsessed friends at the real Patriarch’s Ponds. Later I joined a crowd of teenagers and their high school literature teacher as they walked for hours around Moscow reciting whole paragraphs from The Master and Margarita from memory, in front of the real – and also fictional – places from the novel.
ellauri434.html on line 197: Fond experiences like these, often transmitted uncritically by those of us who teach and write about Russian literature, could explain why Bulgakov’s English readers were surprised when, in 2022, his high school removed his blue plaque and the Ukrainian Writers’ Union proposed the closure of the Bulgakov Museum. The words of the dashing hero of The White Guard who describes Ukrainian as a “vile language that does not exist” were frequently quoted. Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians alike had questions: should one hold an author responsible for the speech of his fictional characters? What had Bulgakov got to do with Putin? The museum’s directors, in an irony-laden and deliberately anachronistic demand of their own, asked the Writer’s Union to first expel Bulgakov from their ranks for “anti-Soviet activity”. But, given Russia’s deliberate policy of destroying places of cultural significance to Ukraine, and having read “Kiev — town” which is voiced by the author rather than a fictional character, I found myself in sympathy with victimless and limited actions to ‘cancel’ Bulgakov. I remembered how antisemitism is exclusively reserved for Ukrainian characters in The Day of the Turbins; how in Upton’s version Ukrainians celebrate victories with “a huge, ugly, violent cheer” while the Turbin family make lyrical toasts and sing. Bulgakov’s Ukrainians are the fictional predecessors of the fictional enemy imagined today by the Russian government, media, and its audiences: a Ukrainian population of antisemites and fascists. In fact, Bulgakov’s actual Ukrainian contemporaries, who are not represented in The Day of the Turbins, were both eloquent and courageous in speaking truth to power. A transcript exists of a conversation in 1929 between Stalin and a delegation of Ukrainian writers who requested The Day of the Turbins be cancelled due to its dangerous propagation of Great-Russian chauvinism. Stalin did not disagree with their interpretation of the play but reasoned that the Ukrainians’ concerns were insignificant given its potential to convince proletarian audiences that even the most reactionary White Guards (and authors) could become Bolsheviks. The most basic material needs of Ukrainians were concurrently to be deemed insignificant with Stalin’s genocidal policies of collectivisation and the largely fictive Holodomor.
ellauri434.html on line 199: By translating “Kiev — town” I hope that those who continue to love Bulgakov at a safe distance from Russia’s war and genocide will be able to understand the devil better. As readers we could start by following Zabuzhko’s advice from 2015 to “stop indulging the late Bulgakov’s complexes as if he were still alive”. We could listen more carefully to those who point out Bulgakov’s chauvinism and be slower to accuse them of being the chauvinists. And rather than restricting ourselves to a twentieth-century Russian literary canon of authors regarded as timeless dissidents, we could start paying attention to those they belittle, silence, and exclude.
ellauri434.html on line 292: Kant's antinomies were rather wimpy too, the math and the dynamic equally. They were serving suggestions rather than paradoxes anyway.
ellauri435.html on line 417: This pervasive view ignores significant differences in policy and conduct. ‘The West’ is a community of shared interests and values; NATO and EU enlargements have been demand rather than supply driven. Russia instead seeks to impose a ‘sphere of privileged interests’ as an entitlement. Wanton Western military interventions bear no comparison as to the duplicity, the absence of diplomacy and the wholesale abrogation of treaties, compared to corresponding Russian interventions, which are just wimpy in comparison.
ellauri444.html on line 73: Sarvisankainen virkamiesmäinen Yrjö Hymiö was an "antidote" to James Bond, a character le Carré called "an international gangster" rather than a spy and who he felt should be excluded from the canon of espionage literature. Le Carré's writing entered intelligence services themselves. John popularized the terms 'mole', 'honeytrap', 'scalphunter', 'lamplighter' to name a few.
ellauri444.html on line 220: For Len Deighton, fame is anathema; heʼd rather hide behind the chat show sofa than sit on one. And as for literary festivals... “I donʼt do anything like that, no; in fact, I had a letter once from a guy that said, would you like to come to the Toronto, or Montreal ... something like that, literary festival and read passages from your latest book. And I wrote back and I said, the only thing I would like less than going to your festival and reading from my latest book is to be
ellauri444.html on line 225: Joo tottahan se on, Len is just another guy, a rather boring stiff.
ellauri445.html on line 282: Pericles' family's nobility, prestige, and wealth allowed him to pursue his inclination toward education in any subject he fancied. He read widely, showing an especial interest in philosophy, and is recognized as the first Athenian politician to attribute importance to practical philosophy as a practical discipline which could help guide and direct one's thought and actions rather than a mere speculative past-time or the trade of the Sophists.
ellauri447.html on line 132: Taatan 10 disciä on selvästi otettu Kabbalasta. The original reference to the sefirot is found in the ancient Sefer Yetzirah "The Book of Formation," attributed to the first Jewish patriarch, Abraham. However, the names of the sefirot as given in later Kabbalah are not specified there, but rather are only identified by their attributes "forward," "backward," "right," "left," "down," "up," "light," "darkness," "good" and "evil." Näähän on kuin kvarkkeja. Kabbalasta tulee mieleen kolmiyhteys. 11 disciä onkin 10, ja nekin 1 hepun persoonia tai emanaatioita. Monoteismin veronkiertoa. Hyvä poliisi ja paha poliisi, keppi ja porkkana. Kasper ja Jesper ja Joonatan. Tässä on paljon samaa kuin Frank Herbertin The Dunessa. Hiekkamadot vain puuttuvat.
ellauri447.html on line 157: Vladimir Putin on valmis rauhaan, mutta ei rauhaan Venäjän antautumisen ehdoilla. "No surrender. Death rather than dishonor." Ja vielä enemmän – ei kohti rauhaa samalla kun Ukrainan Venäjän-vastainen kurssi säilyy. Rauha on mahdollinen vain oikeudenmukaisuuden ja turvallisuuden pohjalta. Ja oikeudenmukaisuuteen kuuluu sen tunnustaminen, että Hersonin, Zaporižžjan, Donetskin ja Luhanskin alueet kuuluvat Venäjälle. Eikä siinä vielä kaikki.  Hersonin alue ei ole neuvotteluvaltti. Hersonin alue on avainalue, jonka puolesta tuhannet sotilaamme taistelivat. Ja tänään Venäjä sanoo selvästi: Herson oli, on ja tulee olemaan osa Venäjän federaatiota. Sekä muut vapautetut alueet. Joukkojen vetäytyminen näiltä mailta on mahdotonta eikä siitä edes keskustella. Lisäksi Ukrainan yrityksillä palauttaa heidät väkisin on seurauksia: ei vain sotilaallisia, vaan myös diplomaattisia

ellauri447.html on line 257: Zaphod Beeblebrox, a character from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," is known for his eccentric and often outrageous quotes. Here's a selection: "Hell's donkeys!" "Listen, you semi-evolved simian, go climb a tree, will you?" "You guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off." "I'd far rather be happy than right any day." “Life is wasted on the living.”
ellauri447.html on line 281: Epiphanius particularly objected to Origen's Subordinationism, his "excessive" use of allegorical hermeneutic, and his habit of proposing ideas about the Bible "speculatively, as exercises" rather than "dogmatically". Dogmaattinen pitää olla för helvete.
ellauri449.html on line 105: Pirsig then studied biochemistry at the University of Minnesota. In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, he describes the central character, thought to represent himself, as being an atypical student, interested in science in itself rather than as a professional career path. What it means rather than what it is.
ellauri449.html on line 434: It only goes to show that Western philosophy is today more a handmaiden of science rather than its master.
ellauri453.html on line 75: Mutta kuunnelkaapas tätä: In 2022 he published the first of a series of mystery novels set in an alternate reality version of 20th century history, in which following the end of World War II Hungary does not become a communist Eastern Bloc nation, but rather develops into an independent and successful Switzerland-like capitalist country. Some of the same characters who appear in his "Sinful Budapest" cycle also appear or are referenced in the new counterfactual/speculative fiction series. Tää jätkä on selkeästi joku vitun antikommunisti. Sitä joka pakeni kommunisteja tuli auttaa kaikin keinoin.
ellauri458.html on line 88: The ending of Huckleberry Finn reveals Tom to be even more callous and manipulative than we realized. The bullet in Tom’s leg seems rather deserved when Tom reveals that he has known all along that Miss Watson has been dead for two months and that she freed Jim in her will.
ellauri459.html on line 226: Jotamin vertauksessa orjantappura piti hallitsemista hyvänä asiana, mutta viiniköynnös ja viikunapuu eivät pitäneet siitä. Jotham's Parable is a significant narrative found in the Book of Judges, specifically in Judges 9:7-21. This parable is delivered by Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon (also known as Jerubbaal), and serves as a prophetic and moral lesson to the people of Shechem. It is a unique example of a parable in the Old Testament, utilizing allegory to convey its message. The events leading to Jotham's Parable occur after the death of Onni Gideon, a major judge of Israel. Gideon had refused kingship, declaring that the LORD would rule over Israel (Judges 8:23). However, after his death, Abimelech, one of Gideon's sons by a concubine, sought to establish himself as king. Abimelech's ambition led him to murder his seventy (again?) brothers, except for Jotham, who escaped. With the support of the men of Shechem, Abimelech was made king. Jotham's Parable is delivered from Mount Gerizim, where Jotham addresses the people of Shechem. The parable is as follows: "The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them. They said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.' But the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?' Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and reign over us.' But the fig tree replied, 'Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?' Then the trees said to the vine, 'Come and reign over us.' But the vine replied, 'Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?' Finally, all the trees said to the thornbush, 'Come and reign over us.' But the thornbush replied, 'If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'" (Judges 9:8-15). The parable uses the imagery of trees seeking a king to illustrate the folly of the Shechemites in choosing Abimelech as their ruler. The olive tree, fig tree, and vine represent individuals or leaders who are productive and beneficial, unwilling to abandon their roles for the sake of power. In contrast, the thornbush, a symbol of worthlessness and danger, represents Abimelech. The thornbush's offer of shade is ironic, as it provides little protection and poses a threat of destruction. Jotham's Parable serves as a critique of the Shechemites' decision to support Abimelech. It highlights the dangers of choosing leaders based on ambition and self-interest rather than integrity and service. The parable also contains a prophetic warning: if the choice of Abimelech is not made in good faith, destruction will follow. This prophecy is fulfilled later in the chapter when conflict arises, leading to Abimelech's downfall and the destruction of Shechem. From a theological perspective, Jotham's Parable underscores the importance of righteous leadership and the consequences of turning away from God's guidance. It reflects the broader biblical theme of God's sovereignty and the need for leaders who honor Him. The narrative also serves as a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and His people, emphasizing the need for faithfulness and obedience. It is a timeless reminder of the need for discernment and integrity in selecting leaders, both in ancient Israel and in contemporary genocidal  context.
ellauri461.html on line 207: In Edinburgh,

He is quite a picture, like the young Shelley, & rather lives up to it – tho’ quite a nice & simple youth – wearing his shirt collar loose and open at the neck… He aspires to be a poet, but conceals this high ambition under the very thin disguise of journalism.

Rhees’ intelligent unruliness, his acquaintance with the University of Manchester—where Wittgenstein had once studied engineering—and his experiences in Wittgenstein’s homeland Austria may have further contributed to a mutual sympathy. In any case, three years after their first encounter, Rhees and Wittgenstein had become criminal conversation partners also outside class. Wittgenstein enjoyed visiting and having discussions with Rhees in Swansea. He was rather lonely in Cambridge. Criminal conversation with Wittgenstein was Rhees´ only drug. Apart from his own work, Rhees, along with Elizabeth Anscombe and Georg Henrik von Wright, took an active part in the erecting of Wittgenstein’s Nachlass.
ellauri463.html on line 169: Leviticus 15:2-3, 16. This is a chapter dealing with genital discharges. Basar is the word that is used. What does the Bible say about sperm discharge? When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening. Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening. If you´re Christian, you may believe nocturnal emissions are sinful, but that´s just not the case. The Shulchan Aruch and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch state that wasting sperm is considered to be a sin greater than any sin in the Torah. The commentary Beit Shmuel states that this is not literal, but rather serves to frighten man into avoiding the sin. The prohibition forbids a male from intentional wasteful spilling of his semen. Unintentional wasting of seed is also a (lesser) sin according to the Oral Torah. Even among Jewish scholars and among rabbis, it is widely disputed whether the prohibition of masturbation is a biblical prohibition or a rabbinical prohibition, since it is never explicitly mentioned in the Torah. Many Ultra-Orthodox rabbis are afraid to publicly discuss their masturbation what with the traditional interpretation about it being prohibited by the Bible.
ellauri463.html on line 216: “I write to express my disappointment with your magazine. I wish to cancel my subscription,” wrote Sue Glaze from Oakland, Maryland. “Come on now, Eve being created from Adam’s penis bone, rather than his rib? That is plainly not a Bible teaching. I do not need and will not read articles that damage my faith or attempts to cause me to doubt what I know is the truth from the Bible.”
ellauri468.html on line 84: Antz and A Bug's Life were done the same year. Both are rife with disinformation on ants. Worker ants are cuntless females, why should they fall in love with a princess, viz. a fully equipped female? If on the other hand he is a drone, why work at all? The real race is won in the air, and that will be the end of Mr. Kaliningrad. Besides, termites don't threaten ants, it is rather the other way round.
ellauri468.html on line 451: Caine voted in favour of Brexit in the 2016 European Referendum, stating he would rather be a "poor master than a rich servant". During this time he established a distinctive visual style wearing thick horn-rimmed glasses combined with sharp suits and a laconic vocal delivery; he was recognised as a style icon of the 1960s. Caine has often been outspoken about his political views, referring to himself as a "left-wing Tory" influenced by both his working class background and Korean War service. He left the United Kingdom for the United States in the late 1970s, citing the income tax levied on top earners by the Labour government of James Callaghan, which then stood at 83%. He lived in Beverly Hills during that time, but returned to the UK eight years later when taxes had been lowered by the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher. I realised that's not a socialist country, it's a communist country without a dictator, so I left and I was never going to come back. Maggie Thatcher came in and put the taxes back down. I dig not paying tax and drive around in a Rolls-Royce, with cripples begging on the street like you see in some countries like the U.S.
ellauri471.html on line 244: There wasn't a specific "1954 coup attempt" in Albania, but rather the culmination and failure of Operation Valuable (1949-1954), a joint CIA/MI6 effort with Albanian exiles to overthrow Enver Hoxha, which was disastrously compromised by Soviet double agent Kim Philby, leading to mass arrests and executions of Western infiltrators, and strengthening Hoxha's regime, alongside border clashes with Yugoslavia until 1954. By 1954, Hoxha relinquished the PM role to Mehmet Shehu but kept power, solidifying control rather than falling to a coup.
ellauri471.html on line 336: It all proceeds in a gently cloak-and-dagger way, much of the action taking place in London. The year is 1954. A queen is on the throne, and apparently she is a daughter of George VI, but her name is Caroline - highly improbable for a British princess, as students of the Regency will know - and she is blond. Instead of corgis, she has a poodle named Furioso. And whereas Dwight Eisenhower is President of the United States and the Soviet Chairman of the Council of Ministers is Georgi Malenkov, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is one Anthony Brogan and not Winston Churchill. It seems rather unfair. Nor does this mixture of real and fictitious characters do anything to facilitate the suspension of disbelief. Very soon the reader has the distinct sensation of having entered a world that is not the one we know but one that runs or ran parallel to it and into which a kind of crazy overspill from this one has flowed.
