Aren't married folks kind of supposed to go forth and multiply under Catholic doctrine?
Mary and Joseph weren't Catholic. They were Jewish.
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DXMachina - Feb 28, 2006 9:21:40 am PST #45 of 28094
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Fred Pete - Feb 28, 2006 9:33:54 am PST #46 of 28094
Ann, that's a ferret.
I also doubt that the Church these days would expect married couples to go forth. First, or maybe second if someone really important is around. But not as low as forth.
Calli - Feb 28, 2006 9:41:00 am PST #47 of 28094
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Mary and Joseph weren't Catholic. They were Jewish.
True. And "Go forth and multiply" was a post-Flood thing, so I think it still works for them.
Jessica - Feb 28, 2006 9:43:42 am PST #48 of 28094
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
"Go forth and multiply" was a post-Flood thing, so I think it still works for them.
It's been ages since confirmation class, but IIRC, there are very specific rules in the Torah about how often married Jews are required to have sex, depending on what tribe you're from.
Aims - Feb 28, 2006 9:44:50 am PST #49 of 28094
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My family descended from the AlwaysFuckin Tribe.
looks askance at dad's 12 siblings
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2006 10:07:17 am PST #50 of 28094
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
My understanding is that there is a lot of stuff in DVC that's pretty much only from HBatHG, which had a good number of ideas exclusive to it
We were just talking about this at work -- even if there's stuff in DVC that's *only* and provably from HBatHG, you can't copyright an idea, so I'm not sure where the teeth are in the lawsuit. Except that it's conveniently timed to coincide with the movie coming out.
Calli - Feb 28, 2006 10:22:21 am PST #51 of 28094
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I wonder if the attention to HBatHG will generate enough renewed sales to cover their legal costs.
JZ - Feb 28, 2006 10:41:46 am PST #52 of 28094
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
even if there's stuff in DVC that's *only* and provably from HBatHG, you can't copyright an idea, so I'm not sure where the teeth are in the lawsuit
This suit is being brought in the UK, isn't it? I've heard that libel laws are more weighted there in favor of the plaintiff and against the folks who actually write and publish the questionable stuff (as, per example, Hitler apologist David Irving being able to sue Deborah Eisenstadt and her UK publisher for libel -- a case he lost, but which the experts I read said wouldn't even have made it to court in the US), so possibly that's also so for copywright infringement/intellectual property and other writerly legal issues?
t /so very ex cloaca
Connie Neil - Feb 28, 2006 4:04:11 pm PST #53 of 28094
brillig
Back to Mary and Joseph and Catholic tradition and sex, that's why Joseph got changed to an old man who was (I guess) merely looking for someone to take care of him, plus he was so awed by being the Son of God's step-dad that he only ever treated Mary with absolute respect and restraint. In return, Saint Joseph is now patron saint of families and being a good dad.
Connie Neil - Feb 28, 2006 4:34:16 pm PST #54 of 28094
brillig
I've finished my book on the New Testament and am starting "Guns, Germs & Steel" (for the comma-philes, there's a comma after Germs, but I'm a comma heretic and don't like serial commas).
I think I'll wait till I know my new co-workers better before I take "Reclaiming the Gay-Lesbian Past" to work.