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Magical amulet decoded. It protected owner from blood-sucking spirits
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| March 8, 2021
| Owen Jarus
Posted on 03/16/2021 11:12:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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03/16/2021 11:12:33 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:13:29 AM PDT
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coloradan
(They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
To: SunkenCiv
I hate blood sucking spirits.
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03/16/2021 11:13:50 AM PDT
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DannyTN
To: SunkenCiv
“ Both John the Baptist and archangel Gabriel are both important figures who practiced the religion.”
Ummm ... no.
They may be claimed to have been but Mohammad said Jesus taught Islam too so such claims are easily suspect.
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:14:55 AM PDT
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Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: SunkenCiv
They had liberals back then?....................
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:16:29 AM PDT
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Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: coloradan
I always preferred The Honeybees.
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:16:59 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Quick, send one to the Duke of Sussex.
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:17:07 AM PDT
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Lysandru
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:18:55 AM PDT
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fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism. )
To: SunkenCiv
Qanon people would like to get one to protect them from dems
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:19:03 AM PDT
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Pollard
(Bunch of curmudgeons)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:19:14 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: DannyTN
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:19:45 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Rurudyne
“Both John the Baptist and archangel Gabriel are both important figures who practiced the religion.” How is it known? From the Britannica site. “The Mandaeans viewed Jesus as a false messiah but revered John the Baptist, who performed miracles of healing through baptism, which the Mandaeans viewed as a magical process giving immortality, purification, and physical health.”
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:21:38 AM PDT
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Fungi
To: SunkenCiv
Who writes this cr@p?
They couldn’t even bother to wait for people who supposedly practice this sort of idolatry to respond before going to press.
And John the Baptist practiced it? If they’re claiming that because he preached a baptism of repentance, then I guess I practice it, too - after all, I take baths, too.
And angel Gabriel? I’ll have what they’re smoking for $1,000, Alex.
To: Lysandru
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03/16/2021 11:25:56 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: coloradan
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03/16/2021 11:29:14 AM PDT
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Noumenon
(The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
To: SunkenCiv
Just one of the many gnostic and related cults that lifted ideas from Judaism and Christianity as well as from pagan religions. They were especially prevalent in the Near East, to the point where a majority of the churches in that area were declared as heretical in the first major schism of the church, before the Catholic-Orthodox split or the Catholic-Protestant split.
To: DannyTN
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03/16/2021 11:36:48 AM PDT
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JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: SunkenCiv
According to the deciphered text, the amulet was meant to protect a man named Abbiya from blood-drinking spirits and a demon. "In the name of life, may there be health to the spirit and soul of Abbiya, the son of Mahua," the translated text says."He was a bit of a jerk"
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:39:40 AM PDT
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COBOL2Java
(Trump took down ISIS, Biden took down Dr. Seuss)
To: Fungi
That they later adopted the individuals as their own is different from saying those two were of that religion.
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posted on
03/16/2021 11:42:24 AM PDT
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Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: COBOL2Java
“Also, there was this amulet that got caught between my teeth. Until I got it out I couldn’t enunciate correctly.... And yes, that’s where blah, blah blah all started...”
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03/16/2021 11:46:17 AM PDT
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Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
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