(January 7, 2019 at 9:56 am)pocaracas Wrote:(January 7, 2019 at 4:43 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Hey, I like you just because of who you are. You challenge me not only to consider your thoughts, but my own.
In truth, I don't know more than I do know, but I'm good with that. When one loves knowledge, the universe is gold to them. I'm just a happy miner moving along with it.
(January 7, 2019 at 4:43 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Anyway, back to the Essenes, and I'm just going to briefly comment since I'm getting ready to crash. I think when it mentions "worshiping angels" that it's reflecting them, but as you stated, it's not conclusive. But of the major sects, I don't know of too many, especially in that region, that would've been practicing that, as to have it brought up. A lot of what the Essenes believed had to do with mysticism and other beliefs meshed together. I don't want to go out of my way to invalidate them, but am just implying that it was likely. If you know of an alternative, then feel free to suggest. Don't feel like you need to, but just curious so throwing it out there.
No, I know of no alternative...
The Pharisees had their temple and the people did attend the services, I guess.
And then there were people getting baptized by folk from a different sect... the one I'm guessing was very close to the Essenes.
How many people belonged to each group, exactly, who can tell?
(January 7, 2019 at 4:43 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Yep, the High Sparrow. Couldn't remember what he was called. Then there were the guys with the marked foreheads that were creepy too. I had people fussing at me over the years for not watching GoT, so finally went through it last year during Season 7. They did a lot of things right when making that show. I think it's because they took humans and found unique ways to make them relevant in both our world and their world, so as to make them understood and even endearing at time.
The writer of the original books claims to have been following a bit in the style of Tolkien, who is well known to have produced a whole mythology that would somehow fit into the known history of Britain. And, in GoT, Westeros is kind of like medieval Europe... with a bit of magic sprinkled on top, just as the druids would have liked!
The guys with the marked foreheads were the sparrows, that's why their leader was the High Sparrow.
"They call themselves "Sparrows". Bloody fanatics! Religion has its place, of course, but to a certain point."
―Ser Kevan Lannister to Cersei Lannister
(January 7, 2019 at 4:43 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Dogs and cats are out cold. I guess they're telling me something. Of course the dogs think I'm a piece of furniture so they'll get up just so they can flop down on me. When I got them, I didn't think I was going to end up with a couple 60 lbs bricks to place on top of me, which is exactly what they do if I try to sleep anywhere near them.
LOL.
Living all my life in a flat, my dad (and me, too) always considered it cruel to keep an animal so enclosed, so I never had any. Freedom!!!
Of course they were called "sparrows." You would think I would've been able to come to that conclusion on my own, but just going to blame 3 am.
Don't know the number of Pharisee and Essenes, but believe the latter was more common.
Got my dogs the same day I moved into this home. They tend to occupy more space over the course of a day than me, except for going through that space to pick up after them. Mess after mess, but that's one of the reasons for having them. It keeps me responsible for something.
If the flat is small, it might not be good for some pets. Always wondered if animals like goldfish go insane from living in small bowl.
