[Basilissa]

Re: A List of False gods

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn...
So you do not deny the Great Old Ones...?


Ia ia Cthulhu fhtagn!

Turachay, ima simipi rimanki? Imata niwaranki, mana yachanichu. Imarayku inglespi rimayta mana munankichu?

See what I did there? You're not the only one who can speak foreign gibberish.

But it doesn't really improve communication, when one side does not understand what the other said said, does it?

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: A List of False gods

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn...
So you do not deny the Great Old Ones...?


Ia ia Cthulhu fhtagn!

This is not a problem. The Bible refers to other gods, but only once did any other god get the better of Yahweh, and that god is no longer worshiped.

God is quite clear, He made a pact with us* – we worship Him, He protects us. And so far, God has been as good as His Word (which, by the way, is as silver refined seven times - Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.)

Think of those nations that worship other gods:

The Middle East – a mess of death and suffering ruled by madmen.
Japan – cursed by meglamaniacs and nuclear bombed, tsumanied and earthquaked at regular intervals.
China - a nation of slitty-eyed people willing to copy anything for a bowl of rice.
India – a cesspit of corruption, poverty and crime.
Eskimo lands – freezing cold and filled with pathetic alcoholics
Africa – in the North filled with fundamentalists; in the center, a burning desert; in the south still in the Stone Age.
The Pacific Islands – jiggaboos with bones through their noses living on bananas and coconuts and eating people.

I’d say that God is the only real god.

*Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12:1-3, 6-7; 13:14-17; 15; 17:1-14; 22:15-18). In this covenant, God promised many things to Abraham. He personally promised that He would make Abraham’s name great (Genesis 12:2), that Abraham would have numerous physical descendants (Genesis 13:16), and that he would be the father of a multitude of nations (Genesis 17:4-5). God also made promises regarding a nation called Israel. In fact, the geographical boundaries of the Abrahamic Covenant are laid out on more than one occasion in the book of Genesis (12:7; 13:14-15; 15:18-21). Another provision in the Abrahamic Covenant is that the families of the world will be blessed through the physical line of Abraham (Genesis 12:3; 22:18). This is a reference to the Messiah, who would come from the line of Abraham.

[TheNoBrain]

Re: A List of False gods

Turachay, ima simipi rimanki? Imata niwaranki, mana yachanichu. Imarayku inglespi rimayta mana munankichu?

See what I did there? You're not the only one who can speak foreign gibberish.

But it doesn't really improve communication, when one side does not understand what the other said said, does it?

"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming..."
The phrase I quoted means this. This is no foreign gibberish - you just simply lack the function that allows you to speak this language.

This is not a problem. The Bible refers to other gods, but only once did any other god get the better of Yahweh, and that god is no longer worshiped.

God is quite clear, He made a pact with us* – we worship Him, He protects us. And so far, God has been as good as His Word (which, by the way, is as silver refined seven times - Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.)

Think of those nations that worship other gods:

The Middle East – a mess of death and suffering ruled by madmen.
Japan – cursed by meglamaniacs and nuclear bombed, tsumanied and earthquaked at regular intervals.
China - a nation of slitty-eyed people willing to copy anything for a bowl of rice.
India – a cesspit of corruption, poverty and crime.
Eskimo lands – freezing cold and filled with pathetic alcoholics
Africa – in the North filled with fundamentalists; in the center, a burning desert; in the south still in the Stone Age.
The Pacific Islands – jiggaboos with bones through their noses living on bananas and coconuts and eating people.

I’d say that God is the only real god.

*Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12:1-3, 6-7; 13:14-17; 15; 17:1-14; 22:15-18). In this covenant, God promised many things to Abraham. He personally promised that He would make Abraham’s name great (Genesis 12:2), that Abraham would have numerous physical descendants (Genesis 13:16), and that he would be the father of a multitude of nations (Genesis 17:4-5). God also made promises regarding a nation called Israel. In fact, the geographical boundaries of the Abrahamic Covenant are laid out on more than one occasion in the book of Genesis (12:7; 13:14-15; 15:18-21). Another provision in the Abrahamic Covenant is that the families of the world will be blessed through the physical line of Abraham (Genesis 12:3; 22:18). This is a reference to the Messiah, who would come from the line of Abraham.

And there comes the God talk again. Would you please repeat your history of America? Where is it that Jesus was an American? WHERE? If you can't answer this question, you have to re-read the bible in order to fully grasp on your pathetic example of a religion.

Let there be Metal,
The Nomad

Ps.: The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown.

[Basilissa]

Re: A List of False gods

"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming..."
The phrase I quoted means this. This is no foreign gibberish - you just simply lack the function that allows you to speak this language.

Thank you for the translation, but it still holds no cultural meaning for me. What is that language and how many native speakers does it have?

The phrase I responded with translates to: "My little brother*, what language do you speak**? What did you tell me, I did not understand. Why don't you want to speak in English?"

I will give you positive reputation points if you figure out what was that language. I doubt that you "lack the function***," but a girl can hope, right?



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* In this particular language/culture, diminutives are used a lot; if I said simply "turay" ("my brother") it would sound very cold/distant, people just don't speak that way.
** On second thought, I should have used the verb form rimashanki instead of rimanki, that would translate more nicely as "(you) are speaking." But, to make my point (which was that we use American English here as the common language to avoid communication problems), I decided to use one of the more obscure languages among the ones I speak, and I have to admit I am not fully fluent in this one yet.
*** A more proper phrasing to use in this case would be something like "lack the knowledge," as all languages are learned and not inherited. Which makes babies truly amazing, because as babies we learned our first language without textbooks and dictionaries.

[refridgerator]

Re: A List of False gods

I have to ask: Did you copy paste that list or did you make it on your own?

[Didymus Much]

Re: A List of False gods

I have to ask: Did you copy paste that list or did you make it on your own?

I have to ask: just who the **** are you talking to?

[TheNoBrain]

Re: A List of False gods

Thank you for the translation, but it still holds no cultural meaning for me. What is that language and how many native speakers does it have?

The phrase I responded with translates to: "My little brother*, what language do you speak**? What did you tell me, I did not understand. Why don't you want to speak in English?"

I will give you positive reputation points if you figure out what was that language. I doubt that you "lack the function***," but a girl can hope, right?



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* In this particular language/culture, diminutives are used a lot; if I said simply "turay" ("my brother") it would sound very cold/distant, people just don't speak that way.
** On second thought, I should have used the verb form rimashanki instead of rimanki, that would translate more nicely as "(you) are speaking." But, to make my point (which was that we use American English here as the common language to avoid communication problems), I decided to use one of the more obscure languages among the ones I speak, and I have to admit I am not fully fluent in this one yet.
*** A more proper phrasing to use in this case would be something like "lack the knowledge," as all languages are learned and not inherited. Which makes babies truly amazing, because as babies we learned our first language without textbooks and dictionaries.

Reading, I see, is not your strong side. I mean, other than the "Holy" Bible. Search up this phrase (Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn), and be amazed.

As for American English, I don't care. I use American, British, Australian and so many more localised English variants, it's actually disgusting.

Let there be Metal,
The Nomad

[Elmer G. White]

Re: A List of False gods

Reading, I see, is not your strong side. I mean, other than the "Holy" Bible. Search up this phrase (Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn), and be amazed.

As for American English, I don't care. I use American, British, Australian and so many more localised English variants, it's actually disgusting.

Let there be Metal,
The Nomad

Dear Cthulhu worshiper. No-one is interested in random phrases discovered from the Interwebs. Everyone can find a useless, ugly language and paste an unnecessary phrase. I found one, it is as follows. "A légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal". Briefly, you cannot escape God by switching the language. He could, if necessary, proclaim His Glory in Klingon and in the fictional R'lyehian.

Psalms 19:1-3 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.)
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

Why are you reluctant to discuss the actual issues of the Bible and its tremendous Truth™ value? Instead, you digress and debate circumferential matters that will not help you gain Salvation.


Yours in Christ,

Elmer

[refridgerator]

Re: A List of False gods

I have to ask: just who the **** are you talking to?

To the white bearded man who created this monumental list.

[I Man Rastafari]

Re: A List of False gods

To the white bearded man who created this monumental list.

Greetings refutator! I am Trevor McGregor and I do not believe that I have made your acquaintance. I welcome you to this place as a fellow POC and at the same time I point out to you that you have aroused the anger of the white people. I know that as a colored person you are well aware of the need to avoid arguing with white people. Perhaps you have fallen into a state of argumentation by accident. These Baptists are normal average white American people and if you want to know how things are in Babylon they are good to talk to. If you keep disputing them they will get mad enough to ban you. I have sent you a friend request because all of the colored races of the world must stay united against white greed.

[Basilissa]

Re: A List of False gods

Reading, I see, is not your strong side. I mean, other than the "Holy" Bible.

Why would you assume that? I read. A lot. Mostly non-fiction recently, but occasionally I even read fiction as well. My favorites in the latter category include Kalevala, Bhagavad Gita, Poetic Edda, Popol Vuh, Enuma Elish, and Gilgamesh. Don't they count as readings "other than the Holy Bible?" I mean, I understand how you could try to make that argument for the last two*, but there is no way you could make that argument for the others.

Search up this phrase (Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn), and be amazed.

Meh. If you don't care to google the language I used (Turachay, ima simipi rimanki? Imata niwaranki, mana yachanichu. Imarayku inglespi rimayta mana munankichu?), why should I bother to reciprocate?

(Hint: you won't find it in Google translate, but if you try just regular google, you eventually will find some clues). Positive rep offer still stands.

Oh, well. And here I was, hoping to debate the universal grammar hypothesis with you.

I do have to ask, though. If the way the language you used is spelled is even remotely related to the IPA, the consonants followed by ' should be ejective. I know how ejective ph' and h' sound (although I'd spell them as px' and x', as it would have to be a sound produced deeper in the throat) and I can imagine how would r' sound (although that sound does not exist in any language I'm aware of). But how the hell do you make w ejective?! Or should that be pronounced like the German w? (But that wouldn't help much, either, as I'm not aware of an ejective v sound).

As for American English, I don't care. I use American, British, Australian and so many more localised English variants, it's actually disgusting.

You got me there. How is linguistic diversity "disgusting?"



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* I would love to see you try, actually. I mean, it would obviously be wrong, as it would be based on a false premise, but at least we could discuss something interesting.

[I Man Rastafari]

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As for American English, I don't care. I use American, British, Australian and so many more localised English variants.

I myself am a native speaker of Jamaican English which is unintelligible to almost all white people. I learned American English from the Methodists at school in Kingston and I have learned Black American English since I have come to Babylon for my schooling. You must be a very intelligent man but why do you call yourself No Brain?

Jah Guide
Trevor

[Cranky Old Man]

Re: A List of False gods

Nobody exists on purpose

Apparently your parents never taught you about sex. I can see why, as they clearly didn't want you reproduce.

I will share my infinite wisdom on the subject with you: 8 Step Guide to MAKING CHILDREN!

[Thomas Taylor]

Re: A List of False gods

Reading, I see, is not your strong side. I mean, other than the "Holy" Bible. Search up this phrase (Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn), and be amazed.

As for American English, I don't care. I use American, British, Australian and so many more localised English variants, it's actually disgusting.

Let there be Metal,
The Nomad

Dear Braincell,


I can see that doing as you are told is not your forte. Please enlighten us as to why you choose to use a stupid made up language invented by some pervert author called lovecraft. Try reading something written by someone who is not made up. Try reading the Holy Bible (KJV 1611), it's not made up and it has loads of tales of horror and debasement, seeing as that's what you seem to like.


YIC
TT

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: A List of False gods

Where is it that Jesus was an American?

You seem to be deluded and insane people like that worry me, so I don't usually talk to them - I just place my hand nearer my gun and call security.

However, it is clear that Jesus loves America best - nobody but a fool would deny that - although He Himself is more "a Citizen of the World", but if He had to choose, even you would agree that He would choose to be American.

He speaks American - we know this because His Words sound natural to us.