Jamie123

I remember at school listening to a play called (if I remember rightly) The Concrete Serpent. It contained the line "Men seek the truth and then betray". I've never since found any reference to it, but I think it's very true. It reminds me if another quote. This may be Lessing, but I'm not totally sure: "The eyes of those who seek have often found more than they wished to find". P.S. I could have sworn that last one was from Nathan the Wise, but I found it on Project Gutenberg and no luck. You know, I bet it was actually Dumbledore who said it.

Ahaaa...sorry! I'm just a bit of a thicko 😀 It's like the old joke: How do you make a [insert ethnicity you wish to slander]man laugh on Friday? Tell him a joke on Monday.

I have known at least four people who have the gift of tongues (though one of them is now dead). I do not have it myself, nor do I particularly want it. Perhaps that's not a bad thing.

Spanish for bed?

On second thought, questions like this are best asked in prayer.

Yep - that makes sense. Thanks

Chapter 24: The ANLs have made a commitment never to use lethal force again. The Amalekites and Amulonites and a lot of other people attack them without resistance and kill about 1000. When they realize what's happening most of the attackers repent ("coals if fire" I guess) and join the ANLs. The ANLs actually increase in number as a result. But how does any of this demonstrate that people who have lapsed into sin after knowing the truth become "more hardened" (verse 30)? (Serious question. I'm not trying to pick fault

I always used to think that too - but I have read that the name (Sans Terre in French) came from the fact that his father Henry II did not initially give him any territories (as he did his two older sons). Maybe another example would be Zedekiah who was appointed king of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. When he made an alliance with Egypt against Babylon, that was seen as an act of treason against his overlord - and we all know what the result was.

Yep, John held Enlgand independently (though at one point i believe he was a Papal vassal). But you're right, he was a vassal to Phillp in respect of his French territories. Though technically he was not a king of any of those - only duke or count.

Maybe "drug mules" and "drug cartels"? Yep - right over my "innocent" head 😉 Am I right?

I know its irrelevant but I can't hear "potato" and "tomato" in the same sentence without it triggering the song. Yep I think the second is more pleasing to the eye. I wouldn't quite know how to explain why though. P.S. You're right. I can't write 'potatos' without itching to put an e in it.

Another thing - Lamoni is a king, and his father is a higher-up king over him. The Lamanites seem to have a kind of "tiered monarchy": a High King with various under-kings. I vaguely remember some reference to this earlier but I forget exactly where.

Ok I get the two ways of saying "tomato". But who ever says "potartoe"? Nobody, that's who. I only ever heard that in that song.

Why "Anti-Nephi-Lehis"? Were they Lehis who were against Nephi? Or does "anti" mean something other than "against"? P.S. The Wikipedia article on the Anti-Nephi-Lehis lists some interesting theories about the origin of the name. Yer man Nibley thinks the "anti" part comes from Egyptian not Greek. (In fact, if it is Greek it must be a translation of some other word since the Greek invasion didn't come until long after Lehi left.)

FOUNTAIN PENS SUCK!!!! (ink)

It's a kind of chameleon! P.S. This is what it looks like: P.P.S. Poor little guy. His mum was a camel and his dad was a llama (or vice versa), and the whole purpose of his existence is to satisfy the humans' curiosity about whether or not he's possible!

Totally sexist I know, but "You'll be a man/woman my son/daughter" doesn't have quite the same ring. (And it doesn't rhyme either!) P.S. Even that is transphobic: how about "You'll be a man/woman/non-binary person my son/daughter/child"?

(And no, I can't write proper cursive. I was never taught that at school, and never felt sufficiently motivated to learn it later.)

However, it seems that alpacas and camels cannot be breeded (bred?) with each other.

I was just looking into whether or not you can breed llamas with camels, and it seems it has been done using artificial insemination. The offspring you get is called a "cama". I also discovered that while mules cannot mate with each other and produce viable offspring, it is possible to breed a female mule with a male donkey or horse.

Did you know that llamas and alpacas belong to the camel family?

I'm sure you'll hear stories about similar things amongst the charismatic churches. There are tales of people being "slain in the spirit", which I believe is a form of fainting - I'm not certain - or flipping about on the floor like "drowning" fish. I suspect a lot of it is hyperbole* - like stories of gold raining down from heaven. *See how clever I am? I used the word correctly, and I even know how it's pronounced! Do I get a gold star? 😆

Chapter 19: At last! We have 2 more significant female characters: the queen (though I don't think we know her name) and the servant woman Abish! (A pity we don't have an account of what happened to her dad - though maybe that comes later?)

Wow! Who knew you could pay £955 on a pen? P.S. make that £2,500!

Yes, it was only a cheap plastic pen anyway. I had a vague idea that if I could get all the dried congealed ink out of it I could "start again". I had previously tried soaking it in cold water, but that couldnt seem to get all the ink out. I should probably have tried warm water before going straight for hot.