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To: Cats Pajamas

interdasting!


816 posted on 10/26/2019 10:25:39 AM PDT by bitt
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To: bitt

Of course what else is interdasting about UTAH is they have a place called MOAB, UTAH.

Heard a dog barking so I went to check out what the dog was digging up and barking about.

Bee back in just a bit.


822 posted on 10/26/2019 10:33:31 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Freedom or Liberty? Which would you choose?)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moab,_Utah

The Biblical name Moab refers to an area of land located on the eastern side of the Jordan River. Some historians believe the city in Utah came to use this name because of William Andrew Peirce, the first postmaster, believing that the biblical Moab and this part of Utah were both “the far country”.[7]:16[8] However, others believe the name has Paiute origins, referring to the word moapa, meaning “mosquito”.[9] Some of the area’s early residents attempted to change the city’s name, because in the Christian Bible, Moabites are demeaned as incestuous and idolatrous. One petition in 1890 had 59 signatures and requested a name change to “Vina”.[7]:50 Another effort attempted to change the name to “Uvadalia”.[9] Both attempts failed.

-because in the Christian Bible, Moabites are demeaned as incestuous and idolatrous.


823 posted on 10/26/2019 10:41:21 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Freedom or Liberty? Which would you choose?)
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