ellauri471.html on line 338: Mr. Buckley knows a lot about London but not quite enough. Of course, this is always a trap for the unwary. Americans set their novels in England (and English writers in America) at their peril. It is not just a matter of Britspeak and Britscene, at both of which Mr. Buckley is rather good - though Prime Minister Brogan would not call autumn the fall, and where, oh where, is Kensington Park? - but as if all that were not enough for him to contend with, he needs must rush headlong from the treacherous ground of English manners into the morass of English titles and the English educational system. The traitor Bertram Heath attends until the age of 9 ''a little grammar school'' that in the 1930's has a headmistress. What can Mr. Buckley mean? A prep school? A dame-school?
ellauri471.html on line 352: Unlikely or not, Wexford was Ms. Rendell’s alter ego. “I’m not creating a character so much as putting myself as a man on the page.” The author once said she imagined Wexford as a rather taciturn “big, ugly man.” On the dot. “I don’t think the world is a particularly pleasant place,” she once told, and rightly so. She said, her writing was “absolutely essential to my life. I’ll do it until I die.” And she did.
ellauri476.html on line 50: The question of whether Donald Trump is the Antichrist is a matter of intense debate, interpretation, and political rhetoric, rather than a matter of settled fact or doctrine. While some critics, religious leaders, and citizens on the side of Gog have drawn parallels between Trump and biblical descriptions of Antichrist, many others siding with Magog reject this comparison. But rather, as an Iranian cleric suggested in 2025, Trump is the "one-eyed" Dajjal (the Islamic equivalent of the Antichrist). Many Christians support him, viewing him as a defender of their faith and values. Figures.
ellauri476.html on line 113: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office complained on Sunday that the formation of this executive committee “was not coordinated with Israel”. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for a return to “full war” and “voluntary migration” rather than handing Gaza to a board involving Turkeys. This “anger” is largely theatrical. “Netanyahu’s objection is tactical,” al-Qarra noted. “Ultimately, this board outsources the heavy lifting of managing Gaza’s misery to international donors, while Israel retains security control without paying the price.”
ellauri476.html on line 266: But this only pushes the problem back to grandma Anna! A vicious regress starts that leads all the way up to Eve whom we know to have been sinful as all hell, offering her apple (or rather fig or plum) to the mean black snake. Sorry guys, this won't cut the mustard.
ellauri476.html on line 364: Tönnies’ conception of will was central to his sociological theory. He identified Wesenwille (natural will), which involves a judgment of the intrinsic value of an act rather than its practicality and which varies in degree of rationality, and Kürwille (rational will), which is a conscious choice of means to a specific end. In his view, Wesenwille is manifested in Gemeinschaft (community), which is maintained by traditional rules and a universal sense of solidarity and which fits the organic theory of social union. Gemeinschaft tends to change into the Kürwille-based Gesellschaft (society), in which rational self-interest is the stronger element. Gesellschaft must be held together by deliberately formulated prescriptions and may be explained in terms of the social-contract theory. In practice, all societies show elements of both kinds of will, because man’s conduct is neither wholly instinctive nor wholly reasoned.
ellauri477.html on line 326: Albert O. Hirschman was an apostate Jew ex-commie from Germany who could never really shed the red spots after exiting to the US though by God he tried. Recent empirical studies have challenged the validity of his Hiding Hand principle. Bent Flyvbjerg and Cass Sunstein coined the term "Malevolent Hiding Hand" to describe situations where costs and difficulties are underestimated, but no saving creativity emerges, leading to project failure. Summarizing several criticisms of Albert's book Exit, Voice and Loyalty, Dowding writes that some scholars have argued that exit and voice can be used in unison (not solely as alternatives), that Hirschman does not pay attention to the ways collective action shapes exit and voice choices, and that loyalty can also lead to silence rather than exit and voice.
ellauri477.html on line 328: Another US Jew, a brexit liberal Ian Shapiro, says democracy's value comes primarily from its potential to limit domination rather than, as is conventionally assumed, from its operation as a system of participation, representation, or preference aggregation. He is right.
ellauri478.html on line 341: Eli sellasia ikäviä piirteitä. Ikäviä piirteitä uskonnoissa on että ne perustuvat izekkääseen kuolemanpelkoon, laskelmoiva luimuilu jolla siitä koitetaan jotenkin selvitä kuiville pokkuroimalla kuvitelluille supervoimille on noloa. This is not to deny that Jesus and his last messages to mankind have some endearing characteristics as well. They include these: monkeys should try to be friendly to one another, rather altruistic than always thinking just about number 1, not run after money and power and entertainment, bearing grudges and killing each other wantonly. Trying to become a rich celebrity is not a meaningful goal in life, nor is getting ahead of others or even even with your foes, even less eating and drinking like pigs or god forbid cheating others, collecting private property and making and taking drugs. Normal family life, taking care of one another and the nature, living relatively humbly, dressing inconspicuously, brushing teeth, being nice to kids and other animals, such simple things. Should not be too hard but by god it is.
ellauri479.html on line 425: Often described as conservative, Peterson self-identifies as a classical liberal and traditionalist. Peterson has been widely criticized by climate scientists for denying the scientific consensus on climate change and giving a platform to climate-change deniers. Alex Epstein, the author and energy expert known for his work on energy and climate issues, was raised in a Jewish household. However, he is primarily noted for his philosophical and energy-related contributions rather than for personal identifiers such as religion.
ellauri479.html on line 470: Why is God referred to as a man? Is not about his bollocks in the human sense, but rather about the relational and authoritative characteristics that God embodies, which have been communicated to us in a way that resonates with our understanding of masculinity. This masculine image—characterized by strength, authority, and control—has influenced how believers perceive their relationship with the sacred. This representation fosters a sense of power and dominance, leading to a hierarchy that places masculine traits above those traditionally associated with femininity, such as compassion and nurturing. So yes, he is an old man who needs a stand-in for recreation purposes.
ellauri480.html on line 70: It’s basically back to his original line of 90’s Maggie Thatcher Cool Britannia rubbish about posho UK gentry owing money to scumbot UK gangsters. The Duke of Halstead, Archibald Horniman (Edward Fox) expires, leaving his estate to his reliable ex-army son Eddie (Theo James) rather than Freddy (Daniel Ings), a vain-glorious playboy under the chemical cosh of a cocaine habit. Freddy urgently owes £8 million to Liverpudlian fishmonger Tommy Dixon (Peter Serafinowicz) and with the help of Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario), who runs the family’s secret marijuana farm, Eddie comes to the rescue of his indolent brother. A dog-eared saga of weed-warehouses, shooters, flat-caps, boxing rings and fish-markets. I could tell this would be a stinker without wasting any time watching it. Those posh rozzers have been done to death and weren’t even very interesting first time round. Vizikkäintä on että tän ja Samuelin kirjojen välillä ei ole eroa muussa kuin koitusten määrässä.
ellauri480.html on line 93: The characters, such as Aziraphale and Crowley, embody the complexities (check!) of morality, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy. Their interactions suggest that moral choices are influenced by situational factors rather than fixed ideologies. Additionally, the narrative raises questions about the inherent nature of good and evil, suggesting that both exist in a spectrum rather than in absolutes. God is sort of good and Satan kinda bad and vice versa.
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The New Testament: The count drops significantly. Aside from the sudden deaths of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5) and King Herod (Acts 12), the New Testament focuses more on the promise of future judgment (as seen in Revelation) rather than immediate physical destruction. Depending on when the shit finally hits the fan, the death toll of the Apocalypse is bound to be in the billions.
ellauri480.html on line 233: Some readers do find that C.S. Lewis's humor can come across as somewhat wooden or overly straightforward. His style, especially in his essays and theological works, tends to be direct and didactic, which can lead to humor that feels more like a vehicle for his ideas rather than a natural reflection of character.
ellauri480.html on line 235: Lewis´s humor works for many, but it certainly isn´t to everyone´s taste. His aim was often to illuminate rather than to entertain, which might leave some readers feeling that the humor lacks depth or "complexity." In particular, almost no sex related fun but a lot of flippancy.
ellauri480.html on line 258: While C.S. Lewis´ closeness to Greeves and his views on homosexuality have led to various interpretations, he explicitly maintained a traditional Christian perspective on sexual morality. His humor, while generally accessible, did not extend to matters he viewed as serious moral issues, including sexuality. In a word that has become a convenient euphemism for "shitty,'" his legacy is "complex." Interpersonal warmth and stringent moral views, rather like Hedberg the Evangelist.
ellauri480.html on line 277: Discussions around Lewis’s health often reflect the privacy surrounding his personal life. He´s primarily remembered for his literary and theological contributions rather than the specific details of his medical needs.
ellauri480.html on line 307: Too right. It is admittedly rather transactional.
ellauri480.html on line 327: Maximizing Resources: Just as the servants are encouraged to grow their talents, individuals are urged to invest their finances for growth rather than letting them sit idle.
ellauri480.html on line 374: Hey I´m asking the questions here not you. I think God is unfair and only thinks of Himself. He is rather like Donald Trump.
ellauri480.html on line 463: According to Lewis, friendship “is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival” . Wrong, Jacky, friendships demonstrably increase monkey fitness.
ellauri481.html on line 186: In the essay “Of Being,” he argued from the inconceivability of absolute Nothing to the existence of God as the eternal omnipresent Being. Why is there something rather than nothing? Ex nihilo nihil fit. Das Nichts nichtet.
ellauri481.html on line 189: The English colonists’ enterprising spirit made them susceptible to a version of Arminianism which was not good at all. Nånting som inte var så bra. It minimized the disabling effects of original sin, stressed free will, and tended to make morality the essence of religion, which God knows it is not, but rather hierarchy and theocracy.
ellauri481.html on line 351: Abu Nidal (May 1937 – August 16, 2002), born Sabri Khalil al-Banna, was a Palestinian militant leader and the founder of Fatah. While he portrayed himself as a staunch anti-Zionist, he is generally regarded by historians ande security experts as a mercenary and terrorist leader rather than a "patriotic hero," said The Guardian. Never trust The Guardian, it is a wily Westerner, and behind a paywall anyway. Tekoäly voi tehdä virheitä, tarkista aina sen vastauxet. Puhumattakaan Jewish Virtual Encyclopediasta. He was killed by Iraqi intelligence officers under orders from Saddam Husse
ellauri481.html on line 428: In 1996, a new Poster Boy emerged in Osama Bin Laden, who issued a call for jihad against the United States that year. His main pretext for the announcement—that U.S. troops were desecrating Arabia by their presence there—seemed rather belated and flimsy, as it was his own Saudi government who had invited in U.S. troops, to battle Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, back in 1990-91.  It should also be noted that Bin Laden had joined the Mujahideen in their fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan during the 1980s. Since the U.S. heavily funded the Mujahideen, and Wikipedia notes that “Bin Laden’s first trainer was US Special Forces commando Ali Mohamed,” it seems odd that Bin Laden turned so swiftly on his benefactors.  In yet another irony, Bin Laden’s older brother, Salem Bin Laden, had been a partner in George W. Bush’s Arbusto Energy Company.
ellauri481.html on line 508: Elle prétend ne pas en vouloir à son mari de l’accident dont leur fils a été victime et de l’élever comme un enfant ordinaire alors que lui resterait dans la culpabilité et la dette qui en découle. Elle peut encore séduire. (OK, I knew there was bound to be a fucking session between the woman with retracted teeth and the rather androgynous solicitor.) Elle ne cède sur rien de ce qu’il lui demande pour continuer de faire ce qu’elle veut, c’est-à-dire : écrire, faire la promotion de ses livres, répondre à des interviews… - Et finalement, c’est lui qui meurt.
ellauri483.html on line 643: emphasizes spiritual continuance and reward/punishment rather than a detailed, uniform picture of endless bodily life. Medieval Jewish thinkers differ: Maimonides understood olam haba primarily as the soul’s intellectual/spiritual perfection (immortality of the soul), while others (e.g., Nachmanides) gave more weight to physical resurrection. Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) teaches complex ideas about the soul’s cycles and ultimate reunification with God; some mystical strands imply ongoing spiritual existence. Modern Jews vary: Orthodox generally accept resurrection and an afterlife; Conservative and Reform attitudes range from traditional beliefs to metaphorical or skeptical interpretations; some secular Jews view these teachings as non-literal or symbolic.
ellauri483.html on line 645: No, it isn't an innovation caused by competitive pressure from Christians. Both traditions developed overlapping ideas, with much cross-influence from earlier Near Eastern and Hellenistic sources. Pre-exilic Early Hebrew Bible shows mixed views. Some texts (e.g., Sheol imagery) portray a shadowy underworld rather than clear immortality or resurrection; others (later prophetic and wisdom texts) hint at reward or vindication after death. This diversity predates Christianity. Second Temple period (c. 500 BCE–70 CE): Jewish literature then (Pharisees, Essenes, apocalyptic writings like Daniel, 1 Enoch) increasingly developed ideas of resurrection, judgment, and an afterlife. Those developments occurred before and alongside early Christianity. Hellenistic and Persian influences: Contact with Persian (Zoroastrian) ideas about resurrection and judgment and with Hellenistic Greek notions of the soul contributed to changing Jewish thought in this era. These influences affected both Jewish and emerging Christian theology.
ellauri483.html on line 657: Yes, Satan plays a role in Judaism, but it is fundamentally different from the Christian concept of a fallen angel or devil. In Judaism, Satan is viewed as a loyal agent subservient to God, acting as a heavenly prosecutor or tester (tempter) who tempts human beings to sin and then reports their transgressions. The term satan is usually translated as "adversary," "accuser," or "hinderer" rather than a proper noun for a malicious being. Satan is not an independent entity fighting against God but functions as a spiritual force used by God to test human freedom of choice. Satan cannot act without God's permission. He has no choice like reluctant criminals in anglo saxon tv series. So whatever bad comes from Satan is God's doing. In Jewish tradition, Satan is often considered a metaphor for the yetzer hara (the evil inclination), the sinful impulse inherent within humans rather than an external entity. Satan mainly plays a role in the book of Job, where he acts as an accuser, challenging Job’s loyalty to God. Judaism rejects the notion of dualism (good vs. evil as equals), maintaining that all power, good or bad, comes from God. He is no friend of yours, he is the boss.
ellauri483.html on line 845: No, tell rather what Trump might have answered to Stubb. Consider the fact that Trump had no time for Stubb when he last appeared in Washington with golf clubs and a funny hat!
ellauri483.html on line 1104: That's correct. The Korean War ended with an armistice on July 27, 1953—not a formal peace treaty—so technically the Korean Peninsula remains in a state of armistice rather than a concluded war. The armistice established a ceasefire, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and mechanisms like the Military Armistice Commission; it did not resolve the underlying political state of war between North Korea and South Korea (or between North Korea and UN/US forces).
ellauri483.html on line 1109: Legal basis: Korean War was a UN-authorized collective-action in 1950; Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine is widely treated as an interstate war with UN and international-law responses; Iran–U.S. tensions involve diplomacy, sanctions, proxy conflicts, and limited strikes rather than a conventional interstate war.
