@RichardDawkins The suicide bomber who gets handed 72 raisins. "make them last mate, make them last."
Is Arabic an unusually imprecise language? Ways in which key words can be translated (e.g. 72 virgins versus 72 raisins) seem unfortunate.
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@RichardDawkins 72 virgin raisins = 72 grapes. Nice, crisp and refreshing reward for a martyr's death. - 1 more reply
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@RichardDawkins Yes, also "kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill" could mean "to love with utmost respect." Arabic is my mother tongue. - 2 more replies
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@RichardDawkins "Blessed are the cheesemakers." -
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@SpagFlying Not the messiah?
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@RichardDawkins @je_suis_liberte 72 raisins and not a single dateThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@RichardDawkins No, it's a very complex and precise language, but there is such a thing as allegory, you know ;) -
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@Bill_Cameron it is neither complex nor precise. It is primitive,but now lumbered with theological mystification.@RichardDawkins -
@thelongramp Rubbish and betrays complete ignorance - sorry to be blunt.
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@Bill_Cameron but since we're being blunt, languages do not begin as complex & precise; they evolve toward that state. -
@thelongramp Of course they do, who said any different? At one time we'd have been grunting at each other rather than writing via Internet.
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@RichardDawkins but how hilarious if somehow they end up in their afterlife they are handed a bowl of raisins! Lol! -
@MuddPuttle I like Robin Williams's idea of there being 71 Virginians, and the original GW kicks their ass.@RichardDawkins - End of conversation
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@RichardDawkins you'd think God would have picked some unambiguous mechanism for his revelations. -
@marsdaddy He likes to provide a challenge. He invented the crossword puzzle, you know ;)
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