|
kntfkr posted:we three kings be stealin' the gold Aw, man, I didn't join the Army to pull paper out of people's asses.
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2021 02:25
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 03:46 |
|
|
THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI “A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.” And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling And running away, and wanting their liquor and women, And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters, And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly And the villages dirty and charging high prices: A hard time we had of it. At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches, With the voices singing in our ears, saying That this was all folly. Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley, Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation; With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness, And three trees on the low sky, And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow. Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel, Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver, And feet kicking the empty wine-skins. But there was no information, and so we continued And arriving at evening, not a moment too soon Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory. All this was a long time ago, I remember, And I would do it again, but set down This set down This: were we led all that way for Birth or Death? There was a birth, certainly, We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death, But had thought they were different; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death. We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2021 12:55
|
|
|
Mister Speaker posted:Aw, man, I didn't join the Army to pull paper out of people's asses. Tell me, my man, what is the problem with Michael Jackson?
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2021 13:17
|
|
|
Mozi posted:was there ever a three stooges short where they were the three wise men? seems like a missed opportunity if not
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2021 13:42
|
|
|
LARRY: Hey Moe, they're saying this baby's the Son of God! You think that's true? MOE: Just help me pick up all this myrrh, wiseguy! CURLY: Hey check it out, this horse has a hunchback! MOE: I'll give you a hunchback! Get over here, you knucklehead!
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2021 14:48
|
|
|
There was a 4th, that got lost along the way. He spent his life searching for Jesu, having to trade his gifts along the way. He found him in the end, witnessing him carrying his cross to Golgotha. Mozi posted:was there ever a three stooges short where they were the three wise men? seems like a missed opportunity if not
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2021 14:59
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 03:46 |
|
|
Cubone posted:idk what actual christian theologians say, there's probably books and books written exploring this, but the real answer is it was probably just widely accepted at the time that there was something magic over there, so when the story was written it didn't seem weird, right? It's more to place his birth in Bethlehem specifically Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. The idea that the Romans were forcing people to return to their ancestral towns to be taxed is basically absurd. The Romans wanted stable provinces and to receive tax revenue. Making everyone travel to their home town to pay taxes is just... stupid. Travel was perilous, and if it was well known that everyone had to travel to their hometown at once to pay taxes (i.e. carrying a bunch of coinage or valuable goods to pay the taxes with) there'd be brigands anywhere. Plus people wouldn't go. Oh Joseph? Of Bethlehem, naw I'm uh... Bob, Bob from accounting. Some of Jesus miracles were more credible than that idea.
|
|
#
?
Dec 22, 2021 15:04
|
|
