On 21 Jun 2005 16:44:13 -0700, credoquaabsurdum
<credoquaabsurdum@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Chris Croughton wrote:
>>
>> There are, i'truth, many reasons why a man might wish to speak
>> 'forsoothly'. I am, as I may have mentioned aforetimes, a member of
>> mediaeval re-enactment societies.
>
> The sword and pantyhose crowd? Seriously, that must be a blast.
Yup <g>. Actually, a lot of the people I know take it seriously and do
a lot of research. I know two men who are capable of making a sword by
mediaeval methods (pre 1400s) from raw materials, and I mean from raw
iron ore. My interest is more in music and language, but there are
people who study and recreate fabrics and clothing, fighting techniques,
cooking, caligraphy, and pretty much any aspect of mediaeval life.
And of course we have fun as well...
>> > Another possibility is that you've discovered that the sham appearance
>> > of ecclesiastical erudition is a guaranteed way into
>> > previously-unapproachable backwoods biblethumper girls' pants. This is
>> > commonly known as the "Miracle Whip Approach."
>>
>> Heh, I haven't seen that one. Does it work?
>
> Does a bear shit in the woods?
I thought that was the Pope <g>...
> But only a real sicko gets his jollies
> pulling something like that.
Actually, I'd say that no one with sense would want a "backwoods
biblethumper girl" anyway <g>...
>> > Chris will probably come up with something good (and ask no questions),
>> > but:
>> >
>> > "An it be that ye must needs do only those the things which sayeth I:
>> > for BE my mouth pure and my body weak; in my weakness performeth it
>> > oftentimes fell deeds."
>> >
>> > There, the full-bodied ring of genuine, blowed-in-the-glass
>> > preacherbabble. Glory be and pass the love offering!
>>
>> Too long <g>.
>
> Everyone's a critic!
<g>
>> Perhaps something like:
>>
>> That which thou hearest me speak, that should thou do; that which thou
>> seest me do, do thou not.
>
> Way too straightforward for Jesus.
Actually, no. Paul was the one who was verbose, Jesus was often short
and to the point (look at his condensation of the commandments into
"love God, and love thy neighbour as thyself, on these hang all the law
and the prohets"). He was speaking to the ordinary people, fishermen
and other working folk; Paul was talking to Greeks <g>.
(But I made a mistake: it should have said "that shouldst thou do"...)
Of course, if you really want it as Jesus would have said it you'll have
to wait until I speak to a friend who knows Aramaic and Hebrew (even
after singing with a Jewish choir -- we're performing next Sunday -- I
understand very little Hebrew; Yiddish is a lot easier) <g>...
Chris C
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