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Post by Gary on Apr 16, 2007 17:54:10 GMT -5
No, really... ;D  |
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Post by one on Apr 16, 2007 18:57:57 GMT -5
niiiiiiiiiice, that'll come in handy...
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Post by snarkalicious on Apr 16, 2007 19:48:49 GMT -5
BWAH HA HA!!!!
Now, if you can show me Jesus, Mary and Joseph in a hot air balloon....
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Post by Jay on Apr 16, 2007 20:00:12 GMT -5
I call 'sacrilegious"...I just don't know why....
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Post by Milk on Apr 16, 2007 20:08:35 GMT -5
This is better placed in the Debate Lounge.  |
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Post by Copperhead on Apr 16, 2007 20:15:08 GMT -5
Interesting...
At least it's an illustration!
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Post by Bob on Apr 17, 2007 5:44:21 GMT -5
Great photo!!!
Think, he's not mocking Jesus. He mocking the white guy who's painting is generally accepted since he "Looks like us".
Jesus Christ is not a white guy.
thanks for posting, I really like that photo.... [grin]
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Post by ScarlettP on Apr 17, 2007 6:06:15 GMT -5
I sell Jesus costumes at Halloween. I always laugh and stand back saying "I'll just stand over here out of the blast zone... for when that lightning bolt hits ya..."
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Post by gridbug on Apr 17, 2007 6:31:59 GMT -5
Hahaha Ms Scarlett - you know youstand too close to me when it comes to those those lightning bolts  and this is why I don't make jokes about Zeus - he's a good shot! |
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Post by ScarlettP on Apr 17, 2007 7:18:32 GMT -5
Yeah baby. But YOU are worth the risk. *nudge nudge winky winky*
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Post by professor on Apr 17, 2007 9:13:18 GMT -5
I always wondered, what's the H for?
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Post by atticflea on Apr 17, 2007 9:17:52 GMT -5
Geraldo.... I think.  |
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Post by daworm on Apr 17, 2007 9:18:53 GMT -5
Harry / Hairy
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Post by SunnyKC on Apr 17, 2007 13:40:32 GMT -5
Odd.. but does the dude in the background have on a Chattacon badge?
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Post by Gary on Apr 17, 2007 13:52:32 GMT -5
Nope - that was taken at DragonCon.
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Post by snarkalicious on Apr 17, 2007 17:15:53 GMT -5
I went to work one year dressed as a pregnant nun-no lightning bolts have come close to me yet.
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Post by Racin' Angel on Apr 18, 2007 16:25:11 GMT -5
Damn Shannon I remember that, if I can find it I think I have a pic of it!!!! That was the year I dressed up as the 50's girl I think....  |
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Post by Jay on Apr 18, 2007 21:26:36 GMT -5
This is what I was able to find... "(2) It recalls the H in the IHS logo emblazoned on much Christian paraphernalia. IHS dates from the earliest years of Christianity, being an abbreviation of "Jesus" in classical Greek characters. The Greek pronunciation is "Iesous," with the E sound being represented by the character eta, which looks like an H. When the symbol passed to Christian Romans, for whom an H was an H, the unaccountable character eventually became accepted as Jesus's middle initial." "There have been various theories, but the one that seems most plausible is that it comes from the Greek monogram for Jesus, IHS or IHC. This is formed from the first two letters plus the last letter of His name in Greek (the letters iota, eta, and sigma; in the second instance, the C is a Byzantine Greek form of sigma). The H is actually the capital letter form of eta, but churchgoers who were unfamiliar with Greek took it to be a Latin H." Sources: www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-jes1.htmwww.straightdope.com/classics/a1_033.html |
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Post by Gary on Apr 19, 2007 5:49:56 GMT -5
I always thought the "H" stood for "Holy".
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Post by ScarlettP on Apr 19, 2007 5:54:34 GMT -5
I should poke HBDave with a stick and see if anyone else still spells "God" "ghod". Only Dave has a hope of remembering. I still do it. Drives some of my net friends NUTS.
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Post by gridbug on Apr 19, 2007 7:16:28 GMT -5
> see if anyone else still spells "God" "ghod".
I do too
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Post by Milk on Apr 19, 2007 7:39:37 GMT -5
I spell it ghod when I am not referring to God, but ghods of mythology. Or Rap Songs.
"Oh. My. Ghod. Would you look. At her butt..."
Like that.
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Post by gridbug on Apr 19, 2007 15:57:16 GMT -5
Every religion is a mythology to those that do not follow it, so that's a fuzzy line.
As I use it, with an 'h' it is a figure of speech, and without it is a reference to some god. They are synonyms.
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Post by Jay on Apr 19, 2007 16:15:10 GMT -5
hmmmm, never heard of this "ghod" thing.....where'd it come from?
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Post by RuneDeer on Apr 19, 2007 19:22:33 GMT -5
This is what I was able to find... "(2) It recalls the H in the IHS logo emblazoned on much Christian paraphernalia. Thank you, Jay...I never knew any of that or even thought about it. You do learn something new every day (at least if you read the CMF ;D) /r |
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Post by ScarlettP on Apr 20, 2007 7:12:14 GMT -5
I first saw the 'h' in ghod in Fan Fic. Dave & Colin used to write it that way in the fanzine they circulated. As mentioned above, I use it when not refering to "God Almighty" as a less offencive, non-blasphem-ish word.
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Post by alphacelt on Apr 20, 2007 12:28:50 GMT -5
I always thought "Jesus H. Christ!" was simply something you said instead of "Jesus Fucking Christ!" so you wouldn't offend. Hm... maybe not though.
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Post by snarkalicious on Apr 20, 2007 12:38:25 GMT -5
My very devout, Catholic grandmother used to exclaim "Christ on a bicycle!" when something surprised her.
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Post by Warkitty on Apr 20, 2007 21:10:13 GMT -5
My sister's been known to exclaim "Jesus Christ riding a bicycle, beard flappin in the breeze"
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Post by Jay on Apr 20, 2007 22:02:09 GMT -5
Few things to comment on.... Runedeer, you're welcome Scarlett, thanks for informing me on the ghod thing.....Weird, but interesting Warkitty, hah hah hah hah That's too funny....."Jesus Christ riding a bicycle, beard flappin in the breeze" |
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