Re: VMs: Re: [VMS] Goat vs. sheep, Sagittarius

[Pamela Richards <spirlhelix@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Rene

I restarted my computer, and now I can cut and paste. 
All's good with the world.

> I'm not very good at biblical quotes, but isn't
> there
> one about separating the goats from the sheep
> or v.v.? It wouldn't be there if it was so easy....

Matthew 25:31-33

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and
all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon
the throne of his glory: 
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and
he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd
divideth his sheep from the goats: 
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but
the goats on the left. 

In the context, we're talking about Judgement Day.  It
looks like the emphasis is not on how difficult or
easy this separation is to do, but rather on who is
qualified to do it: The Son of Man in his glory, etc..
 "As a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats"
makes it look like a rather routine task; perhaps for
the everyday shepherding tasks, they require different
feed, or different treatment (the sheep require
shearing, the goats "dew-clawing?).

Warmly,

Pam

--- Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> --- Jorge Stolfi <stolfi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >   > Can we put our heads together and postulate a
> > culture
> >   > where they never see scorpions (that's North),
> > do know
> >   > what lions look like (that's South), and can't
> > tell
> >   > the difference between goats and sheep (that's
> > New
> >   > York City!)?
> 
> I'm not very good at biblical quotes, but isn't
> there
> one about separating the goats from the sheep
> or v.v.? It wouldn't be there if it was so easy....
> 
> > The Lion doesn't count -- there were none in
> Europe,
> > yet every
> > European child would know what they looked like.
> > Besides, the VMS
> > picture is not a very convincing /Felix leo/, is
> it?
> 
> It's kind of OK for a lioness. Its tail and front
> claws are
> drawn in rather a typical "zodiac emblem way".
> Or perhaps they were just usually drawn that way.
> 
> Perhaps when drawing Aries, the artist accidentally
> copied a Capricornus?
> 
> > The VMS scorpion is really amazing; it would seem
> > that all the artist
> > knew was that is was a scary animal with a long
> > tail. 
> 
> Which correctly points up and forward. He had no
> (good) example to work from.
> 
> Cheers, Rene
> 
> 
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