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#1 Post by fuzzywuzzy » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:02 am

Saudi Arabia to execute woman for "witchcraft"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23162712/
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#2 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:05 pm

That's totally ridiculous.
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#3 Post by earendel » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:38 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:That's totally ridiculous.
But hardly surprising. Even the Bible has a statement that says (in the King James Version), "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live," the basis for the Salem witch trials. Fortunately our society has advanced to the point where we don't do such foolishness.
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#4 Post by TheConfessor » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:50 pm

Outrageous, but if they're now only 315 years behind the USA in social enlightenment, it sounds as if they're making excellent progress.
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#5 Post by fuzzywuzzy » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:55 pm

TheConfessor wrote:Outrageous, but if they're now only 315 years behind the USA in social enlightenment, it sounds as if they're making excellent progress.
I needed the chuckle today...Thanks Ed! 8)
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#6 Post by ghostjmf » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:44 pm

It was originally not "a witch", as you noted. It was "a poisoner". Kind of big diff. The mistranslation was at the instigation of King James himself, who had a thing against witches.

When taking the Word of G-d for something, it would be good to take the orginal recipe translation.
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#7 Post by tlynn78 » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:51 pm

When taking the Word of G-d for something, it would be good to take the orginal recipe translation

Amen!


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