Luke's idioms

[Dave Monroe]

... now THAT'S what I'm talking about, kids.  Hold on, I think my allergies are
acting up *sniffle* ...

David Morris wrote:

> Jane,
>
> This text is CENTRAL to the mythology of GR!  I've been thinking of it for
> months.  Nimrod built the first CITY after the cleansing flood.  The tower was
> its ROCKET.  God F-d up Their Count-Down!
>
> Thanks!
> David Morris
>
> --- J Suete
> > After the flood, God commanded the people to fill the earth (Gen 9:1). But a
> descendent of Ham named Nimrod became a mighty hunter (10:9), and decided that
> he and his descendants would begin a kingdom (11:4) that was later called Babel
> (11:9). As a symbol of their unity they began a building project. Because there
> are no natural stones in the Plain of Shinar, (about 50 miles from present-day
> Baghdad), they made bricks and burned them thoroughly (11:3) to make a solid
> monument.
> >
> > They said,  " 'Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top
> will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will
> be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth'" (11:4).
> >
>
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