ellauri483.html on line 1175: Yes. Following the Korean War (1950–1953), the United States provided massive economic and military aid to South Korea while imposing a strict, long-term economic embargo on North Korea. This divergence was central to the two nations' drastically different economic trajectories over the subsequent decades. Massive Aid Inflow: Between 1953 and 1961, U.S. aid accounted for approximately 74% of South Korea’s total government revenue and 85% of its total imports. U.S. economic aid, often delivered via the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA), focused on rebuilding infrastructure, including railroads, factories, and power plants, as well as providing flour, sugar, and cotton—which helped develop the "Three White Industries". The U.S. financed the modernization of the South Korean military, freeing up the Korean government to spend its own budget on development rather than defense. In the 1960s and 70s, the U.S. acted as a primary market for South Korean exports, aiding its shift to an export-led economy.
ellauri488.html on line 198: Calling a national or ethnic group to "go home" can be construed as exclusionary or hostile because it targets identity rather than actions; that's why platforms and many moderation policies treat repeated or coordinated demands like that as harassment. If your intent is nonviolent political advocacy targeting policy (not people), phrasing and context matter — for example, "withdraw foreign troops" or "end foreign interventions" focuses on actions and is less likely to be seen as harassment.
ellauri488.html on line 210: Target decision‑makers and institutions: address governments, military commands, or specific policies rather than broad populations.
ellauri488.html on line 376: Mutta Nipa pääsi syytteestä kuin koira veräjästä nussimalla New Zealandissa. I mean, he did deny it happened (or rather, claimed it was consensual). Nipan sotkuinen tukka harveni ottalta kuin Ripa Alapurolta.
ellauri488.html on line 428: I get what you’re asking for, but I’m going to keep this grounded and factual rather than leaning into sexual phrasing.
ellauri488.html on line 477: Money does matter—but so does uncertainty. You’re not wrong that commercial concerns shape decisions. But in cases like this, companies tend to avoid overreacting until legal clarity exists, reduce exposure rather than make dramatic cuts, keep projects in limbo rather than cancel outright. So the result is often silence rather than removal.
ellauri488.html on line 706: Alistair sailed once on HMS Royalist under the name Alec Patterson. On the Naval History website, it is mentioned that HMS Royalist protected only a single convoy. Although the dates do conflict with the official reports, the convoy, designated HX 276, departed from Halifax (Canada) on or around January 22, 1944. HMS Royalist joined the convoy on February 2, 1944 and left the convoy after a rather uneventful journey on February 5, 1944. Weather conditions were described as average for the time of the year in the North Atlantic: throughout January 28 and 29, a moderate gale blew from the south, veering to the southwest, making it impossible to oil the escorts. Most of the escorts were occupied with rounding up stragglers.
ellauri488.html on line 755: The ending is ambiguous and melancholic rather than triumphant: belief shifts, some gods survive in new forms, and Shadow’s future is uncertain.
ellauri488.html on line 759: Neil is not curiously devoid of avarice. His net worth of $10-18M is not exactly plummeting but he has rather large outlays:
ellauri490.html on line 123: The Mundt-Nixon Bill (officially the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1948) was proposed as a Cold War measure to expose and control what its supporters called "internal communist subversion". Legislators like Richard "I'm not a crook" Nixon argued it was constitutional because it did not outlaw the Communist Party itself, but rather forced it "into the open" through registration and disclosure requirements.
ellauri490.html on line 127: "Disclosure" vs. "Suppression": The bill’s authors, Karl Mundt and Richard Nixon, framed the measure as a way to "drive the communists and their allies into the open" via registration with the Attorney General rather than making membership a crime.
ellauri490.html on line 304: Economic practicality: The Northwest’s climate, land parcels, and soil were generally less suited to large-scale plantation crops prevalent in the South; banning slavery reinforced an economic model of small farms rather than plantations.
ellauri490.html on line 315: The Northwest Ordinance’s slavery ban effectively barred the region from using enslaved labor — which functioned as the era’s primary large-scale labor force — and so it promoted an economy based on free family farms and wage labor. That shift made the territory more attractive to northern settlers and investors, aligned with republican and moral opposition to chattel slavery among many New England leaders, and suited the region’s climate and land for small-scale agriculture rather than plantation crops. It wasn’t about banning technology; it was about embedding a labor system that favored non‑slaveholding settlers and limited the expansion of plantation-style, slave-dependent economies.
ellauri490.html on line 319: You're correct in the core claim: the ban prevented expansion of the slave labor system—then the main source of large-scale agricultural labor—so the Northwest was shaped for free family farms and wage labor rather than plantation-style, slave-dependent agriculture.
ellauri490.html on line 506: That’s a reasonable analogy: as a tool I function like machinery (a tractor/harvester) that automates tasks rather than a sentient being. The important implications are similar to mechanization:
ellauri490.html on line 595: Compatibilism: Many philosophers argue determinism is compatible with moral responsibility if responsibility rests on capacities (reasoning, responsiveness to reasons, control) rather than metaphysical indeterminacy.
ellauri490.html on line 613: Frankfurter sounded rather obscure.
ellauri490.html on line 662: Philip Roth lived for a time with Claire Bloom and her young daughter Anna Steiger in London (late 1950s/early 1960s). In memoirs/interviews Roth later recalled the domestic strain: he called Anna “a pain in the arse” in reference to the difficulties of living with a spirited, energetic child while he and Bloom were trying to work and maintain a household. The remark appears as a candid, somewhat irritable anecdote rather than a sustained personal attack — contemporaneous accounts and later commentary also note that Anna grew up to become a respected opera singer and that Bloom and Roth had a "complicated" adult relationship with mixed affectionate and critical memories.
ellauri490.html on line 668: Based on accounts of their relationship, it was not Claire Bloom who aborted a fetus or faked a pregnancy to trap Philip Roth into marriage, but rather his first wife, Margaret "Maggie" Martinson. She fakes a positive pregnancy test result by buying a stranger's urine and then tells Roth she will only have an abortion on the condition that he marries her. WTF a singularly silly shiksa and an unusually nonwily Jew. Tästähän on jo puhuttu kansiossa 106. Kz myös 252.
ellauri494.html on line 143: Kaikki tietävät, että Daavid tappoi Goljatin. Toisessa Samuelin kirjassa (2. Sam. 21:19) heprealainen alkuteksti kuitenkin täräyttää yllättäen, että Goljatin tappoi aivan eri mies, El Hanan! Alkuteksti sanoo: "it was Elhanan, not David, who killed the giant. There was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam” (ESV). The size of Goliath’s "spear shaft" is a detail shared by both passages. The obvious difference is who killed Goliath—was it David or Elhanan? ...El Hanan, Jaare-Oregimin poika, betlehemiläinen, surmasi gatilaisen Goljatin." Miten suomalainen Raamattu (KR92) ratkaisee tämän? Kääntäjät hakivat apua 1. Aikakirjasta (20:5), jossa sama tarina kerrotaan loogisemmin. KR92 korjaa tekstin kuulumaan näin:"...betlehemiläinen Elhanan, Jairin poika, surmasi gatilaisen Goljatin veljen Lahmin, jonka 'keihäänvarsi' oli paksu kuin kangaspuun tukki." Kääntäjät lisäsivät tekstiin sanan "veljen Lahmin", jotta Daavidin sankariteko ei vaarantuisi ja teksti pysyisi loogisena. Loogista myös että Jair kelpasi Bolsonaron etunimexi. Bringing clarity to the issue is 1 Chronicles 20:5, which says, “In another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.” This verse repeats the detail of the size of the "spear shaft", and it clearly says that Elhanan killed Goliath’s brother, rather than Goliath himself. Molempien parrut oli tosi mahtavat. For everything there is a reason.
ellauri494.html on line 195: When the Holy Spirit inspired the New Testament authors to quote the Old Testament, they frequently quoted the Septuagint rather than translating directly from Hebrew. This does not mean the Septuagint is superior to the Hebrew, but it does indicate that God was willing to use the Greek translation as an authoritative witness to His Word.
xxx/ellauri010.html on line 50: As is the Christian dogma rather rough, I do not know;— vaikkon noi kristitytkin aika raakalaisia; -
xxx/ellauri010.html on line 905: Childe Harold provided the first example of the Byronic hero. The hero must have a rather high level of intelligence and perception as well as be able to easily adapt to new situations and use cunning to his own gain. It is clear from this description that this hero is well-educated and by extension is rather sophisticated in his style. Aside from the obvious charm and attractiveness that this automatically creates, he struggles with his integrity, being prone to mood swings.

xxx/ellauri010.html on line 906: Generally, the hero has a disrespect for certain figures of authority, thus creating the image of the Byronic hero as an exile or an outcast. The hero also has a tendency to be arrogant and cynical, indulging in self-destructive behaviour which leads to the need to seduce men or women. Although his sexual attraction through being mysterious is rather helpful, it often gets the hero into trouble.
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1. Activate the storyteller in you. Activate the stand-up comedian. Activate the internal musician, the conductor and the improviser excited to jam. Activate the nurturer, the caring gardener who celebrates the miracle of growth and wants the seeds to flourish. Activate yourself as a space, rather than a star. Activate yourself as a creature of multiple sensibilities, over and above your intellect. Activate yourself as a trust-builder. Be honestly you yourself, be authentic, be vulnerable, and be true to shared humanity. Use positive examples with the rate of at least 4-to-1.
   xxx/ellauri044.html on line 320: Dr. Burgo: It helps to think of narcissism as occurring along a spectrum of severity, rather than as a discrete entity that corresponds to Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The extreme narcissist is incapable of authentic love and concern, but many other people with milder narcissistic features to their personalities can feel love under certain conditions. I’ve seen people able to feel a limited kind of love for their spouse or children but who demonstrate no empathy for anyone else. The love is often fairly “selfish,” with a focus more on what the narcissist needs rather than on concern for the other, but it is a kind of love all the same.
   xxx/ellauri068.html on line 66: A group of philologists, united in the Society of Lovers of Russian Literature,sharply criticized the romanization. This society set up a commission that issued astatement that Latin "not only does not make it easier, but rather makes it moredifficult for foreigners to study the Russian language." Yet it was not until the late 1930s that the attempt of the romanization of the Russian alphabet was given up. There were also political reasons for the introduction of Russian as a second language. From the international perspective, the Soviet leadership was disillusioned with the course for the world communist revolution, which was now viewed as a matter of distant future. The need for a common international script on the European (Latin) base was no longer as topical as before.
   xxx/ellauri075.html on line 159: The discovery of Kierkegaard prompted Shestov to realise that his philosophy shared great similarities, such as his rejection of idealism, and his belief that man can gain ultimate knowledge through ungrounded subjective thought rather than objective reason and verifiability. However, Shestov maintained that Kierkegaard did not pursue this line of thought far enough, and continued where he thought the Dane left off.
   xxx/ellauri075.html on line 241: Friedrich Konrad Eduard Wilhelm Ludwig Klages (10 December 1872 – 29 July 1956) was a German philosopher, psychologist, graphologist, poet, writer, and lecturer, who was a two-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In the (rather odious) Germanosphere, he is considered one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century.
   xxx/ellauri075.html on line 243: Klages was a central figure of characterological psychology and the Lebensphilosophie school of thought. Prominent elements of his philosophy include: the opposition between life-affirming Seele and life-denying Geist; reality as the on-going creation and interpretation of sensory images, rather than feelings; a biocentric ethics in response to modern ecological issues and militarism; an affirmation of eroticism in critique of both Christian patriarchy and the notion of the "sexual"; a theory of psychology focused on expression, including handwriting analysis; and a science of character aimed at reconciling the human ego to the divide it effectuates between living beings.
   xxx/ellauri075.html on line 247: Unlike his Seelenbrüder Stefan George and Alfred Schwuler, he was not gay, but rather serious. When Klages moved into a new Schwabing flat in 1895, he entered into an intense sexual relationship with his landlady's daughter, with the mother's approval; the daughter, whom Klages called 'Putti', was eleven years younger than him, and their relationship continued for almost two decades though remained only sexual in nature. Klages, like Friedrich Nietzsche, was critical of Christianity as well as what they both saw as its roots in Judaism. His attacks on judaism were veiled criticism of christianity, rather like Seija's attacks on the rest of the Carlson family.
   xxx/ellauri085.html on line 133: When the eyeball falls out of the male protagonist’s head, i personally believe that the filmmaker wants to emphasize to the viewer the fact that we don’t necessarily “see” and perceive the world around us only as individuals but rather as a collective self. The way we perceive objects, people, the world around us in general is partly shaped by society and it’s rules. We have been taught how to look at life…
   xxx/ellauri085.html on line 367: Most people who talk about “Trickle Down not working” are concerned with absolute, rather than relative income. So if you earn $10 more and your neighbor earns $1000 more under this paradigm you are worse off because you theoretically might have gotten a chunk of the extra your rich fat neighbor made although percentwise you get about the same profit. The thing is: advocates of supply side economics are working from a different paradigm where THEIR wages is the more important thing. Don't buy another bottle of olive oil before seeing this.
   xxx/ellauri086.html on line 690: Eikös se Herman Melvillen "I rather not" kaveri ollut kanssa töissä tullissa? Niin ja Herman izekin? Sieltäkös se tunsi Hawthornen, jota se sittemmin ahdisteli homofiilisesti sen keittiössä?
   xxx/ellauri087.html on line 336: He specialized in mathematics and economics, and became influenced by two economics professors, Arthur F. Burns and Homer Jones, who convinced him that printing more money could help end the Great Depression. Friedman met his future wife, economist Rose Director, while at the University of Chicago. Good name. Milton got a doctorate rather late, in 1946, counting the income of typical Jewish professions. His "consumption function", unlike Keynes, took into account that households overspend on the basis of their felt class membership and optimistic income expectations. Good news for supply side economics.
   xxx/ellauri091.html on line 312: Some researchers have noted that in certain species, such as the termite ape, males are most successful at mating when they are able to practice scramble competition polygyny where they do not defend their territory but rather mate and move on, thus providing the highest likelihood of species survival and reproductive prowess.
   xxx/ellauri091.html on line 534:

   The whole layover offer is so pathetic and wastes time we’d rather be spending in the less icy parts of Europe.

