Gunnar wrote:Quasimodo wrote:I did a search for the word "jerk" in the Bible... Nada!

You're probably not using the right translation.

Please try Reformed Albanian...
But...
There are Bhodies around (disappeared since then) who wrote:
2013.02.15 09:24:48 (UTC+1) Bhodi wrote:I think you underestimate the power of ego and how much it plays a part in your, and others', interactions here. Ludwigm pontificates on Lucifer in the Old Testament, declaring that there is no translation of Lucifer outside of English. He is praised for his research and understanding. It took maybe 3 minutes to find the Albanian, disproving his argument. But rather than admit the error everyone jumped to defend the error, Ludwigm went insane with sarcasm. Every effort was made to NOT admit error. This is ego.
Ludwigm and Dr. W both pontificated on Islam. Neither knew what they were talking about. Dr. W claimed to have lived in the Middle East for months. Ludwigm posted an article trying to insult the religious. Both clearly had no idea. Dr. W had to resort to plagiarism to support his statements. When caught without knowledge, sarcasm, insults, etc...
This is ego. If you want to accuse me of projecting, please feel free. It's not true, and I know it, so why should I care if you think it? Again, no ego. So believe as you like.
May I did go insane with sarcasm?
search the words, WHO wrote:THE LORD
Out of my sight, you spirit of sedition!
I could destroy you utterly - but no,
Fight on, abhorred, in exile, in the mire,
Forbidden every solace of the spirit,
And in your bleak and anguished solitude
Let this one thought be an eternal torment:
However you may shake your chains of dust
Your struggle with the Lord is doomed to failure.
LUCIFER
No, not so fast-I won’t go just like that,
You can’t discard me like a broken tool.
We are both creative spirits - I demand
My portion.
THE LORD scornfully
Just as you wish. Look down to earth:
In the heart of Eden stand two slender trees.
I curse the pair of them: now they are yours.
LUCIFER
No wonder you are mean, you have the means.
The merest patch of ground will do for me.
A foothold I require, no more, you’ll see,
To sow negation and spread anarchy.
He sets off
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei