God said kill you first son
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Ooh! Getting a tad hoity-toity for a good, humble Christian, now aren't we?
Accordingly, Darwin must have discovered something that even God didn't recognize. Why else would God neglect to chide His assiduous Hebrew worshipers and tell them that bats weren't really birds?
That settles it! It was on TLC! Ergo, it's an incontrovertible and immutable fact! I mean, everything that comes on TV has to be true. Why, do you ask . . . because God says so, silly!
Well, there are Griffons, Hippogryphs, Chimeras, and Sphinxes. I'm relatively certain that any restpectable, fictitious God would warn His chosen people against the hazards of fairy-tale creature vittles!
You honestly believe in succubi? Does the bible even mention those lascivious whore-demons?
*The scene freezes, and the camera angle swings over to a mysterious fellow in a business suit*
*His gaze turns your way, and he begins to speak in a deep, masculine voice**
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The world can often be a hard place, and those whom fortune has not blessed may reach for things which most men would shy from.
Struck with regret and disillusionment, men will often favor fantasy over reality.
But eventully, the illness of a man's fantasy becomes severe, and the borders between the logical and illogical blur.
This is the time and place which demands remedial action, which demands a cure.
In the case of a certain Mr. Okinrus, an unsuspecting victim of the disease, this cure is about to become a dire necessity.
The diagnosis? Dellusion.
The cure? Unknown.
The place where the cure may be had?
Well, it's the very same place where borders blur, reason is negated, and universe goes awry. And it's where Mr. Okinrus is about to venture.
Welcome to the Twilight Zone.
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Neenar Neenar, Neenar Neenar, Neenar Neenar . . . Na NAH!
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Where did you get all this technical information on invisible temptresses? Is there some kind of cabalistic text book that your cuilt leaders distribute at mass or something?
You make it seem as though these "negative forces" are sentient entities. Did you intend for that insinuation?
Which ancient peoples specifically? The Minoans perhaps?
This comment is irrelevant. No known story predates the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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Originally posted by SnakeLord
Calm down.
{edit} Or don't ask f****** questions if you don't want a response.
ha ha
, whatever. i never asked you any f*****g questions only if you thought illusions were reality. i just wanted a yes or a no, not a rant about how drugged people can't control their minds. i dunno what's your problem, sorry if i got to your sensitive side when i said illusions are not reality but hey, this forum is for sharing opinions. dude i think ur the one that needs to calm down. au revoir!
Redoubtable,
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To the ancient people the serpent was a symbol of wisdom.
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Which ancient peoples specifically? The Minoans perhaps?
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Originally posted by Circe
To the ancient people the serpent was a symbol of wisdom.
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Which ancient peoples specifically? The Minoans perhaps?
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"The Epic of Gilgamesh is, perhaps, the oldest written story on Earth. It comes to us from Ancient Sumeria, and was originally written on 12 clay tablets in cunieform script. It is about the adventures of the historical King of Uruk (somewhere between 2750 and 2500 BCE)." (source: ancienttexts.org)
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Regardless of whatever scripts existed, The Epic of Gilgamesh, enscribed on tablets in the language of Cuneiform , or "wedge-writing," was the first story ever written (to our knowledge).
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Hieroglyphics are comparable to petroglyphs only in that they are both inscribed on walls. Whereas petroglyphs are typically prehistoric art-work, crude illustrations of events, hieroglyphics are standardized, organized pictographs, a language of 604 characters.
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With a basic number of 604 symbols, hieroglyphics were written in several directions, including top to bottom, but usually from right to left with the pictographs facing the beginning of the line.
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pet·ro·glyph Audio pronunciation of petroglyphs ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ptr-glf)
n.
A carving or line drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric people.
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Of course, petroglyphs cannot be considered a language.
Therefore, one cannot "write" a story in petroglyphs. One can create a story, but it would not be "written".
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known written story.
I'm sorry. I should've stated "written story".
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Petroglyphs are a universal language comprehensible by anyone with common sense. People less than 200 years ancient have written in petroglyphs. As a medium of written communication, petroglyphs predate cuneiform and sumerian. Petroglyphic writing is the oldest writing known to mankind.
GodLied.
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Petroglyphs are pictures. One does not write a picture. Accordingly, there is no such thing as "petroglypic writing."
lan·guage Pronunciation Key (lnggwj)
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1. Communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols.
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Notice that a language must be a "system" of "signals" or "written symbols".
There is no set of signals or written symbols that appear repetitively or systematically in Petroglyphic enscriptions. Thus, Petroglyphs are not a language.
Cave-drawings do not qualify as literature.
lan·guage Pronunciation Key (lnggwj)
n.
1. Communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols.
Dictionary.com
Notice that a language must be a "system" of "signals" or "written symbols".
There is no set of signals or written symbols that appear repetitively or systematically in Petroglyphic enscriptions. Thus, Petroglyphs are not a language.
Cave-drawings do not qualify as literature.
Redoubtable, re-read the definition. Repetitivity and systematically are not part of the definition of language. Communication is the basis of language. Petroglyphs communicate events, conditions, and other notions. Petroglyphic stick people can be used to explain the rational for elementary math symbols for comparisons such as <, >, =. Mathematics is itself a language consisting of symbols.
Look at petroglyphs the world over and you will find simple images appear in petroglyphs worldwide to suggest commonality between petroglyphs. Therefore, petroglyphs are the first written universal language anyone with half a brain can figure out. Some petroglyphs had better artists than others.
GodLied.