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Deitus wrote:Stuff about religious texts

EndgamerAzari wrote:

Deitus wrote:Stuff about religious texts

I had a class in college that was about various religious/philosophical stories from the perspective of literature rather than as scripture. It was really interesting. A lot of focus on creation stories and basic fundamentals of the religion. Some Islamic stuff (mainly about Muhammed's life pre-prophet-ness), some Buddhist, some indigenous peoples such as Native Americans, some stuff like Lao-Tzu. Really neat approach to the topics.

nsos wrote:

nsos wrote:i need to see that guy

UPDATE: SAW HIM

thankfully our table was full

nsos wrote:

nsos wrote:

nsos wrote:i need to see that guy

UPDATE: SAW HIM

thankfully our table was full

i now have so many stories about this weird airplane guy at college i could probably make an entire post but i think itd be cyberbullying

CosmicScientist wrote:For some reason I read it as a relationship rejection and only cottoned on at the graduate part.

CosmicScientist wrote:What's up with the yootoobs?

Whoisthere wrote:I fucking hate my job and I want to leave but it pays well I guess

CosmicScientist wrote:It does. England has a lion probably for similar reasons to other countries having lions in their imagery and sharing George's cross in a flag too, Scotland has a unicorn for reasons I don't know but it's to do with Narwhal tusks and dubious fishermen. I can't remember what Ireland's animal is supposed to be (if any) and I had a quick jaunt on wikipedia.

Where the lion is on the one I shared, that's the Dexter, which traditionally is the place for higher honour and opposite, the unicorn, is the Sinister. The short version is the husband's arms go on the left and the wife's paternal arms go on the right. It isn't set in stone and differs between people, such as bishops having their personal in the Sinister and their see in the Dexter.

The Scottish unicorn does wear a crown (I'm assuming the Scottish crown, the lion still wars a crown too) in their version of the unified coat of arms and the positions of lion and unicorn are reversed. Apparently the unicorn is chained because it's a mythical beast and all beasts of myth are dangerous if free. In the main (not the UK) Scottish coat of arms, there are two chained unicorns and (I'm assuming) the chain isn't a political message and is just the mythical beast thing since there's no mention of anything unfortunate in the wikipedia articles. If I refer to my picture the willy size is prooobably a jab but definitely amusing and I assume they'd do the same in Scotland to the lion. The other coats of arms in England I've seen with chained animals have all been mythical too and I've seen at least one without a chain on its mundane creature. Ireland didn't get a version and is just a part of the UK and Scottish ones with the harp.


If you want a modern enough example, this should be a familiar one:

Spoiler:

The olive branch, peace, has the higher honour. The arrows, war (there's more symbolism than just that though), aren't as highly enjoyed. And according to wikipedia, in 1945 they made the eagle look towards the higher honour of peace, probably for a sentiment of foreign policy.

CosmicScientist wrote:It does. England has a lion probably for similar reasons to other countries having lions in their imagery and sharing George's cross in a flag too, Scotland has a unicorn for reasons I don't know but it's to do with Narwhal tusks and dubious fishermen. I can't remember what Ireland's animal is supposed to be (if any) and I had a quick jaunt on wikipedia.

Where the lion is on the one I shared, that's the Dexter, which traditionally is the place for higher honour and opposite, the unicorn, is the Sinister. The short version is the husband's arms go on the left and the wife's paternal arms go on the right. It isn't set in stone and differs between people, such as bishops having their personal in the Sinister and their see in the Dexter.

The Scottish unicorn does wear a crown (I'm assuming the Scottish crown, the lion still wars a crown too) in their version of the unified coat of arms and the positions of lion and unicorn are reversed. Apparently the unicorn is chained because it's a mythical beast and all beasts of myth are dangerous if free. In the main (not the UK) Scottish coat of arms, there are two chained unicorns and (I'm assuming) the chain isn't a political message and is just the mythical beast thing since there's no mention of anything unfortunate in the wikipedia articles. If I refer to my picture the willy size is prooobably a jab but definitely amusing and I assume they'd do the same in Scotland to the lion. The other coats of arms in England I've seen with chained animals have all been mythical too and I've seen at least one without a chain on its mundane creature. Ireland didn't get a version and is just a part of the UK and Scottish ones with the harp.


If you want a modern enough example, this should be a familiar one:

Spoiler:

The olive branch, peace, has the higher honour. The arrows, war (there's more symbolism than just that though), aren't as highly enjoyed. And according to wikipedia, in 1945 they made the eagle look towards the higher honour of peace, probably for a sentiment of foreign policy.

DemonFiren wrote:

Whoisthere wrote:I fucking hate my job and I want to leave but it pays well I guess

No fun, no money or no soul.
Pick two.

Whoisthere wrote:

DemonFiren wrote:

Whoisthere wrote:I fucking hate my job and I want to leave but it pays well I guess

No fun, no money or no soul.
Pick two.

pls respond

>yfw your dream of being publicly ignored by a lizard with which you're desperate to have sex finally came true