They're
Only Words.
 The
Bible claims that Mary was a virgin when she found
herself with a bun in the ecclesiastical oven. But
there are
those who think that the original Latin word for "virgin"
translates as "young
woman".
Or that the word
"manger" actually meant "inn" or possibly "cave". Ancient
Greek and Hebrew are not exactly Intro to Spanish.
The first hand-written English translation of the Bible
was produced by John Wycliffe in 1380. Oddly enough,
he was opposed to organized Christianity as he felt
it
betrayed
the intent
of the teaching's of Christ, which
it does. The Pope
was so pissed-off at the guy that 44 years after Wycliffe
died the Pope had his bones dug up, crushed, and scattered
in the river.
Oh, that Pope.
One of Wycliffe's followers, John Hus, was burned at
the stake just because he happened to think that the
Bible
should be written in a language the people could understand.
Back then, you see, it was a death sentence to be caught
with a Bible written in anything but Latin.
Fun times.
If you're interested in early English Bible history,
and it's pretty hairy stuff, you can find much more here.
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A quick point of interest concerning
the Republican Presidential Primary in Florida today.
In 2008 over
1.9 million voters cast their votes. Today, only 1.6
million visited the voting stations. That's 300,000
Republican voters who decided Mitt, Newt, etc. weren't
worth their time.
Even worse? I'm told many democrats switched party
affiliation just so they could vote for Newt Gingrich.
Go Newt!
Heh-heh-heh.
=Lefty=
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And now our Chart of the Day:
Virginity rates vary by college major. (No kidding)
=Lefty=
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Republican Job Creation Update
 2-1-2012: On
Tuesday, the 31st, the House voted on a motion to consider
the repeal of the CLASS Program, part of the Affordable
Health
Care
Act
aimed
at helping low-income citizens get health care. It
passed on party lines. Don't expect it to escape the
Senate.
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