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Topic Options #187412 - 10/22/09 07:48 PM peremptory Kelley stranger Registered: 10/22/09 Posts: 1 Loc: Ecotopia, California, USA I had initially thought that Bush's invasion of Iraq was a preemptive attack, but now learn that it could just as well have been called peremptory. Top #187413 - 10/23/09 10:01 AM Re: peremptory [Re: Kelley] kah454 stranger Registered: 09/22/09 Posts: 19 Loc: Long Island, NY USA We may call it what we will: nevertheless there is a peremptory (imperative) need for people of all faiths to pray and work for peace. Top #187416 - 10/23/09 12:24 PM Re: peremptory [Re: kah454] LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 830 Loc: Land of Flat River And when they all pray to the same god to help them kill their enemies who are praying to the same god? Top #187444 - 10/26/09 09:12 AM Re: peremptory [Re: LukeJavan8] kah454 stranger Registered: 09/22/09 Posts: 19 Loc: Long Island, NY USA We must pray for wisdom..."For, by ignoring the path of Wisdom, not only did they suffer the loss of not knowing the good, but they left the world a memorial to their folly, so that their offences could not pass unnoticed." Wisdom 10:8 Top #187446 - 10/26/09 11:48 AM Re: peremptory [Re: kah454] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Who, pray, are they? Top #187448 - 10/26/09 01:01 PM Re: peremptory [Re: BranShea] LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 830 Loc: Land of Flat River Is not Wisdom one of the deutero-canonical books? Top #187449 - 10/26/09 02:03 PM Re: peremptory [Re: LukeJavan8] kah454 stranger Registered: 09/22/09 Posts: 19 Loc: Long Island, NY USA Yes it is one of the deutero-canonical books. It is full of good stuff, and while it is not listed in the Hebrew canon, it was known to them and is alluded to in Matthew's Gospel. Top #187450 - 10/26/09 02:21 PM Re: peremptory [Re: BranShea] zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 2270 Loc: R'lyeh Who, pray, are they? From the context (i.e., the preceding verses in the chapter) it appears that they are the unrighteous inhabitants of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Chapter 10 is addressed to Wisdom (i.e., Sophia as the book was composed in Greek originally), and gives a short summary of Genesis, alluding to Cain and Abel, then the Deluge, and finally the cities on the smoking plain. Lot's wife as a pillar of salt is mentioned, too (link). Top #187455 - 10/26/09 05:18 PM Re: peremptory [Re: zmjezhd] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague A very swift and cryptical Genesis, but a beautiful text to read. Top #187675 - 11/05/09 05:29 PM Re: peremptory [Re: kah454] LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 830 Loc: Land of Flat River Found the book and just finished reading it: beautiful. Thanks for the recommend. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187592 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 2 registered (Buffalo Shrdlu, Faldage), 8 Guests and 34 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6595 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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