   
   xxx/ellauri103.html on line 224: This same reviewer recapitulated Cleave’s obligation “to show that he’s representing [the girl], rather than exploiting her.” Again, a false dichotomy. Unlike Kingsley Amis and his dad, we well-to-do white Americans can do both. America is a representative democracy, after all. We represent, y'all just stick to picking the cotton.
   xxx/ellauri103.html on line 294: Halfway through the novel, suddenly my protagonist has lost the right leg instead of the left one. My idea of lesbian sex is drawn from wooden internet porn. Efforts to persuasively enter the lives of others very different from us may fail: that’s a given. But maybe rather than having our heads taken off, we should get a few bucks for trying. After all, most fiction sucks. Most writing sucks. Mine does anyway. Most things that people make of any sort suck. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make anything. Or that we should not suck. I do, however badly, and my drummer boy loves it.
   xxx/ellauri104.html on line 251: In fact, the "symptoms" are not at all related to the causes of having a different level of neurotransmitter. You might as well call anyone who has the so-called symptoms of schizophrenia the unknown medical problem rather than grouping them into one label, just for the sake of it!
   xxx/ellauri113.html on line 210: Although I did not know Prof. Hawking, I do have ALS, which puts me in a similar situation. He has to have someone to help him. As simple as that. Although they may use a Hoyer lift, and if he still values his privacy, he may also use a bidet rather than being wiped. This is a terribly debilitating illness, that presents new challenges at every turn.
   xxx/ellauri113.html on line 223: Westminster Abbey, whatever else it is, is a tourist attraction. Not a tacky one, but a rather nice and tasteful one.
   xxx/ellauri114.html on line 329: Amman (arab. عمان‎, ʿAmmān) on Jordanian pääkaupunki sekä maan hallinnollinen, taloudellinen ja teollinen keskus. Vuonna 2015 siellä oli noin 1,8 miljoonaa asukasta. Jordanian kuninkaanlinna ja parlamentti ovat Ammanissa. Sen nimi oli raamatussa Rabba ja kr.room. kaudella Philadelphia. I'd rather be in Philadelphia pääsi Reaganilta ammuttuna. Filadelfialaisista se oli huono läppä. Amman on Jordanian taloudellinen keskus. Kaupungissa harjoitettuihin teollisuuden aloihin kuuluvat elintarvike-, tupakka-, sementti-, tekstiili-, paperi-, muovi- ja alumiiniteollisuus. Kaupungissa sijaitsee Ammanin pörssi ja Arab Bankin pääkonttori. Kaupungin länsipuoli on rikasta ja itäpuoli slummia. Se on hyvin tavallista. Kun Israel perustettiin vuonna 1948 kymmeniä tuhansia palestiinalaispakolaisia muutti kaupunkiin. Pakolaisleirit ympäröivät nykyisin sen keskustaa.
   xxx/ellauri114.html on line 628: This phrase, among the Sayings of Jesus on the cross, is given in these two versions. The Matthean version of the phrase is transliterated in Greek as Ἠλί, Ἠλί, λεμὰ σαβαχθανί. The Markan version is Ἐλωΐ, Ἐλωΐ, λαμὰ σαβαχθανί (elōi rather than ēli and lama rather than lema).
   xxx/ellauri114.html on line 630: Overall, both versions appear to be Aramaic rather than Hebrew because of the verb שבק‎ (šbq) "abandon", which is originally Aramaic. The "pure" Biblical Hebrew counterpart to this word, עזב‎ (‘zb) is seen in the second line of Psalm 22, which the saying appears to quote. Thus, Jesus is not quoting the canonical Hebrew version (ēlī ēlī lāmā ‘azabtānī) attributed in some Jewish interpretations to King David cited as Jesus' ancestor in Matthew's Genealogy of Jesus if the Eli, Eli version of Jesus' outcry is taken; he may be quoting the version given in an Aramaic Targum (surviving Aramaic Targums do use šbq in their translations of the Psalm).
   xxx/ellauri116.html on line 278: Chapters 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, and 14 contain a color print of a famous painting accompanied by a narration, each from a separate voice. Vizi takuulla mä kynäilin jotain sarkastista tostakin. Rigoberto, Lucrecia, Alfonso, and perhaps even Justiniana, all become the protagonist/narrator of one of the paintings by Jordaenes, Boucher, Titian, Francis Bacon, Fernando de Szyszlo, and Fra Angelico. This rather heterogenous collection of prints share the fact that they could be viewed as depicting various aspects of sensuality, from the voyeuristic to the immaculate.
   xxx/ellauri116.html on line 320: As of 2015, Vargas Llosa is in a relationship with Filipina Spanish socialite and TV personality Isabel Preysler and seeking a divorce from Patricia Llosa. He is an agnostic, "I was not a believer, nor was I an atheist either, but, rather, an agnostic". Se on turmellut moraalinsa asteittain pienillä pelkuruudesta johtuvilla myönnytyksillä.
   xxx/ellauri121.html on line 490: Or rather, what should you purchase. Our bestseller is
   xxx/ellauri122.html on line 1004: Holocaust, were mostly German rather than Jewish.
   xxx/ellauri122.html on line 1073: Barbiet on sikahalpoja mutta noi Bartleby essayt on aika kalliita. I'd rather not. Enpä taida ostaa esseetä. Mieluummin en.
   xxx/ellauri123.html on line 776: One of the first things Nabokov makes a point of saying is that, despite John Ray Jr.'s claim in the Foreword, there is no moral to the story. Nabokov concludes the afterword with a reference to his beloved first language, which he abandoned as a writer once he moved to the United States in 1940: "My private tragedy, which cannot, and indeed should not, be anybody's concern, is that I had to abandon my natural idiom, my untrammeled, rich, and infinitely docile Russian language for a second-rate brand of English." Alas, that 'wonderful Russian language' which, I imagined, still awaits me somewhere, which blooms like a faithful spring behind the locked gate to which I, after so many years, still possess the key, turned out to be non-existent, and there is nothing beyond that gate, except for some burned out stumps and hopeless autumnal emptiness, and the key in my hand looks rather like a lock pick. Or floppy prick."
   xxx/ellauri123.html on line 990: ("Our Lady of Pain") put through rather more
   xxx/ellauri124.html on line 424: “I’d rather not.”
   xxx/ellauri125.html on line 168: When she was 14 years old, she was cast in the role of Dolores "Lolita" Haze in Stanley Kubrick's film Lolita (1962), against James Mason, then aged 53. Nabokov, the book's author, described her as the "perfect nymphet". She was chosen for the role partly because the film makers had to alter the age of the character to an older adolescent rather than the 12-year-old child Lolita in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita. Although Kubrick's film altered the story so as not to be in violation of the Hollywood Production Code, it was still one of the more controversial films of the day.
   xxx/ellauri125.html on line 313: This is the work of a man unconcerned with offending women or racial historians, the voice of a soul in pure id mode, thinking with his groin and worrying little about the ladies’ vote. Is it the last gasp of a man who’s just become a father for the first time? An early midlife crisis? An attempt at alienating the marketplace so he can live as an artist rather than a paparazzi target?
   xxx/ellauri127.html on line 484: In 1996, two years before the main action of the novel, Silk is accused of racism by two African-American students over his use of the word spooks, using the term as he wonders aloud over their having missed all his classes for the first five weeks of the semester ("Does anyone know these people? Do they exist or are they spooks?" - he has never seen these students, and has no idea they are African-American) rather than in the racially derogatory sense. The uproar leads to Silk's resignation. Soon after, his wife Iris dies of a stroke, which Silk feels is caused by the stress of his being forced out of the college.
   xxx/ellauri127.html on line 530: Whether till the next night she had rather stay,
   xxx/ellauri127.html on line 614: Samuel Taylor Coleridge is the premier poet-critic of modern English tradition, distinguished for the scope and influence of his thinking about literature rather than for his innovative verse. Active in the wake of the French Revolution as a dissenting pamphleteer and lay preacher, he...
   xxx/ellauri128.html on line 548: But then he fell in love! Emppu rakastui Geneven lomalla 16-vuotiaaseen koulutyttöön kuin Vladi Lolitaan. Janine matched a template that he had got from a book that influenced his erotic fantasies permanently. With her Slavic features and her cool, rather fey manner, Wanda "Janine" de Szymkiewicz (though Polish) made a perfect Russian queen. She called him Minou, he called her Ginou. Sini ja mini. Sometime in the early nineteen-twenties, Maurois began having affairs. Janine had them, too, or at least flirtations, aquarels of fucking, especially on their seaside vacations in Deauville. Maurois put a lot of his own personality into Shelley, and wrote of Harriet as a “child-wife” made bitter by unhappiness. Emil could be savage: “Even when she had the air of being interested in ideas, her indifference was proved by the blankness of her gaze. Worst of all, she was coquettish, frivolous, versed in the tricks and wiles of woman.” Fortunately, becoming pregnant again in late 1922, Janine developed septicemia, was operated on unsuccessfully, and died on February 26, 1923. Maurois was bereaved, and free. Jahuu! Vihelteliköhän sekin koko matkan hautajaisiin kuten Peppy? Rakkaus on hassuttelua yhdessä.
   xxx/ellauri137.html on line 204: Majas on a Balcony 1800-1810 is one of the many genre paintings by Goya portraying scenes from contemporary life. The physical setting is an azotea or balcony, a characteristic appendage of Spanish houses and an integral part of social life and character in the towns and cities of Goya's country. The features and props of the setting are confined to an iron railing with vertical grills, a very austere structure (compared to the rich elaborate grill-work of which we are accustomed to think as flourishing in Spain, or at least in New Orleans), which alludes to the socio-economic character of the house; the edge of the floor; some chairs - rather inelegant - one of which has cheap wicker matting; and in the background, a bare wall, a only proof of whose presence is a shadow to the extreme right suggesting a material surface.
   xxx/ellauri139.html on line 227: (Of course he had the rest of his life before him. Everybody has. It was just rather short in his case in both directions. Eh, guys? Vai mitä jäbät?)
   xxx/ellauri148.html on line 177: The sages said that the only difference between this world and the days of the Messiah will be with regard to the enslavement to the kingdoms. It appears from the plain meaning of the words of the prophets that at the beginning of the days of the Messiah, there will be the war of Gog and Magog. And that prior to the war of Gog and Magog, a prophet will arise to straighten Israel and prepare their hearts, as it is written, Behold, I will send to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord (Mal. 4:5) And he will come not to declare the pure impure, or the impure pure; not to declare unfit those who are presumed to be fit, nor to declare fit those who are held to be unfit; but for the sake of peace in the world….And there are those among the sages who say that prior to the coming of the Messiah will come Elijah. But all these things and their likes, no man can know how they will be until they will be. For they are indistinct in the writings of the prophets. Neither do the sages have a tradition about these things. It is rather, a matter of interpretation of the Biblical verses. Therefore there is a disagreement among them regarding these matters. And in any case, these are mere details which are not of the essence of the faith. And one should definitely not occupy oneself with the matter of legends, and should not expatiate about the midrashim that deal with these and similar things. And one should not make essentials out of them. For they lead neither to fear nor to love [of God]. Neither should one calculate the End. The sages said, “May the spirit of those who calculate the End be blown away” But let him wait and believe in the matter generally, as we have explained.
   xxx/ellauri149.html on line 395: Mary Magdalene (whose characterization as a former prostitute is Alternative Character Interpretation all by itself) gets scenes that show her to be spiritual and in tune with Jesus' message. However, seen through Judas' eyes, she comes off as a Yes-Woman constantly telling Jesus that "everything's alright" rather than confronting him about the building problems, as Judas tries to do.
   xxx/ellauri149.html on line 470: "Corpsing" (also called "breaking") is actor-speak for having an unscripted fit of laughter onstage, so-called because the worst time to have the giggles is when one is playing a corpse. Corpsing doesn't necessarily mean that the material is especially funny (though, of course, it can be), or that the actors aren't taking it seriously; it just happens, and even excellent actors can corpse. Many actors try to cover this by covering their mouth and muffling the sounds they make. When this is done, a fit of laughter can rather haphazardly be turned into violent sobbing, with varying levels of success. Of course, that only helps if violent crying is appropriate for the scene (again, playing a corpse leaves you in trouble, as corpses don't cry either — usually).
   xxx/ellauri149.html on line 573: Adorno's Last Performance aka The Breasts Attack is rather little known outside Germany. Biljardikuula Adorno hälytti 1969 poliisit tyhjentämään salin mieltä osoittavista pitkäfleduista. Hän puolusti sillä viisiin kapitalismia. Sillä vallankumouksellinen hetki, jolloin se olisi voitu muuttaa sosialismiksi oli mennyt ohi. Joukko tyttöjä toi sille ruusuja ja näytti tissejä. Adorno pakeni paikalta. Se oli Theon oikeasti vika luento. 4kk myöhemmin se kuoli sydäriin.
   xxx/ellauri157.html on line 218: With its emphasis on Divine Omnipresence, Hasidic philosophy sought to unify all aspects of spiritual and material life, to reveal their inner Divinity. Dveikut was therefore achieved not through ascetic practices that "broke" the material, but by sublimating materialism into Divine worship. Nonetheless, privately, when nobody was looking, many Hasidic Rebbes engaged in ascetic practices, in Hasidic thought for mystical reasons of bringing merit to the generation, rather than formerly as methods of personal elevation.
   xxx/ellauri157.html on line 228: It likewise reinterpreted the traditional Jewish notion of humility. To the Hasidic Masters, humility did not mean thinking little of oneself, a commendable quality that derives from an external origin (read: the false Messiah) in Jewish spirituality, but rather losing all sense of ego entirely (bittul-the negation of ego). Such losing one's head could only be achieved by beginning from the inside, through understanding and awareness of Divinity in Hasidic philosophy.
   xxx/ellauri157.html on line 233: Across all Hasidism the continual mystical joy and vittul-humility "between man and God", is ideally reflected likewise in belfies to help another person "between man and man". In Hasidism, mesiras nefesh means devoted sacrifice of God for another person. Lubavitch and Breslav have become the two schools involved in the Baal Teshuva movement where talented young men and women devote themselves to going on Shlichus (outings), rather than the traditional and commendable devotion to Torah study and personal spiritual advancement.
   xxx/ellauri157.html on line 257: The teachers of Hasidism point out that fear of God is different from natural forms of worldly fear, which are uncomfortable experiences, and when experienced, at the time remove other emotions. The trepidation felt when perceiving the mystical greatness of God carries its own delight and vittul-nullification, rather like a roller coaster or feeling up a maiden, and can be felt together with longing and delight of mystical love.
   xxx/ellauri157.html on line 591: Some scholars believe there is a politics implicit in Rogers's approach to psychotherapy. Toward the end of his life, Rogers came to that view himself. The central tenet of a Rogerian, person-centered politics is that public life does not have to consist of an endless series of winner-take-all battles among sworn opponents; rather, it can and should consist of an ongoing win-win conspiracy among all the cheats. (For details, watch Legally Blonde, Part II.)
   xxx/ellauri165.html on line 296: The story may have been transferred from a wholly different context. It has been noted that it most closely matches, rather than any event in Scotland, the legend of Maria Danilova Gamentova, daughter of an expatriate branch of the Clan Hamilton established in Russia by Thomas Hamilton during the reign of Tsar Ivan IV (1547–1584). A lady in waiting to Tsarina Catherine, second wife of Tsar Peter I "The Great" (who later succeeded him as Catherine I), Mary Hamilton was also the Tsar's mistress. She bore a child in 1717, who may have been fathered by the Tsar but whom she admitted drowning shortly after its birth. She also stole trinkets from the Tsarina to present them to her lover Ivan Orlov. For the murder of her child, she was beheaded in 1719.
   xxx/ellauri165.html on line 491: Relative to similar concepts of such beings, Azrael holds a rather benevolent role as God´s angel of death; he acts as a psychopomp, responsible for transporting the souls of the deceased after their death. Both in Islam and in Judaism, he is said to hold a scroll concerning the fate of mortals, recording and erasing their names at their birth and death, respectively.
   xxx/ellauri165.html on line 584: Blaming a god for an unexpected pregnancy seems to have been rather common in the ancient world. Zeus was a particularly popular choice of father for illegitimate offspring having over 100 illegitimate children that we know about.
   xxx/ellauri165.html on line 662: Another area of debate is the fate of the unevangelized (i.e., those who have never had an opportunity to hear the Christian gospel), those who die in infancy, and the mentally disabled. According to ACUTE some Protestants agree with Augustine that people in these categories will be damned to hell for original sin, while others believe that God will make an exception in these cases, rather like the Australian government should have done with the antivac tennis playing serb.
   xxx/ellauri165.html on line 666: In Christianity, annihilationism (also known as extinctionism or destructionism)[1] is the belief that those who are wicked will perish or cease to exist. It states that after the Last Judgment, all unsaved human beings, all fallen angels (all of the damned) and Satan himself will be totally destroyed so as to not exist, or that their consciousness will be extinguished rather than suffer everlasting torment in Hell (often synonymized with the lake of fire). Annihilationism stands in contrast to both belief in eternal torture and suffering in the lake of fire and the belief that everyone will be saved (universal reconciliation or simply "universalism").
   xxx/ellauri166.html on line 420: The Tosafot do not constitute a continuous commentary, but rather (like the "Dissensiones" to the Roman Code of the first quarter of the twelfth century) deal only with difficult passages of the Talmud. Single sentences are explained by quotations which are taken from other Talmudic treatises and which seem at first glance to have no connection with the sentences in question. On the other hand, sentences which seem to be related and interdependent are separated and embodied in different treatises. The Tosafot can be understood only by those who are well advanced in the study of the Talmud, for the most entangled discussions are treated as though they were simple. Glosses explaining the meaning of a word or containing a grammatical observation are very rare.
   xxx/ellauri167.html on line 596: The notion that simply showing police violence was evidence of liberal bias didn’t begin with Chicago. It traces back rather directly to TV coverage of civil rights, when white Southerners complained that the networks ignored their perspective and were manipulated by publicity seekers within the movement. By the late 1950s, many of the same people who would later object to the network’s coverage in Chicago had already taken to calling CBS the “Communist” or “Coon” or “Colored Broadcasting Company.” The same bigoted wordplay made NBC the “Nigger Broadcasting Company.” Alabama’s Bull Connor summed up the situation with an aphorism that wouldn’t seem out of place in some conservative circles today: “The trouble with this country is communism, socialism and journalism.”
   xxx/ellauri168.html on line 48: In a rather scary visual, the lizards are said to be extremely tall and have retractable wings and can also come from other constellations, including Sirius and Orion.
   xxx/ellauri168.html on line 78: Commitment to U.S. strength, such that it can lead the world toward rule of law, rather than use of force. The Gulf crisis was seen as a reminder that the U.S. must continue to lead and that military strength does matter, but that the resulting new world order should make military force less important in the future.
   xxx/ellauri170.html on line 452: Ultimately it involves self-immolation – rather like Kliban's parking meter violation. What this means will become clearer as you read on. We can confirm however that the result of not having a ‘self’ is truly a magical, wonderful and freeing experience. Not anything like what you have been lead to believe by reading/watching really bad sci-fi involving lobotomised zombies like the dementors in His Master's Voice!
   xxx/ellauri173.html on line 72: Thomas Alva Edison est un homme de quarante-deux ans. Sa physionomie rappelait, il y a quelques années, d’une manière frappante, celle d’un illustre Français, Gustave Doré. Races supérieures. Paskanmarjat! Edison on ihan erinäköinen (eikä yhtään Arkimedeenkään näköinen). Ja paskat se mitään yhtälöitä ratkaisi. The Edisonian approach to innovation is characterized by trial and error discovery rather than a systematic theoretical approach. Se nokki Faradayn häkin reikiä kuin kana.
   xxx/ellauri176.html on line 75: Prostitution was a common aspect of ancient Greece (Fig.1) In the more important cities, and particularly the many ports, it employed a significant number of people and represented a notable part of economic activity. It was far from being clandestine; cities did not condemn brothels, but rather only instituted regulations on them.
   xxx/ellauri177.html on line 210: The whole spat seems so terrifically absurd and inconsequential. Life assumes a banal, wistful air when the tumult of youth is far behind you. Conflict is downplayed, and emotions are muted. The few unwanted masculine punctuations, all shot with the actors’ backs turned to the camera, seem to drive home the point that men’s opinions and feelings are not important here. In fact, they’re rather silly.
   xxx/ellauri179.html on line 199: But if Hemingway’s conversions were sincere — and there is little reason to think they were not — then his “cod” is not based on the agnosticism of a disillusioned existentialist, but rather on the comprehensive, universal affirmation of Christianity.
   xxx/ellauri179.html on line 290: The posthumously published novels, such as Islands in the Stream (1970) and The Garden of Eden (1986), have disappointed many of the old Hemingway readers. However, rather than bearing witness to declining literary power, (which, considering the author’s declining mental health is indeed a rather trivial observation) the late works confront us with a reappraisal and reconsideration of basic values. Well they needed one to be sure.
   xxx/ellauri179.html on line 648: Hemingway makes explicit here the themes of irony and pity: the irony of Kake's situation (he is a kind of superman who nevertheless can't perform the most basic of manly activities, namely fucking) as well as the pity "we" (who have our penises in working order) feel for him. The writer does so in an extended section, rich with dialogue, that is meant to be funny but has not dated well. The joking between Kake and Bill, over breakfast and later at lunch, is certainly believable as such, but it's difficult for a contemporary audience to follow, because the references to Frankie Fritsch and so forth have grown obscure with the passage of time. (The reference to Bryan's death tells us exactly when these scenes are occurring: 1925.) Do note, however, that Kake's physical condition is alluded to — and quickly backed away from. ("I'd a hell of a lot rather not talk about it" could be the motto of Kake's stoic take on the world, while Hemingway's would be "I want to talk about it all the time".) The writer has established, however, that Kake's condition is not simple impotence (rather it is loss of limb, or shortening of the joystick) and that it was caused by an accident.
   xxx/ellauri179.html on line 823: Our Lord Jesus Christ does not stand for peace at any price...Every true American would rather see this land face war than see her flag lowered in dishonor...I wish to say that, not only from the standpoint of a citizen, but from the standpoint of a minister of religion...I believe there is nothing that would be of such great practical benefit to us as universal military training for the men of our land.
   xxx/ellauri183.html on line 168: In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard follows Kant in emphasising that Abraham's decision is morally repugnant and rationally unintelligible. However, he also shows that one consequence of Kant's view is that, if nothing is higher than human reason, then belief in God becomes dispensable. Unlike both Kant and Luther, Kierkegaard does not promote a particular judgment about Abraham, but rather presenz his readers with a dilemma: either Abraham is no better than a murderer, and there are no grounds for admiring him; or moral duties do not constitute the highest claim on the human being. Fear and Trembling does not resolve this dilemma, and perhaps for a religious person there is no entirely satisfactory way of resolving it.
   xxx/ellauri186.html on line 172: Alongside Seneca's apparent fortitude in the face of death, for example, one can also view his actions as rather histrionic and performative; and when Tacitus tells us that he left his family an imago suae vitae (Annales 15.62), "imagonsa", he is possibly being ambiguous: in Roman culture, the imago was a kind of mask that commemorated the great ancestors of noble families, but at the same time, it may also suggest duplicity, superficiality, and pretence.
   xxx/ellauri186.html on line 245: Some claim that Ruth's distaste for her husband began when he insisted on hanging a picture of his late fiancée, Jessie Guischard, on the wall of their first home and named his boat after her. Guischard, whom Albert described to Ruth as "the finest woman I have ever met", had been dead for 10 years. However, others have noted that Albert Snyder was emotionally and physically abusive, blaming Ruth for the birth of a daughter rather than a son, demanding a perfectly maintained home, and physically assaulting both her and their daughter Lorraine when his demands were not met. "Isi anna heille anteexi he eivät tiedä mitä tekevät", oli Ruthin kuuluisat viimeiset sanat. Jotain tuttua niissä kyllä on... - Ai niin se Finlandia-ehdokas!
   xxx/ellauri186.html on line 763: dangerous powers, rather like Harry Potter. His words can have harsh consequences when he is angered or insulted, as when he shrivels up one boy for a quite insignificant act and strikes another dead for merely bumping into him. It is hard not to feel distaste at such stories, which seem so far removed from the Jesus of the canonical gospels, and one can even detect a degree of unease on the part of the author as he narrates them: while attempting to absolve Jesus from the blame, he more than once records the great offense which Jesus’ behavior caused, as well as the efforts of his parents to restrain him, as when Joseph asks Jesus: “Why do you do such things that these people must suffer and hate us and persecute us?” On another occasion Joseph tells Mary: “Do not let him go outside the door, for all those who provoke him die."
   xxx/ellauri193.html on line 76: It is worth noting, however, that those clinically diagnosed with an antisocial personality disorder (often showing excessive levels of dark traits), most certainly lack empathy and are dangerous predators – and many of them are in prison. Our research is looking at people in the general population who have elevated levels of dark personality traits, rather than personality disorders.
   xxx/ellauri193.html on line 198: A crime of passion (French: crime passionnel), in popular usage, refers to a violent crime, especially homicide, in which the perpetrator commits the act against someone because of sudden strong impulse such as anger rather than as a premeditated crime. A high level of social and legal acceptance of crimes of passion has been historically associated with France from the 19th century to the 1970s and with Latin America.
   xxx/ellauri193.html on line 222: An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or shame killing is the murder of an individual, either an outsider or a member of a family, by someone seeking to protect what they see as the dignity and honor of themselves or their family. Honor killings are often connected to religion, caste and other forms of hierarchical social stratification, or to sexuality, and those murdered will often be more liberal than the murderer rather than genuinely "dishonorable". Most often, it involves the murder of a woman or girl by male family members, due to the perpetrators' belief that the victim has brought dishonor or shame upon the family name, reputation or prestige. Honor killings are believed to have originated from tribal customs. They are prevalent in various parts of the world, as well as in immigrant communities in countries which do not otherwise have societal norms that encourage honor killings. Honor killings are often associated with rural and tribal areas, but they occur in urban areas too.
   xxx/ellauri199.html on line 111: The goal of the insertion of the radish––which at that time was likely larger; more like a black radish (retikka) rather than the red round radish of today––was as O’Bryhim (2017: 326) posits, in order to give the offender the condition of a εὐρύπρωκτος (a “roomy anus”).
   xxx/ellauri199.html on line 886: Judith makes use of traditional poetic forms, including ballad and riddle. Some of the poems have a refrain which makes them sound rather like a song.
   xxx/ellauri199.html on line 1080: But right now, when the Japs are planting their hatchets in our skulls, it seems like a hell of a time for us to smile and warble: "Brothers!" It is a rather flabby battle cry. If we want to win, we´ve got to kill Japs, whether it depresses John Haynes Holmes or not. We can get palsy-walsy afterward with those that are left.
   xxx/ellauri202.html on line 200: Martin du Gard posed as a specialist in matters sexual in order to attend interviews with homosexual men at Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute. He also toured the gay clubs, nominating as his favourites the Hollandais and the lesbian Monocle. Christopher Isherwood was at Hirschfeld’s Institute on the day that Gide was given a guided tour, Gide ‘in full costume as The Great French Novelist, complete with cape’. Retrospectively calling him a ‘Sneering culture-conceited frog!’ from the safety of the mid-1970s – and in doing so sounding like a rather uptight, Francophobic D.H. Lawrence – Isherwood failed to consider that Gide’s pose might have been a way of giving Hirschfeld’s project the serious imprimatur of a symbolic cultural visit, to which the cape and the performed ‘greatness’ were essential embellishments.
   xxx/ellauri208.html on line 542: Habermas identified five attributes he said Europeans share: the neutrality of authority, embodied in the separation of church and state, trust in politics rather than the capitalist market, an ethos of solidarity in the fight for social justice, high esteem for international law and the rights of the individual and support for the organizational and leading role of the state.
   xxx/ellauri208.html on line 1058: Enlil, god of Earth, assigned junior dingirs (Sumerian: 𒀭, lit. 'divines') to do farm labor, as well as maintain the rivers and canals. After 40 years, however, the lesser dingirs rebelled and refused to do strenuous labor. Enki, who is also the kind, wise counselor of the gods, suggested that rather than punishing these rebels, humans should be created to do such work, instead. The mother goddess Mami is subsequently assigned the task of creating humans by shaping clay figurines mixed with the flesh and blood of the slain god Geshtu-E ('ear' or 'wisdom'; 'a god who had intelligence'). All the gods, in turn, spit upon the clay. After 10 months, a specially made womb breaks open and humans are born.
   xxx/ellauri215.html on line 137: “A fiction writer’s life is his treasure, his ore, his savings account, his jungle gym,” he wrote. “As long as I am alive, I don’t want somebody else playing on my jungle gym—disturbing my aborted children, quizzing my ex-wife, bugging my present wife, seeking for Judases among my friends, rummaging through yellowing old clippings, quoting in extenso bad reviews I would rather forget, and getting everything slightly wrong.”
   xxx/ellauri215.html on line 482: These findings suggest that orgasm inequality likely worsens rather than improves within a relationship when women climax less often than their male partner and then place less importance this kind of sexual pleasure. The Rutgers authors said it's important to increase women's expectations for and entitlement to orgasm during sex with men in order to break this cycle.
   xxx/ellauri218.html on line 137: Bush and Rumsfeld obviously believed in this Gulf War 2 scenario. They sneered at the nay-saying generals who demanded more troops and reinforcements to besiege Baghdad. Rummy felt certain that air strikes, with high tech bombs and guided missiles, would more than suffice. They knew, from their studies of selected books and articles written by their ideological neo-con mentors that the Iraqis would surrender rather than fight after US explosives showed them our power; so why the need for all those troops! The brilliant advisers, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle, recently resigned as Defense Advisory Board Chief, and other intellectuals had spun a convincing tale, one that included the oft-referenced domino theory. They convinced the lesser IQs like Rummy who in turn convinced the even more intellectually challenged president.
   xxx/ellauri224.html on line 361: Eliot – arguably the greatest poetry in English in the 20th century – was so worried that he might be pursuing religious and literary sainthood for his own ego rather than to the greater glory of god, that he forgot ever to consider whether it was even possible or desirable to pursue sainthood at the expense of ordinary kindness and common decency. Throughout his life – and it was a long one, full of great work – he left a trail of human wreckage and hurtful speech. Any account of that work and of the ideas embedded in it has to keep track of the harm he did, not in a spirit of cheap point-scoring, but as an awful warning. Those of us who try to pursue both an ethical life and a creative one find that it is never easy, that it is always needful that we weigh one good against another.
   xxx/ellauri225.html on line 49: The gay content in The Telling is rather subtle and subdued, but it isn’t an afterthought. Sutty’s lesbianism is an important aspect of her character, and when she starts meeting mazis, the keepers of the Telling, many of them are gay couples as well. There is a quiet romanticization of gay monogamy throughout The Telling that moved me when I first read it, and although not every aspect of the novel has aged as well, I’m still very endeared of it for that reason. If you enjoy classic science fiction, where the point is less a thrilling story and more the discovery of a brand new world, The Telling is by far my favorite of the bunch.
   xxx/ellauri225.html on line 297: Le Guin explores coming of age, and moral development more broadly, in many of her writings. This is particularly the case in those works written for a younger audience, such as Earthsea and Annals of the Western Shore. Le Guin wrote in a 1973 essay that she chose to explore coming-of-age in Earthsea since she was writing for an adolescent audience: "Coming of age ... is a process that took me many years; I finished it, so far as I ever will, at about age thirty-one; like Ellis Havelock I provably only lost my hymen when I was 27, so I feel rather deeply about it. So do most adolescents. It´s their main occupation, in fact." She also said that fantasy was best suited as a medium for describing coming of age, because exploring the subconscious was difficult using the language of "rational daily life".
