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A Strange and Beautiful Doctrine
The second paragraph to the first subheading, Beliefs and caricatures, defers to the Last Supper.
How many times per day or per week might His disciples have understood Jesus Christ as wishing their togetherness over bread and wine?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/26/2024
Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery
Alerting the refugees would have meant alerting the Germans.
frankbeswick, on 01/26/2024
Pilate
We hear of crucifixion in Roman accounts, and I have never heard it from another source, so it seems likely that the Romans invented it, but I would not be surprised if the Assyrians used it, though they seem to have preferred implement.
frankbeswick, on 01/26/2024
The Granite Kingdom: a Cornish Journey
You would hear the English word.
frankbeswick, on 01/26/2024
Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery
The third parragraph to the first subheading, The young trooper, alerts us that "But one incident had a lasting effect. Early in the siege the Allies became convinced that the Germans were sheltering in the monastery rather than just camped and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/26/2024
Pilate
Thank you!
So crucifixion tended to be a Roman-choice death penalty even as stoning tended to be a Jewish-choice death penalty, correct?
Would crucifixion have been "invented" by Roman authorities or would it have been "borrowed" from some ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/26/2024
Artificial Intelligence - a boost or a curse for modern artists
It seems like your experience shares that AI should play well with others -- popular Unitedstatesian phrase for interpersonal skills ;-D -- and work well.
How would you answer your survey question? Which response would you click?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/26/2024
An Australian Marketplace Called RedBubble
Name and word origins always interest me.
Is it known why the moniker is Red bubble?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/26/2024
The Granite Kingdom: a Cornish Journey
Thank you!
So British Isle-ers -- ;-D -- no longer know what Wlas means!
Might -- if I moved around from Cornish city to town to village -- I hear the Cornish name?
Or would I -- perhaps 99.9 percent recurring of the time -- only hear Land's ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/26/2024
Artificial Intelligence - a boost or a curse for modern artists
I am committed to refraining from using ai. What you see in mynwritingbwill ever come from me.
frankbeswick, on 01/26/2024
The Granite Kingdom: a Cornish Journey
Penn an Was. Or Pedn an Wlas. Penn means hill or high.WLAS, pronounced oolas, I do not know
frankbeswick, on 01/26/2024
The Granite Kingdom: a Cornish Journey
The first paragraph to the third subheading, Cornish language, mentions Land's End.
Might there be a known Cornish-language equivalent to that place name?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/25/2024
To the Island of Tides
It depends onnthevcountry you are in. In Northern Eng,land it is likely to from the siX ..hundreds.
frankbeswick, on 01/25/2024
A Visit to the Giant's Causeway
I think that people get used to the smell, when the kelp drive up it crumbles into fragments and eventually dust, and the smell goes away.
frankbeswick, on 01/25/2024
Corruption in the church:reflections on scandal
Yes. The responsibility lies with the local bishop.
frankbeswick, on 01/25/2024