tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post2455289956220849197..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: A song of songsAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-73667675526985458652011-01-09T16:13:55.189-08:002011-01-09T16:13:55.189-08:00Dennis, it should be compulsory reading for all th...Dennis, it should be compulsory reading for all those in public life.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-74784415801739973402011-01-09T16:12:29.171-08:002011-01-09T16:12:29.171-08:00Rehan, the King John Bible! Goodness knows what t...Rehan, the King John Bible! Goodness knows what that would contain. :-))<br /><br />I'm very interested, thanks. I'll have a read just as soon as I can.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-35489815055557130922010-12-25T07:19:56.852-08:002010-12-25T07:19:56.852-08:00Anyone who has a feel for the beauty of language a...Anyone who has a feel for the beauty of language appreciates the legacy of the King James Bible, even me, an atheist. It is language as it should be written (minus a few case endings perhaps), and as Orwell pointed out, the Saxon words convey concrete images in a way that Latin and Greek words cannot.<br /><br /><i>Politics and the English Language</i> is my favourite Orwell essay too.Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-6091712402957619412010-11-19T02:25:58.321-08:002010-11-19T02:25:58.321-08:00I was just thinking of saying something about the ...I was just thinking of saying something about the Authorised King James Version enrapturing something of the Holy Spirit and then came upon your having said exactly the same thing. Funnily enough, I was asked last night about the 'Authorised King John Version' I had mistakenly included in the bibliography to 'I am the Master of the Bezels.' I said it was the same as the King James! Orwell's translation seems imitative of dry academia and holds none of the magic, the spirit of the original which is, I believe, the sole purpose of a translation. I am so involved in my own translations of poems that they become poems in themselves. This is why I have chosen to call them not <i>translations</i> but <i>adaptations</i>.<br /><br />Perhaps you will be interested in the theory presented by the Holy founder of Ahmadiya, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in his book <i>The Blessings of the Gracious God</i> in which he traces the origins of language from the Tower of Babel and the Confusion of Tongues down to the contemporary arguments of the time presented by Professor Max Müller, concluding with the premise that Arabic in the mother tongue of mankind (Arabic and Herbew are virtually identical) - The book can be read here: www.alislam.org/topics/arabicRehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-47368365652166939072010-11-14T11:09:03.196-08:002010-11-14T11:09:03.196-08:00Retarius, quite right too. Children have more subt...Retarius, quite right too. Children have more subtle intellects than many adults allow.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-32841207563904968362010-11-14T11:07:16.846-08:002010-11-14T11:07:16.846-08:00Yes, Anthony, all religion is syncretic to some de...Yes, Anthony, all religion is syncretic to some degree or other. As far as the KJB is concerned I love the thees and thous!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-53854934928493540762010-11-13T17:57:05.606-08:002010-11-13T17:57:05.606-08:00Too many thees and thous. the bible has been trans...Too many thees and thous. the bible has been translated and retranslated a few times and edited and rewriten. books were added and deleted to suit politics. There are a lot of good life lessons and also a lot of Hebrew bunk . Making themselves to be a chosen people and justifying their atrocities.The Hebrew stories Mirror the Summerian texts which are much older. Christiaity is a Knock off of the Egyptian religion. Virgin birth ,death and ressurection are not original concepts.The teachings of Jesus follow the teachings of the Buddah. Cristianity borrowed much from pagan concepts. Religion is of man and spirituality from spirit ( the God of balance and order in the scheme of things)anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-82134950377403857122010-11-12T18:56:31.464-08:002010-11-12T18:56:31.464-08:00Mmh. Never mind the Holy Scriptures or Billy Shake...Mmh. Never mind the Holy Scriptures or Billy Shakespeare..even Enid Blyton has been bowdlerised and "modernised". I read an article recently about how the new editions are being rewritten into contemporary colloquial English so that the modern child isn't stressed by exposure to the manners, prejudices or speech of the distant past..the 1950's. The Golliwogs and Noddy got it in the neck long ago, of course.<br /><br />Why not expose children to the unpleasant truth about "adult" thoughts? I read W.E. Johns' Biggles books enthusiastically when I was between 9 and 12. Even then, I noticed that he was a racist and cultural supremacist (not that I knew those terms)and simply discarded that part of it and enjoyed the yarns.Retariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165689727557860449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-41609446791535001842010-11-12T00:12:13.416-08:002010-11-12T00:12:13.416-08:00Religion may very well be the invention of man, An...Religion may very well be the invention of man, Anthony; language certainly is.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-18739260083227950152010-11-12T00:11:25.094-08:002010-11-12T00:11:25.094-08:00Sucio, thanks, I'll look out for that. Ah, bo...Sucio, thanks, I'll look out for that. Ah, books, books, books. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-71393675706634685872010-11-11T23:19:58.433-08:002010-11-11T23:19:58.433-08:00Religion is the invention of man !Religion is the invention of man !anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-90810439415421176182010-11-11T18:14:19.075-08:002010-11-11T18:14:19.075-08:00Adam Nicholson's book: "God's Secreta...Adam Nicholson's book: "God's Secretaries" is a good read. (Even though I don't have a dog in the theological fight.)Suciô Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365362145664625757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-25424440916964426492010-11-11T16:32:56.314-08:002010-11-11T16:32:56.314-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36150807109664787102010-11-11T16:31:53.683-08:002010-11-11T16:31:53.683-08:00There is no danger to the security of the Falkland...There is no danger to the security of the Falklands. There you are: I've given a hostage to fortune. You might be able to come back at me at some future point, saying 'I told you so!'Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-32675514477900748412010-11-11T16:20:46.690-08:002010-11-11T16:20:46.690-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-12318770477485040132010-11-11T16:17:38.407-08:002010-11-11T16:17:38.407-08:00Actually, my 'traitorous friends' are gene...Actually, my 'traitorous friends' are generally a fairly decent bunch. :-) As always thanks for your kind words.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-65140261184488351272010-11-11T15:57:48.561-08:002010-11-11T15:57:48.561-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com