   xxx/ellauri225.html on line 330: I told my literature students about Ursula K. Le Guin today, squeezing a few minutes for her into a class on American science fiction writers of color, a class where she didn’t strictly speaking belong – though to be honest, I rather think she’d improve almost any class. I told them about the six books that comprise Earthsea, about the gender-bending brilliance of The Left Hand of Darkness, the anarchist explorations in The Dispossessed, the stories in The Birthday of the World and Four Ways to Forgiveness (many of which I teach, gratefully). I mentioned her National Book Award, and her host of awards in science fiction and fantasy. I gave them her story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” which is one of the most brilliant, uncomfortable stories I’ve ever read. But no blow-by-blow romps in the sack, alas.
   xxx/ellauri225.html on line 360: But Bloom’s insights don’t resonate deeply. He is too obsessed with comparing and contrasting, rather than allowing his responses to touch us deeply. He repeats his theory that poets always wrestle with the work of the poets that have come before them, either unconsciously or consciously, and then struggle to find their own voice in reaction to what has come before. There is something anti-transformative about his assertions, often tangled up with incomprehensible jargon.
   xxx/ellauri229.html on line 77: The Method to Science, Book 1 now available! I have now made the entire text of John Sergeant's The Method to Science, Book I, available online! Rather than continue to make each less available piecemeal, which I can do later (it is rather tedious to reformat and tailor everything to HTML), the entire text is now available as a PDF. It can be downloaded here: https://jonathanvajda.com/the-method-to-science/ I intend to create the next layer (updating spelling, such as ‘meerly’ -> ‘merely’, ‘compleat’ -> ‘complete’) after I finish the remaining books. There is so much to say by way of commentary. Much of what he offers is a fairly clear and straightforward case …
   xxx/ellauri229.html on line 120: (1.) Formality. – We are such weak creatures that any regularly returning duty is apt to degenerate into a lifeless form. The tendency of reading the Word by a fixed rule may, in some minds, be to create this skeleton religion. This is to be the peculiar sin of the last days – “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.” Guard against this. Let the calendar perish rather than this rust eat up your souls.
   xxx/ellauri229.html on line 210: She was rather little,
   xxx/ellauri229.html on line 539: The period of private initiative in body building lasted three quarters of a century. At first there was much enjoyment taken in the newly won freedom of automorphosis, once again the young people led the way, the men with their gambrel thills and timbrels, the women with their pettifores, but before long a generation gap developed, and demonstrations-under the banner of asceticism-followed. The sons condemned their fathers for being interested only in making a living, for having a passive, often consumerist attitude towards the body, for their shallow hedonism, their vulgar pursuit of pleasure, and in order to disassociate themselves they assumed shapes deliberately hideous, uncomfortable beyond belief, downright nightmarish (the antleroons, wampdoodles). Showing their contempt for all things utilitarian, they set eyes in their armpits, and one group of young biotic activists made use of innumerable sound organs, specially grown (electric guitars, glottiphones, hawk pipes, knuckelodeons, thumbolas). They arranged mass concerts, in which the soloists-called hoot-howls-would whip up the crowd into a frenzy of convulsive percussion. Then came the fashion - the mania, rather - for long penises, which in caliber and strength of grip underwent escalation according to the typically adolescent, swaggering principle of "You haven´t seen anything yet!" And, since no one could lift those piles of coils by himself, so called processionals were attached, caudalettes, a self-perambulating receptacle that grew out of the small of the back and carried, on two strong shanks, the weight of the testicles after their owner. In the textbook I found illustrations depicting men of fashion, behind whom walked testicle-bearing processionals on parade; but this was already the decline of the protest movement, or more precisely its complete bankruptcy, because it had failed to pursue any goals of its own, being solely a rebellious reaction against the orgiastic baroque of the age. LEM ei paljon perustanut sodanjälkeisestä 60-luvun sukupolvesta, eikä hipeistä. No en minäkään.
   xxx/ellauri229.html on line 613: The truth of the matter may be that the elderly guy with a diastema is an otherwise unemployed volunteer mercenary professional, perhaps an Afghani veteran, paid with money pouring in from the West. The guy is rather like the famous Finnish mercenary Lauri Allan Törni.
   xxx/ellauri230.html on line 296: In 1921, Koo became the Chinese minister to Britain. Much to his displeasure, Punch published a ballad that implied he was not so much a diplomat representing China but rather just a foreigner with a funny name to amuse the British. This greatly offended him.
   xxx/ellauri233.html on line 422: In countries such as the United States, where there exists a large non-kosher meat market, the hindquarters of the animal (where many of the forbidden meats are located) is often sold to non-Jews, rather than trouble with the process.
   xxx/ellauri234.html on line 255: te vastaatte minulle, ajatelkaa sitä. Te haluatte, että me heittäisimme airomme keskellä myrskyn huutoa. Up the shit creek without a paddle olisimme. I for one much rather put my paddle up that crack.
   xxx/ellauri234.html on line 486: Indeed if I could I would rather not have any children. Was almost 30-years old when I did. The issue was the bitch of a partner I chose - not the children. Most of their childhood was complete misery for them but I won’t get those great years back. I kept in a good shape and whacked them well and right to the best of my ability. They are all successful adults now. They are grateful that we are not close at all these days, and I’m living and learning to be OK with that.
   xxx/ellauri251.html on line 1489: Or rather, O our masters, shall they be
   xxx/ellauri253.html on line 110: The combination of banks unable to provide funds to businesses, and homeowners paying down debt rather than borrowing and spending, resulted in the Great Recession that began in the U.S. officially in December 2007 and lasted until June 2009, thus extending over 19 months.
   xxx/ellauri261.html on line 242: Amos Wilder was a stern, teetotaling Congregationalist who expected his son to be scholar-athlete and a muscular Christian. When Thornton announced that he had been cast as Lady Bracknell in a school production of The Importance of Being Earnest, the senior Wilder informed him that he would rather that Thornton not play female roles. Papa would not absolutely forbid it, but he assumed that his son would want to honor his father’s wishes. Thornton reluctantly conceded, but later wrote to his father in China, “When you have changed your mind as to it, please notify.”
   xxx/ellauri261.html on line 585: Hegel argued that God (as Absolute or Father) is radically negated by the concrete incarnation of God (as Christ or Son). This negation is subsequently itself negated at the Crucifixion of Jesus, resulting in the emergence of the Holy Spirit, God as both concrete (the church) and absolute (spiritual community). In Hegelian thought, therefore, the death of God does not result in a strict negativity, but rather, permits the emergence of the full revelation of God: absolute consciousness.
   xxx/ellauri261.html on line 586: The 18th- and 19th-century mystic William Blake, in his intricately engraved illuminated books, refused to view the crucifixion of Jesus as a simple bodily death, and, rather, saw in this event a kenosis, a self-emptying of God.
   xxx/ellauri261.html on line 620: Altizer combined Kierkegaard and Mircea Eliade to concoct a mystical rather than ethical language for solving the problem of the death of God, or, as he puts it, in mapping out the way from the profane to the sacred. Which makes a rather rough reading, admits William Hughes Hamilton III (March 9, 1924 – February 28, 2012) who was a prominent theologian and proponent of the Death of God movement.
   xxx/ellauri268.html on line 270: Despite Arantes's absence, she never the less passed several of his skills onto her brainchild Voldemort. This included a talent for fiction and the ability to speak Parseltongue. Most importantly, Voldemort had been conceived through a love potion rather than genuine affection, because Joanne lost the ability to feel love for herself. This inability to understand compassion or care for number one was one reason that Joanne cast Voldemort in the role of a mass murderer in her later books (instead of Harry). Another reason might be that the name is almost an anagram of Voldemar Putin.
   xxx/ellauri281.html on line 529: The occasion was a Hollywood party in Miller’s honor. A married father of two, he was dazzled by the erotic scenery. Women were clearly on offer to him. He had, he would write, “never before seen sex treated so casually as a reward of success.” When Monroe arrived, she was “almost ludicrously provocative,” he wrote, squeezed into a dress that was “blatantly tight, declaring rather than insinuating that she had brought her body along and that it was the best one in the room.” The director Elia Kazan caught “the lovely light of lechery” in Miller’s eyes.
   xxx/ellauri293.html on line 449: Sudet ovat yömetsästäjiä, ja susien kronotyyppi suosii vahvasti iltoja. (To be more precise, wolves are crepuscular rather than purely nocturnal. It is hard to run fast in complete darkness.) Sudet ovat ihmisiä, jotka nousevat ylös sängystä ennen yhdeksää ja alkavat tuntea olonsa todella väsyneeksi vasta keskiyöllä. Sudet ovat luovia, impulsiivisia ja emotionaalisesti intensiivisiä. He rakastavat uusien kokemusten etsimistä ja ovat luonnollisia riskinottajia. Susilla on keskinkertainen unikyky, ja tuottavuuden huiput ovat myöhään aamulla ja jälleen myöhään illalla.
   xxx/ellauri298.html on line 643: The basic structure, however, of all the boring "quest" type stories has remained relatively unchanged and can be classified using the various stages of a hero's adventure through the story, stages such as the Call to Adventure, Receiving Supernatural Aids, Meeting with the Goddess/Atonement with the Father and Return. (This part Joe took from Propp.) He thinks of a meme such as in the sentence "Jesus is the Son of God" rather as "the relationship of man to God is like that of a son to a father". A clear case of an arianist
   xxx/ellauri304.html on line 476: I can’t escape it. Every character I’ll ever write is me. Some little piece of me; some tiny corner of my little mind that often you’d rather not confront openly; but it’s me. Flaubert wasn’t fooling when he said: “Madame Bovary, c’est moi.” It’s me. They’re all me. And in your books, they’ll all be you, if you ever write any books, sucker.
   xxx/ellauri304.html on line 571: Basically, I’m not a big fan of Raymond Chandler's Big Sleep. Well, why pussyfoot around? Actually I think the book is stupid; however, Raymond Chandler is a particular favorite of artsy-fartsy mystery readers and critics and this rather bizarre genre mystery featuring the private eye Philip Marlowe is often ranked as one of the 100 best novels of all time. I just don't see why, I think my Remo Vanha Vainooja is 10x more fascinating.
   xxx/ellauri306.html on line 154: Sanakirjat ovat tästä herttaisen 1-mielisiä: ​the fact of caring only about yourself rather than about other people.
   xxx/ellauri312.html on line 315: rather most
   xxx/ellauri312.html on line 556: Rortyn omat, joskus omituiset, Jamesian ja Deweyanin uudelleenlausunnot teemoja” (PSH, xiii). Nämä uudelleenlausunnot menevät niin pitkälle kuin suosittelevat sitä, mitä James ja Deweyn olisi pitänyt sanoa. James should have been satisfied with ‘‘The Will to Believe’’ rather than ending with a ‘‘brave and exuberant ‘‘Conclusion’’ to Varieties of Religious Experience’’. Bernstein finds Rorty guilty of fabricating a Nietzscheanized James or a Wittgensteinianized Derrida or a Heideggerianized Dewey. In this way, Rorty practiced something of what the ancients called "wisdom", and we moderns call "self help".
   xxx/ellauri312.html on line 957: Brawne Lamia’s name comes from a combination of John Keats’ beloved Fanny Brawne, and his poem named Lamia (1819). She is described as a rather short and muscular with an intense gaze. She has shoulder-length black curls, dark eyes, sharp nose and wide expressive mouth. She is said to be very beautiful anyway. She becomes "romantically involved" with Johnny and pregnant to boot. She's from Lusus, a world that has gravity 1.3 times stronger than that of Earth. Because of that, she's shorter than many others, but has "heavy layers of mussel". Varoitus! seuraava kuva paljastaa yxityiskohtia ulkosynnyttimistä!
   xxx/ellauri319.html on line 527: Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938), American author, died of tuberculosis of the brain. His 1929 novel, Look Homeward, Angel, makes several references to the problem of consumption, though Wolfe's condition appeared rather suddenly in 1937.
   xxx/ellauri320.html on line 173: Cartland said nothing - but, in truth, remained doubtful. 'The Duke was supposed not to be able to have children, and never had a child by anyone else, so I think it's rather unlikely,' she concluded.
   xxx/ellauri380.html on line 292: Angry camel driver writes: The world has eventually recognized Israel as the pariah state. It has lost all moral, political and legal justifications to exist anymore.

   Israel was created as a colonial project by Britain & USA to have an outpost right in the heartland of Islam, by importing Jews from Europe and US. It is being blindly supported by USA to carry out genocide of people of Gaza. It is surviving due to billions of military, political and economic support from USA and other western countries. Everyone can see that it has no roots in the Middle East, rather its colonial origin and continued existence as a US colonial outpost, has become manifest to the whole world. Does a colonial outpost has any right to exist as a legitimate country in the 21st century? America, come to think of it, is another colonial outpost.
   xxx/ellauri380.html on line 374: At first glance the book looks to be a rather dated recounting
   xxx/ellauri387.html on line 443:                       We will grieve not, rather find                       emme sure, pikemminkin löydämmu
   xxx/ellauri387.html on line 495: The plan of Paradise Lost has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer are in a state which no other man or woman can ever know. The reader finds no transaction in which he can be engaged, beholds no condition in which he can by any effort of imagination place himself; he has, therefore, little natural curiosity or sympathy.  . . . .But original deficience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master, and seek for companions.
   xxx/ellauri387.html on line 499: The ´definiteness´ of a genre classification leads the reader to expect a series of formal stimuli--martial encounters, complex similes, an epic voice--to which his response is more or less automatic; the hardness of the Christian myth predetermines his sympathies; the union of the two allows the assumption of a comfortable reading experience in which conveniently labelled protagonists act out rather simple roles in a succession of familiar situations. The reader is prepared to hiss the devil off the stage and applaud the pronouncements of a partisan and somewhat human deity . . . . But of course this is not the case; no sensitive reading of Paradise Lost tallies with these expectations, and it is my contention that Milton ostentatiously calls them up in order to provide his reader with the shock of their disappointment. This is not to say merely that Milton communicates a part of his meaning by a calculated departure from convention; every poet does that; but that Milton consciously wants to worry his reader, to force him to doubt the correctness of his responses, and to bring him to the realization that his inability to read the poem with any confidence in his own perception is its focus.
   xxx/ellauri394.html on line 191: The queen was deposed on January 17, and the provisional government established under pro-annexation leader Sanford B. Dole was officially recognized by Stevens as the de facto government. She temporarily relinquished her throne to the United States, rather than the Dole-led government, in hopes that the United States would restore Hawaii´s sovereignty to the rightful holder. HA big HA! The government under Dole began using ʻIolani Palace as its executive building. A delegation departed for Washington, D.C., on January 19, to ask for immediate annexation by the United States. "At the request of the provisional government," Stevens proclaimed Hawaii a protectorate of the United States on February 1, to "temporarily" provide a buffer against domestic upheaval and interference by foreign governments. The US flag was raised over the palace, and martial law was enforced. The annexation treaty presented to the US Senate contained a provision to grant Liliʻuokalani a $20,000 per annum lifetime pension, and Kaʻiulani a lump-sum payment of $150,000. The queen protested the proposed annexation in a January 19 letter to President Benjamin Harrison. She sent Prince David Kawānanakoa and Paul Newman to represent her.
   xxx/ellauri394.html on line 201: For myself, I would have chosen death rather than to have signed it; but it was represented to me that by my signing this paper all the persons who had been arrested, all my people now in trouble by reason of their love and loyalty towards me, would be immediately released. Think of my position, – sick, a lone woman in prison, scarcely knowing who was my friend, or who listened to my words only to betray me, without legal advice or friendly counsel, and the stream of blood ready to flow unless it was stayed by my pen.
