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13 years ago @ Listverse - 10 Biblical Facts That... · 2 replies · +5 points
Wine: The Bible, as you correctly state. does NOT condemn the drinking of alcohol - that misconception is a holdover from Calvinistic and Purtian Prtotestantism - which worked its way into Methodism etc; What the Bible DOES say is "Be not DRUNK of the fruit of the vine" - at the same time many gainsayers will claim that the water was turned into grape juice - but the original Gospels clearly use a word which translates from the original Greek as WINE /a "fermented grape beverage".
As for money the misquote is generally "Money id the root of all evil" when in fact Peter says "LOVE of money - is the root of all evil"
Again Great list
13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 15 Worst Sports Mo... · 0 replies · 0 points
One other point rarely mentioned in public: the Juventus fans STARTED the riot at Heysel; spitting at the English fans and throwing cups of urine at them - among other things - it's simply because the Liverpool fans retaliated by jumping the fence and the Italians trying to run away caused the railing to collapse - but because the majority of dead and injured were Italian, the English fans got the blame!
13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 15 Worst Sports Mo... · 0 replies · +1 points
The accident had very little to do with the hold-up (that was a police myth) - in fact, the major hold-up was the fact that the police were stopping buses carrying Liverpool Fans - and ONLY Liverpool fans and searching them for weapons - Liverpool still had a "reputation" following Heysel even though they were not the worst for hooliganism at the time and had kept their reputations clean.
As a result of the harrassment the buses were pulling up late and the fans were trying to get in barely 15 minutes before kick=off: as the teams walked onto the pitch, people outside began panicking and that's when the Police opened the extra gate and funnelled the fans into only one 'corral' causing the crush.
The police were responsible for creating the delay, the panic and then the disaster - - - and yet not ONE of them, despite being found officially responsible, has ever been held accountable.
13 years ago @ Listverse - 15 Factlets Most Peopl... · 0 replies · +2 points
Well done
13 years ago @ Listverse - 15 Factlets Most Peopl... · 0 replies · +8 points
Thus when it was designed/built it was an electronic "Black Box". When it was proposed to the aircraft industry in Australia (and rejected), the inventor took it to (I believe) Boeing, who saw the immediate applicational advantages and installed it under its working title - the 'Black Box' Flight Recorder.
The fluorexcent oirange powder-coated colouring was added after several crashes where the recorder was either unlocatable or was located by accident or with difficulty. The original ones were a dull, metallic grey.
13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Best South Kore... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ Listverse - 10 Lesser-Known Venomo... · 3 replies · +3 points
However, if I may make a correction - your first snake you stated: "Although related to true cobras, the water cobra actually belongs to a different genus"
In fact - if they are different genera - they're NOT related - their relationship goes back to the Family level which is 'elapidae' which basically makes the water cobra no more related to the true cobra any more than the true cobra is related to the Taipan!
However, despite that hiccup - a great list: I used to lecture on snakes and envenomation to emergency services, nurses and doctors and I am impressed with your list - I've only heard of about 5 of them before.
13 years ago @ Listverse - 10 Controversial Apoca... · 2 replies · -3 points
Now, stop drooling on yourself, have your carer change your nappy (diaper if you're a Yank) and stay out of conversations which are way above your intellect standard - which pretty much means; don't reply to anything said to you (or around you) by anyone (or anyTHING) more intelligent than a Broccoli plant.
13 years ago @ Listverse - 10 Controversial Apoca... · 3 replies · -14 points
It's simply "Revelation" or in some transcriptions "The Revelation of St.John"
If you can't get something as basic as that correct, why should anyone take anything else you write seriously?
13 years ago @ Listverse - Top 10 Foods Prepared ... · 0 replies · +1 points
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