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raoullefere wrote:Be a scream if he turned out to be a certain beleaguered out-of-work politician now, but you probably don't share my views on this. Besides, I think the guy's too old.
raoullefere wrote:I had already guessed we were all Xel'dum's (did I spell it right?) 'children.' And anyone with any sense reading the accounts knows that the Romans killed Jesus—the idea that "the Jews made them do it" is a prime example of the victors doing the writing. To believe otherwise is to accept a Nuremberg Defense of the whole thing with the nice addition that the 'orders' came from people who weren't even in charge. The Romans killed Jesus just like they killed Vercingetorix and countless others. Really good at killing and building, the Romans were.
SuedodeuS wrote:it would be interesting if he were actually asking his children why they had forsaken him.
They always seem to be the kind whose faith is a pushover due to their own lack of knowledge, disallowing them to trust their judgement, which they instead project onto others and try to end all freedom in the name of security (of their faith or otherwise). ☠SuedodeuS wrote:EDIT: Don't worry about the angry people. I suspect a great many of them didn't actually read the comic in the first place (seriously, it's about a half-succubus who's father regularly consults with the devil, and it's advertised as featuring Boobs, Blood, and Bad Language), as such people have a habit of finding out about something through word of mouth and then attempting a crusade to bring it down.
You have used Spook as your mouthpiece then. I’m not sure this is acceptable. Not that I disagree with you, in fact, in this, I heartily agree. It’s the way of publishing it that I :-S .Adam Black wrote:As for the panels today: I originally had them all planned out as silhouettes, but I decided against it. I wanted the suffering to be crystal clear, because this is what we do to each other. And we really need to stop.
Adam Black wrote:I'm curious to see how many readers I lose over this. I'll miss them, but to be honest, they'd just end up leaving anyway, once I get down to the real nitty-gritty of how and why Xel'Duum created the human race. There are some people who are going to be very unhappy with the fact that our God is really a Goddess, and not a very nice one at that.
SuedodeuS wrote: Oh, and until they are named otherwise in the comic, I'm going to refer to (or at least think of) his Chosen People as the Eloi, simply due to the gospels saying Jesus' last words were "Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?" While this apparently meant "My god, my god, why have you forsaken me?" it would be interesting if he were actually asking his children why they had forsaken him.
Morach wrote:If Meittron reincarnated into who I think he did in the last panel, I have to wonder what was going through his mind as his end was near? More to think about is where did he go after that incarnation died? One thing I like about this particular chapter is how it really makes you think about all sorts of topics, even those that most wouldn't normally think about(or want to think about). I'm curious about one thing though, what was Sammael originally punished for?
jeffc wrote:So now I'm intrigued to see how the Meittron storyline unfolds but feel free to return to boobs and blood at anytime.
RavenWulf wrote:And I swear if anyone hasn't gotten panel four then they need to take middle school history again. Love this comic from the moment I found it and short of you ditching it there is nothing that's going to change my mind on it.
Morach wrote:If Meittron reincarnated into who I think he did in the last panel, I have to wonder what was going through his mind as his end was near? More to think about is where did he go after that incarnation died? One thing I like about this particular chapter is how it really makes you think about all sorts of topics, even those that most wouldn't normally think about(or want to think about). I'm curious about one thing though, what was Sammael originally punished for?
Max320 wrote:If sammael is indeed the same as the morning star, or the light bringer, or Lucifer, then he was cast down because he rebelled against the word of god.
By angel terms, he developed free will, something that, if i remember correctly, was not given to them in the first place...
Max320 wrote:supposedly, one of hitler's grandparents was jewish...
The jews also have a saying, that, translated, sounds a bit like this:
"Your greatest enemy will rise from your ranks."
Literally, it means that the person bent on hurting you the most will be a close friend or a family member(Or, if we look at racial scales, someone from the same race).
Recently, it was revealed that after Mahmud Ahmadenijad was born, his mom(A jew by every jewish standard) converted to islam, and apparently, Whenever a family changes their faith, they always act with incredible hatred towards the previous faith they were following, which would explain why he's such a turd...
Careful with romanization of Hebrew (or Aramaic, as might be the case). There are maybe half a dozen popular schemes to describe Hebrew writing in Latin letters, and none of them can be considered “the correct one”. They also tend to be very incompatible because the Latin script is not well suited to the job and the language itself has developed over time.Max320 wrote:If what you said is true, than this word "sabachthani" should be written like this "zanachtini".
Of course, the way you chose to write it is quite interesting, because "Zabachtani" means, in a way "sacrificed me".
Also, about the "Eloi, eloi" thing...
Eloi(Or elohai, whatever you spell it in english), as long as it's not written eli, means a plural, which, according to some very weird people, means that the ones who created us humans, and have been interacting with us ever since, are aliens(There's a book about the subject... This it's name was "Chariots of the gods" or something similar...)
Wikipedia wrote:The phrase could be either:
• אלי אלי למה עזבתני [ēlî ēlî lamâ azavtanî] (Hebrew);
• אלי אלי למא שבקתני [ēlî ēlî lamâ šabaqtanî]; or
• אלהי אלהי למא שבקתני [ēlâhî ēlâhî lamâ šabaqtanî]
The Aramaic word šabaqtanî is based on the verb šabaq, 'to allow, to permit, to forgive, and to forsake', with the perfect tense ending -t (2nd person singular: 'you'), and the object suffix -anî (1st person singular: 'me').
raoullefere wrote:I like the "Child of Fire" reference, incidentally. Seriously cool.
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