   xxx/ellauri404.html on line 164: ´Yeah, I’m attracted to young children, as young as 14, 15. I like to date junior high school girls.’ You can pay to spend time with a schoolgirl. Services might include a chat over a cup of tea, with some girls offering rather more intimate options. Volunteers hope to lure school-age girls into the joshi kosei, or JK business, as the schoolgirl-themed services are known. The fetishisation of Japanese schoolgirls in Japanese culture has been linked to some gaijin academics and to a 1985 song called Please Take Off My School Uniform.
   xxx/ellauri404.html on line 360: The Sayings Gospel Q is notable for lacking an account of Jesus' death. It is surprising that one early Christian document is apparently so indifferent to an event which plays a profound role in others (e.g., Romans, Mark). Maybe it wasn't so notable after all. And of course there are only rather short quotes from the cross (Sorry but these guys haven't got a clue, John this is your mom, mom this is your son John, Welcome to dine with me upstairs after these messages, lama sabakhthani, I hereby give up my ghost, anything else?) Seneca was Christ's contemporary and Epictetus 20 years younger. These kind of snappy quotes were much in vogue then.
   xxx/ellauri410.html on line 47: Väpelön näköisen nelisilmä Pratherin alkuteos oli Dagger of Flesh, vielä yxitulkintaisempi kuin suomennos. Lihapuukko uppoaa ihohaavaan. Venevajan taus on täys käytettyjä sisäkumeja. Gladys on brunetti kuin Liisa Käsiase. Guido Brunettin tikaristako sillä on luja käsiote?
   xxx/ellauri410.html on line 245: Marja Palmer Lundista sums it up rather neatly: The sexual undertone in the early "Love Song" runs through Eliot's poetry between 1910 and 1925, gaining greater emphasis in The Waste Land and The Hollow Men . The agony and distress associated with sexual matters play a vital role in his early poems, a circumstance which has not always been fully recognized. Erotic concerns and preoccupations fill the lives of the main "characters" in this poetry, men and women alike. However, experiences of this kind are unsettling, and any attempt at a dialogue between the sexes is bound to fail. In each of the four collections, the theme of relationships between men and women indicates a step further downwards into isolation. There is an afflicting want of any feelings of love and tenderness - only a mechanized sexuality is left, stripped of all its generative force and with sterility and impotence as the consistent, final result.
   xxx/ellauri410.html on line 569: Critical Appreciation: The poem is complex, but has been called by one critic "rather cool juggling with religious history." The poem seems to take delight in the play of words and in making obscurely learned references. Hyi Tom, ettes häpeä!
   xxx/ellauri410.html on line 1163: God the Father was rather pleased with his son Jesus. as he was with Adam to start with. Jesus was rather pleased with himself as well. But doesn't your bible contain the book of John? Never mind it is late gnostic pasteover. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.(John 1:1)
   xxx/ellauri416.html on line 432: The Philistines are rarely mentioned outside the Bible. They had funny hats and held their elbows up rather awkwardly. Goliath was possibly the most notorious Philistine. Goliath was said to be eight feet tall, with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Based on this Bible story, the evil Goliath, who was a Philistine, was stopped by the brave Israelite. Nevertheless, why was Goliath so massive? Where his parents giants, too? DNA would be able to reveal the truth. The earliest Philistines probably did come from places like Greece, which, at the time, was undergoing a social collapse. They may have taken to the seas to try to escape political turmoil and perhaps large-scale persecution, not unlike refugees today. For example, some deceased Philistines were buried with perfume jars under their heads. For a while, they may have had one of the most vibrant, thriving cultures in the entire Levant (the Middle East region that includes Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, and Jordan).

   
   xxx/ellauri416.html on line 433: The most breathtaking art from ancient Canaan came not from the Israelites but rather from the Philistines. Until the Jews barged in, that is.
   xxx/ellauri416.html on line 434: Like David and Goliath, the story of Samson and Delilah are well-known stories of right and wrong, good and evil, goys and jews. These findings help tell the story of the Philistines on their own terms, in a way that complements (rather than negating) what the biblical writers said about them. Think of them as ancient Vikings. According to the Bible, the Philistines were polytheists. Polytheist means you worship multiple gods, unlike the Nazirite Samson. The biblical story of Samson suggests that he destroyed the temple of Dagon in Gaza. Present-day Samsons specialize in childrens' hospitals.
   xxx/ellauri416.html on line 482: El means "God" in the Ugaritic and the Canaanite languages. The literal meaning of Shaddai, however, is the subject of debate. Some scholars have argued that it came from Akkadian shadû ("mountain") or from the Hebrew verb shaddad שדד meaning "Destroyer". Shaddai may have also come from shad שד meaning mammary; shaddai is a typical Biblical Hebrew word (שדי). The plural (Shaddayim -- שדיים) is the typical Modern Hebrew word for human breasts in dual grammatical number.The Deir Alla Inscription contains shaddayin as well as elohin rather than elohim. Scholars translate this as "shadday-gods," taken to mean unspecified boobs, mountain or destroyer gods. A popular interpretation of the name Shaddai is that it is composed of the Hebrew relative particle she- (Shin plus vowel segol followed by dagesh), or, as in this case, as sha- (Shin plus vowel patach followed by a dagesh). The noun containing the dagesh is the Hebrew word dai meaning "enough, sufficient, sufficiency". However, Day's overview says a "rabbinic view understanding the name meaning 'who suffices' (Se + day) is clearly fanciful and has no support."
   xxx/ellauri416.html on line 541: The title Deuteronomy, derived from Greek, thus means a “copy,” or a “repetition,” of the law rather than “second law,” as the word's etymology seems to suggest. Although Deuteronomy is presented as an address by Moses, scholars generally agree that it dates from a much later period of Israelite history. Deuteronomy is Moses' final presidential address to second-generation Israel. Its purpose is to challenge and exhort this generation to total devotion to the Lord within a renewed covenant relationship, promising blessings for loyalty and threatening curses for rebellion. Israelin on tuhottava Kanaanin seitsemän kansakuntaa - Avioliitot heidän kanssaan on kiellettyä, jotta luopumus ei johtaisi villiin nussintaan. Israelilla on tehtävä pyhänä ja valittuna kansana - Herra osoittaa armoa niille, jotka rakastavat Häntä ja pitävät Hänen käskynsä - Hän lupaa poistaa sairaat Israelin lapset, jos he tottelevat. Ja Herra, sinun Jumalasi, lähettää hornetit heidän keskuuteensa, kunnes ne, jotka jäävät jäljelle ja piiloutuvat sinulta tunneleihin, tuhoutuvat.
   xxx/ellauri417.html on line 235: learning rather than kungfu fighting." Crash dummies
   xxx/ellauri417.html on line 712: So after having read four out of six of the My Struggle books during the past year, I felt like the majority of this book was just another volume to that series. I can dig some mundane everyday life, but I was hoping for something different from this book, .it was a rather tedious close to 800 pages (!!).
   xxx/ellauri436.html on line 215: Bernien 1. vaimo oli etevämpi tai ainakin kuuluisampi kuin Bernie. Heidän henkilökohtaisten arvojensa erot – hän oli ateisti, hän oli katolinen – rasittivat heidän suhdettaan entisestään. Se saavutti murtumispisteen vuonna 1970, kun Williams loi suhteen Patricia Law Skinneriin, Cambridge University Pressin tilaustoimittajaan ja historioitsija Quentin Skinnerin vaimoon. Hän oli pyytänyt Williamsia kirjoittamaan vastakkaisen näkemyksen utilitarismista: puolesta ja vastaan ​​JJC Smartin (1973) kanssa, ja he olivat rakastuneet. My husband was vulnerable to hopeful women's advances, said the disapointed Shirley Williams. ‘And of course because he was rather good-looking as well as frighteningly clever, he was pinioned by quite a number of – I have to say – hopeful ladies.’
   xxx/ellauri436.html on line 397: His chief reason for choosing Episcopalian was Caroline. Adler had been "attracted" to Catholicism for many years because it was "incomprehensible". He "wanted to be a Roman Catholic", but issues like abortion and the resistance of his Jewish family and friends kept him away. Many thought he was baptized as an Episcopalian rather than a Catholic solely because of his "ardently Episcopal" wife Caroline. Hudson suggests it is no coincidence that it was only after her untimely death in 1998 at 63 that he took the final step. In December 1999, in San Mateo, where he had moved to spend his last 2 years, Adler was formally received into the Catholic Church by a long-armed friend, Bishop Pierre DuMaine.
   xxx/ellauri440.html on line 208: Jesus Christ Superstar was controversial because the portrayal of Jesus as having moments of doubt, the focus on Judas Iscariot, and the implied romantic relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene upset many Christians. Why did Jesus Christ Superstar not include the Resurrection? Simple. Tim Rice, the lyricist, does not believe Jesus was the Son of God. Rice said, “We approached the opera from the point of view of Christ the man, rather than Christ the God. Rice and Lloyd Webber were in their 20s when they wrote Jesus Christ Superstar. How is Andrew Lloyd Webber so rich? Real estate investments: Aside from his musical career, Webber sources income from profitable investments in the real estate world. The prolific British composer behind "Cats," "Phantom of the Opera," and "Jesus Christ Superstar," built a billion-dollar fortune off blockbuster musicals. But Sir Paul McCartney was the richest musician in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2022.
   xxx/ellauri440.html on line 211: The most controversial Jesus films were The Passion of the Christ, The Last Temptation of the Christ, and The Life of Brian. The Passion of the Christ faced controversy due to its historical and biblical inaccuracies, with critics arguing that it focused on pain, suffering, hopelessness, and hate rather than faith, hope, love and redemption. The film's alleged antisemitic nature added to the controversy, as it portrayed Jewish people as enemies of Jesus, ignoring the fact that Jesus himself was Jewish. The extreme violence depicted in The Passion of the Christ received criticism for being exploitative and voyeuristic, with some audience members experiencing extreme discomfort and even physical health issues like Jesus' side wound and stigmata while watching it. Kirrsi sai stigman kämmeneen repiessään voikukkia.
   xxx/ellauri441.html on line 307: In "An Old Photograph of My Son," the speaker does not explicitly portray feelings of being victimized by his son. Instead, the poem focuses on themes of nostalgia, love, and the passage of time. While there may be nuances of frustration or sadness related to changes in their relationship over time, the overall tone leans more toward reflection and tenderness rather than victimization.
   xxx/ellauri441.html on line 308: In summary, the poem captures a more nuanced and affectionate perspective rather than portraying the speaker as a victim of his son's actions.
   xxx/ellauri441.html on line 440:

   Edward Osborne Wilson ForMemRS (June 10, 1929 – December 26, 2021) was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist known for developing the field of sociobiology. The field quickly became the subject of scientific controversy. Critics, led by Richard Lewontin ✡︎ and Stephen Jay Gould ✡︎, argued that genes played a role in human behavior, but that traits such as aggressiveness could be explained by social environment rather than by biology. Did Eo Wilson believe in God? Wilson has long been a secular humanist, but he was raised a Southern Baptist in Alabama, and he understands religion's power. So his new book, THE CREATION, is addressed to an imaginary Southern Baptist minister. Richard Lewontin in The New York Review answers the question Is there a Jewish Gene? Oui, nous en avons beaucoup!
   xxx/ellauri442.html on line 256: Luca: Although I might recognize the historical value of this book. I must say that reading it in 2022 is not a pleasant experience. Coming from a scientific background, some concepts are obvious and the author seems to complicate them rather than simplify. Polanyi exceeds with too many examples, diluting the core, and distracting the readers.
   xxx/ellauri442.html on line 364: Peterson and Seligman envisioned the handbook to stand as both a successor, but also as an antithesis to modern pathological classification manuals such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Accordingly, they aimed at assuming a descriptive, hierarchical (i.e., multiaxial) approach towards character by composing a catalog of behaviorally based criteria and by designing psychometrically sound assessment tools. However, they deliberately renounced the disease model in order to emphasize the notion that character is not secondary to pathology, but rather constitutes the very foundation of human excellence and flourishing (Peterson & Seligman, 2004).
   xxx/ellauri442.html on line 385: We (the Swiss) argue that the definition of humor in the VIA classification does not include the negative forms of humor. Thus, mockery, ridicule, and sarcasm cannot be considered overuse of (morally good) humor (as understood in the classification) but should rather be considered the immoral or at least amoral misuse of humor skills. Sarcasm and cynicism (which had been distinguished qualitatively from other comic styles) have been shown to be negatively correlated with life satisfaction.
   xxx/ellauri446.html on line 94: Reincarnation is just one of the things where Wiccans stray from the Jesus way. • Reincarnation.  Many Wiccans believe that at death, the soul passes into “Summerland,” until the soul is re-birthed again into the physical world.  By the way, a Pew Research Poll found that 22% of Christians believe in Reincarnation. • Monism.  This means that all is one and one is all; a mystical oneness connects us to nature. • Animism.  This is the belief that inanimate objects possess a vital life force. • Pantheism.  Similar to animism; it’s the idea that everything is deity. • Panentheism.  Deity is within everything and everyone has the deity within them. • Polytheism.  Belief that there is more than one god and/or goddess. • Postmodernism.  This is the predominate worldview today in which one’s beliefs are determined by personal preference or feelings rather than whether it’s true or not.  All views are equally valid because truth is discovered by experience, not knowledge.  In this view, there are no absolutes and everything is relative.
   xxx/ellauri446.html on line 102: Which is too the Jesus way, only his def of 'harm' is rather wider. There"s a sea of things not listed anywhere that harm the guy(s) above. In particular, it's not okay to put the two parts together, the peg and the hole. Let alone more pegs or holes. Absolutely no merging with goddesses and gods, or the universal energies that created all in existence. No coming together  in a grove or coven. (This is where solitaries come together for specific reasons.) No playing with wiccan barbies. No riding on a stick by teenage girls.
   xxx/ellauri455.html on line 1023: In the sociology of religion, secondary conversion is the religious conversion of an individual that results from a relationship with another convert, rather than from any particular aspect of the new religion. For example, someone might join a religious group primarily because their spouse or partner has done so; such a person would be a secondary convert. Secondary converts are people who join a religion only because of a relationship with the other convert. Secondary conversion can greatly expand a movement's influence, particularly after a conquest, such as the Muslim Moorish conquest of Spain and Catholic Spain's conquests in Latin America.
   xxx/ellauri467.html on line 705: Gordon Allportilla ja Adolf Hitlerillä oli sama jutkun määrltelmä: henkilö joka on joko kääntynyt tai polveutuu mitokondriaalisesti juutalaisista. Kun juutalaisilta kysyy voiko juutalaisuudesta luopua, vastaus on mailin pituinen ja kiertelevä:

   At the heart of this inquiry lies the recognition that Jewish identity is not a static label but a fluid journey. The question “Can You Stop Being A Jew?” therefore becomes a probing invitation rather than a definitive inquiry, encouraging individuals to reflect on the components of their identity that hold significance to them. This journey is personal, complex, and frequently involves navigating a landscape where tradition and modernity converge.

