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  1. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    Now, if you were looking for an explanation of how a " garden " is used in astronomy calculations, it's rather simple This requires that one consider the polysemic nature of the symbol, which as a number, represents 3600 If someone had bothered to click on the diagram at the top right of the...
  2. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    It's all good, we can still discuss it Flood terminologies in the antiquities I think it would benefit us all to have a good knock-down dragout thread on the topic, one that actually uses an examination of literature and languages in the antiquities, as opposed to the usual attempts of "...
  3. Onoma

    Flood terminologies in the antiquities

    I have started this thread to discuss the use of " flood " terms used in ancient literature and how they influenced the Bible ( Feel free to move this to the appropriate section if it's in the wrong place ) I can see there are several readers here who have gone to the lengths to study such...
    • Onoma
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    • bible egyptian flood literature mesopotamian terminologies
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    • Forum: Scriptural Debates
  4. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    OK, I will start a thread on flood terminologies in Mesopotamian and Egyptian literature and we can discuss it at great length :)
  5. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    Well then I will repost it and clarify " It's not pronounced like the word we use to describe the concept of Biblical " sin ", yet it appears the same in text in English ( Sometimes even missing the diacritic mark that tells the reader how to pronounce it, which is actually phonetically - "...
  6. Onoma

    Keys to mild vs severe Coronavirus illness start to come into view

    Here's a recently published paper ( august 3rd ) discussing the potential for dain bramage after Covid infections Cerebral Micro-Structural Changes in COVID-19 Patients – An MRI-based 3-month Follow-up Study
  7. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    Actually it's rather easy to not only show evidence of, I will offer a rigorous proof, but that will require some math and a discussion of mathematical astronomy in the antiquities and how it was done I could start by asking, are you familiar with the formula T_n = n ( n +1 )/ 2 ?
  8. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    Mmm, great question, but first - I never said " mabul " is the word used in that verse ( Not once ) I gave the verse as an example of the preservation of a type of phrasing common to Mesopotamian texts But, since you brought it up, let's look at the word " nahar ", coming from it's root: נהר...
  9. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    Is it as laughable as the explanation of the origin of Hebrew metrology that you could provide ?
  10. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    That's a great refutation of something I never said ( In fact I clarified the difference )
  11. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    Well, great post, I appreciate the response Truly, when you start to delve into ancient priestly literature, there are very tricky things that require a good bit of study to understand, so it pains me to see people take such a dilettante approach to such interesting literature without being...
  12. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    No, I'd say more like ultracrepidarian
  13. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    Wikipedia is a good place to start, it's under area measurements Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement - Wikipedia
  14. Onoma

    The shaky road of Biblical literalism

    Quite often I see the things in the Hebrew Bible presented as 100% literal word for word accounts of events that actually happened / existed ~ The Garden of Eden and the serpent ~ The flood and the ark ~ The firmament etc Now, I personally believe the Bible is " God's word "...
    • Onoma
    • Thread
    • bible exegesis genesis literalism meaning semiosis
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Scriptural Debates
  15. Onoma

    Yield of Lebanon explosion

    What really disturbs me is that people apparently do not seem to learn from previous explosions of stored ammonium nitrate ( Many ) The fact they let it sit there for so long reeks of incompetence, imo
  16. Onoma

    Yield of Lebanon explosion

    2 tons, supposedly According to this article I was off by quite a bit " According to a statement issued by the Lebanese authorities following a meeting of Supreme Defence Council, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate is equivalent to 1,800 tons of TNT If one had to estimate the yield of this...
  17. Onoma

    Keys to mild vs severe Coronavirus illness start to come into view

    Here are several more panels I made to illustrate the relationship The first 5 are focused on the air quality in Wuhan The 6th shows NO2 concentrations compared to a map of infection hotspots ( as of 3 months ago ) The 7th panel shows the air quality in those areas hit hardest by infections (...
  18. Onoma

    Keys to mild vs severe Coronavirus illness start to come into view

    It's directly attributed to nitrogen dioxide ( weakens cell membranes and allows the virus to enter cells much faster ) Back before the WHO director finally acknowledged it publically on Twitter, I had actually done a comparative analysis between nitrogen dioxide concentrations ( From various...
  19. Onoma

    Yield of Lebanon explosion

    Anybody want to take a stab at estimating the yield ? The main explosion was linked to approximately 2,750 tonnes (3,030 short tons, 2,000 pounds each ) of ammonium nitrate that had been confiscated by the government from an abandoned ship and stored in the port without proper safety measures...
  20. Onoma

    Keys to mild vs severe Coronavirus illness start to come into view

    First off, thanks for posting the paper, that's an interesting one for sure ! As far as developing an immunity...this is tricky, especially with this virus I'd have to check my notes to make sure, but I believe that the genome contains a rather long sequence that is associated with severe...
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