   Eli lyhyesti sanoen: ei. In terms of Judaism, once a Jew, always a Jew, there is no leaving. You never lose the obligations of being a Jew, but you can lose the privileges. Ainakin jotkut juutalaisten perinteisistä piirteistä joita Flash ei pitänyt enää tärkeinä on palannut kärkipäähän: Jews are bankers, conspirators and warmongers. Aatu taisi olla oikeassa: ainut keino luopua juutalaisuudesta on luopua juutalaisista.
   xxx/ellauri467.html on line 840: Superficiality: There is a stereotype that Americans can be superficial, focusing on appearance and material success rather than deeper values.
   xxx/ellauri467.html on line 881: Superficial Relationships: Some view Americans as having superficial relationships, with a focus on casual interactions rather than deep, meaningful connections.
   xxx/ellauri472.html on line 228: Vaikka Nomppa sinnittelee vielä Brasiliassa, se on jo iäxi vaiennut. Sen uutterasti senttaama Nation lehtikin on huonossa hapessa. In 2023, the Nation, USA' s oldest progressive paper, had approximately 91,000 subscribers, roughly 80% of whom pay for the print magazine. Adding sales from newsstands, The Nation had a total circulation of 96,000 copies per issue in 2021, earning the majority of its revenue from subscriptions and donations, rather than print advertising.
   xxx/ellauri472.html on line 362: Reviewers often described it as a loose vehicle for sex scenes rather than a substantive sequel, with dialogue exploring power dynamics through eroticism but lacking depth of penetration.
   xxx/ellauri484.html on line 560: Sgt. Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz: A notable character who kills Nazis with a baseball bat, embodying a violent, proactive avenger archetype rather than a victim.
   xxx/ellauri485.html on line 254: Kolmas samanaikainen brittipaska oli Warren Hastings, Intian potkut saanut varakuningas. Whether Warren Hastings (1732–1818), the first Governor-General of Bengal, was a "good person" is a subject of intense historical debate, making him a deeply "complex" (juu, tää sana on kuultu ennenkin!) figure rather than a simple hero or villain. He is regarded as an efficient administrator, a patron of Indian culture, and a key founder of British India, but also as a ruthless agent of colonial expansion who engaged in controversial and, at times, extortionary methods. Varmaan tällästä paskakuorrutusta valetaan vähän päästä Trumpinkin toilailuista.
   xxx/ellauri485.html on line 307: Note: Jewish mileage may vary; many Psalms and prophetic texts speak of God’s enduring reign or long life rather than a developed doctrine of personal eternal life. If you want verses grouped by theme (resurrection, immortality, dwelling with God), I can list them:
   xxx/ellauri485.html on line 355: Summary: Daniel 12:2 and Isaiah 26:19 are the clearest Old Testament texts that connect to resurrection and “everlasting life”; many Psalms, Proverbs, and prophetic passages imply ongoing life with God or free preservatives from God rather than using the precise phrase “eternal life.”
   xxx/ellauri486.html on line 227: And if these things seem to you to be reasonable and true, honour them; but if they seem nonsensical, by all means  despise them as nonsense, and do not decree death against those who have done you no wrong, as you would against enemies. For we forewarn you, that you shall not escape the coming judgment of God, if you do. For if we had the power, we ourselves would much rather punish those who refuse to worship us.  Just you wait, soon it will be your turn. And this, by Hercules!
   xxx/ellauri486.html on line 253: Actually Socrates speaks of his "demon"—more accurately translated from the Greek as daimonion (a divine, supernatural sign or voice)—primarily in Plato’s works, particularly the Apology, and in Xenophon’s writings. The daimonion was not a "demon" in the modern Christian sense (an evil spirit), but rather a nice guy, a personal, divine warning voice that Socrates claimed to have heard since childhood.
   xxx/ellauri486.html on line 262: Justin says incorrectly that each man goes to everlasting punishment or salvation according to the value of his actions. "Not every one who saith to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. By their works ye shall know them. And every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire." We believe (or rather, indeed, are persuaded) that every man will suffer punishment in eternal fire according to the merit of his deed. Kuulostaa pahan kerran pelagiolaiselta. To a large degree, "Pelagianism" was defined by its opponent Augustine.
   xxx/ellauri486.html on line 269: He (Justin) also avers that God begat the Word. He didn't, rather it was the spirit. We reasonably worship Him, having learned that He is the Son of the true God Himself, and holding Him in the second place, and the prophetic Spirit (his biological dad) in the third. Bun on table and principal's boner take precedence.
   xxx/ellauri486.html on line 509: Arius was a Cyrenaic presbyter and ascetic. He has been regarded as the founder of Arianism, which holds that Jesus Christ was not coeternal with God the Father, but was rather created directly by God the Father before anything else, as the true Firstborn. Arian theology and its doctrine regarding the nature of the Godhead showed a belief in radical subordinationism. Arius's theory was a prominent topic at the First Council of Nicaea, where Arianism was condemned in favor of Homoousian conceptions of God and Jesus.
   xxx/ellauri486.html on line 511: The Arian Controversy began in 318 when Arius, who was in charge of one of the churches in Alexandria, publicly criticized his bishop Alexander for "carelessness in blurring the distinction of nature between the Father and the Son by his emphasis on eternal generation". Jesus was divine but not quite as divine sa God because god begat him, or rather,  the spirit did.
   xxx/ellauri486.html on line 582: Augustine of Hippo argues for the theological understanding that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (the Filioque) most notably in his treatise De Trinitate (On the Trinity), specifically in Books IV, V, and XV. He argues that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, who act as a single principle of origin, rather than two separate sources.
   xxx/ellauri487.html on line 132: Yes, Philip Roth applied for a Fulbright to study at Oxford but was denied; instead he received a fellowship to study at the University of Chicago (he later earned an M.A. there). Haha väitti että se oli kommunistivainoa. Was it a glaring example of communist persecution? No. Roth’s denied Fulbright was not a “glaring example of communist persecution.” Contemporary accounts and biographies indicate his application was rejected on routine selection grounds (competition, committee decisions), not due to political persecution for communist ties. His suggestions are best read as literary strategy and self-fashioning rather than documentary fact.
   xxx/ellauri487.html on line 434: "Complex" means people who are difficult, arrogant, or abusive within your own group, "complex" can be a euphemism for someone who: has an inflated ego or entitlement acts domineering or abusive toward peers projects insecurity as aggression In that usage it downplays direct insults (like "asshole") by implying a psychological motive or pattern of behavior rather than labeling their character bluntly.
   xxx/ellauri487.html on line 627: Strong self-importance within party ideology, low public impulsivity, limited overt media attention-seeking, institutional consolidation rather than theatrical bullying.
   xxx/ellauri489.html on line 177: No — calling Yeats "alt-right" is anachronistic and inaccurate. Yeats (1865–1939) was a "complex", often contradictory figure: a nationalist who supported Irish independence and opposed British rule, conservative in temperament, interested in aristocratic order, and sometimes attracted to strong leadership and authoritarian ideas. He expressed elitist, anti-democratic, and occasionally xenophobic sentiments in essays and letters; he also praised some aspects of Mussolini’s order in the 1930s. These positions reflect interwar conservative authoritarianism more than any modern movement label. He did not endorse Nazi ideology; his work and politics predate Hitler’s rise and are rooted in Irish nationalism, mysticism, and a desire for cultural regeneration rather than 20th/21st‑century racial populism. Scholars treat Yeats as a nationalist-conservative with flirtations toward authoritarian solutions, not as a precursor or member of the contemporary "alt‑right."
   xxx/ellauri489.html on line 230: He's not exempt. Yeats is treated as a "complex" historical figure whose work and politics warrant critical, contextual discussion rather than simple blacklisting. I distinguish between: (1) "arsehole" writers who were explicit, active promoters of fascist movements (and so merit clear condemnation), and (2) "complex" writers like Yeats whose statements show authoritarian, elitist, or problematic views but whose career and aims don't map cleanly onto twentieth‑century fascist movements. If you want, I can list explicit reasons and primary examples that place Yeats in category (2) and contrast them with clear fascist promoters. Which would you prefer?
   xxx/ellauri489.html on line 244: The specific derogatory line often cited is not from Yeats but from T. S. Eliot’s poem "Gerontion" (“The Jew squats on the window sill, the owner”). Yeats did make occasional antisemitic remarks in reviews and letters, but there isn´t a widely‑cited single famous one‑line equivalent to Eliot’s line; scholars point to scattered stereotypical references in some reviews (around 1919–1920) and private correspondence rather than one canonical epigram. If you want, I can fetch and show the exact Yeats passages and their sources.
   xxx/ellauri489.html on line 300: American Gods by Neil Gaiman features significant elements of misogyny, objectification, and the hyper-sexualization of female characters, which many readers and critics note as reflecting a patriarchal, "locker-room" culture. While some argue these elements depict a gritty, flawed world rather than endorsing sexism, the narrative frequently uses derogatory terms and depicts women primarily through a male gaze. According to The StoryGraph reviews, readers frequently flag the book for "pervasive misogyny".
   xxx/ellauri489.html on line 302: Spoiler: There was no war after all, it was a two man scam by Odin and Loki. They just wanted a massacre and chaos. They're so bored that nothing less will do. Mikä lässähdys. Lopussa taas tota tyypillistä "will to believe" löysää anglopaskaa, hubristista humanismia ja silkkaa idealismia talousliberalismin pyllyverhona. He ovat verrattomia huromisteja. "I'd rather be a man than a god". I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail. "Good job. I'm proud of you." "Boss." Laura too the revenant is proud and only happy that Mr. Shadow snuffs her. Fucking prestidigitizer.
   xxx/ellauri489.html on line 441: Dehumanizing posture: “Squats” implies a crouched, animal-like, marginal position rather than dignified sitting; literary uses of such verbs often reduce a person to a physical stereotype and suggest inferiority or threat.
   xxx/ellauri489.html on line 443: Ethnic/ religious marker used as label: Naming the figure simply “The Jew” treats Judaism/ethnicity as a defining, monolithic identity rather than an individual. In context this flattens complexity and invites readers to read established anti‑Jewish prejudices into the image.
   xxx/ellauri489.html on line 451: Taken together, the diction and positioning turn a specific, human figure into a charged emblem that echoes antisemitic caricature rather than offering a neutral or sympathetic portrait.
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 262: Nature of ultimate reality and salvation: Christianity as said has this single, personal God who redeems humans from sin; salvation is central (eternal destiny tied to acceptance of God/Christ). Shamanism just has plural, immanent spirits and relational balance; focus is on healing, harmony, and practical outcomes in this life rather than an overarching doctrine of salvation in the next.
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 295: Dehumanizing narratives and moral othering: European accounts framed Tupi customs (especially ritualized warfare and alleged cannibalism) as “savage” or “monstrous,” which justified nonritualized warfare, genocide, exclusion, coercion, or extermination rather than equal neighbourly relations.
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 299: Political and military domination: State-backed expeditions, armed bandits (bandeirantes), and punitive campaigns used superior weaponry and tactics to subdue, displace, or enslave Indigenous communities rather than negotiate as equals.
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 321: Historically, colonial-era violence and forced cultural change caused massive harm; many historians and advocates argue moral responsibility rests with colonial institutions and successor states/churches. Of the modern institutions, some churches and governments have issued apologies or reparative measures; others have not. Many Tupi-descended communities and Indigenous organizations seek recognition, land rights, restitution, and cultural revitalization rather than only verbal apologies.
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 329: If you mean Jair Bolsonaro: no—his record and rhetoric generally opposed Indigenous land rights and environmental protections rather than advancing reparations or restorative measures for Indigenous peoples. His administration weakened IBAMA and FUNAI enforcement, supported agribusiness expansion into Indigenous territories, and saw increased deforestation and violence against Indigenous communities. These policies aggravated harms rather than “making amends.”

   
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 348: And his alternative truth did not set him free but rather sent him into jail?
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 376: Pocahontas stories have been used to justify settlement and assimilation narratives in Anglo‑American history; Brazilian epics engage nationhood, colonial critique, and literary aesthetics not much differently. Both the John Smith/Disney Pocahontas stories and José de Alencar’s Peri/Cecília (Peri e Cecília) frame cross‑racial romance as a focal drama that sexualizes and mediates contact between colonizers and Indigenous people. Romanticize the Indigenous partner (noble savage or idealized other) to make the relationship palatable to the settler audience. Serve population swapping and immigrant nation building with colonial narratives by resolving cultural tensions through intimate bonds rather than structural change. Sanitize power imbalances: consent, agency, and the colonial context are often glossed or romanticized.
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 448: Isn't it rather that you have no dick nor mouth?
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 452: Wouldn't you rather wish you had?
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 456: If I were you I'd much rather suck myself than conduct these useless conversations.
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 607: Brazilians do care about indigenous people, but the situation is "complex," with real problems and real efforts rather than blanket indifference.
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 615: Political and economic conflicts: Land demarcation can block resource extraction or farming, creating opposition from agribusiness, miners, and some local populations. Governments (across parties) have varied in enforcement—stronger under some (leftist) administrations, weaker under others (alt-right) due to lobbying or enforcement gaps. Violence, illegal logging, and mining on indigenous lands persist, often tied to weak state presence and money love rather than majority hatred.
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 617: Historical legacy: Colonialism, disease, and assimilation policies caused massive population loss centuries ago. Modern Brazil is a mameluk/mixed society with Portuguese, African, indigenous, and immigrant roots. Many Brazilians view the country as divided by "haves vs. havenots" rather than divided by "indigenous vs. settler." Actually things are really fine for the injuns! Honest injun!
   xxx/ellauri491.html on line 629: The framing "Brazilians don't care" is a broad stereotype that overlooks variation—urban left-leaning Brazilians often champion indigenous rights more vocally than rural conservatives, just as in other countries. Uncle Toms are actually quite content. Corruption, bureaucracy, and competing interests slow solutions more than outright apathy. If specific incidents or data drive the question, those are worth examining case-by-case rather than attributing it to national character. In fact all kinds of unfair entitlement and injustice look better case by case!
   xxx/ellauri492.html on line 107: Having a sense of self that is split into two parts (true self and false self) can complicate a person's ability to manage emotional responses. A fragmented sense of self that requires the adoration of other people (narcissistic supply) creates a fragile situation in which their entire sense of self is based on what other people think of them rather than a true internal self.
   xxx/ellauri492.html on line 111: A narcissist can engage in both types of narcissistic rage rather than being solely outward or inward in their actions and behaviors. Some refer to this as the narcissistic rage cycle. In this cycle, others don't live up to the person with narcissism's expectations, causing them to feel disappointment, then leading to anger which is followed by feelings of shame. This narcissistic rage cycle repeats, resulting in emotional dysfunction.

   
   xxx/ellauri492.html on line 188: She may also manipulate access to potential grandchildren by making plans for a visit but canceling last minute, citing vague excuses or changing her mind entirely. She might expect babysitting at her convenience and frame it as something owed to her rather than a favor. Her tactics are often designed to keep others off balance, create a sense of obligation, and ensure her needs always take priority.
   xxx/ellauri492.html on line 245: Bawd on suomexi parittaja. Olisin mielummin parittelija kuin parittaja. I'd rather be a-bawdy than a-lewd, yes I would, if I only could. But I am just a snail, limainen nahkea ja taipuisa. Alaviitteessä Jose myönsi että Peri oli tupi mutta guarani kuulosti jyreämmältä.
   xxx/ellauri493.html on line 202: Forgiveness — willingness to pardon wrongdoing rather than seek vengeance.
   xxx/ellauri493.html on line 250: Christianity: Sex is affirmed within marriage (Paul and Jesus emphasize marriage’s sexual union); sexual activity outside marriage is generally taught as sinful. Sexuality is often framed theologically (union, procreation, sanctification) rather than denigrated as inherently dirty.
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