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Re: free Bible commentaries on the net

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:09 am
by Furstentum Liechtenstein
Reactionary wrote: I'm proud to point out that here in Croatia we regularly use electricity, plumbing, oil, and quite obviously, the Internet. So I'm afraid that you're mistaken with your description, my dear humourous Western colleague.
Well...I'm not really mistaken about Croatia being ''Slobovia'' but I think we have a cultural misunderstanding here; allow me to explain. Unlike Europeans, most North Americans are notoriously ignorant about geography. So, if I say ''Croatia'' to someone around here they will have no clue as to where it is...assuming they even know that it exists. From our point-of-view, Croatia is in the same group as Turkmenistan, Bhutan and Swaziland...sorry!
Reactionary wrote:
Zagreb, Croatia - Vaduz, Fürstentum Liechtenstein 517 km
WOW! 517 km from Slobovia to Upper Slobovia!

FL :pillows:

Re: free Bible commentaries on the net

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:18 am
by Reactionary
Furstentum Liechtenstein wrote:
Reactionary wrote: I'm proud to point out that here in Croatia we regularly use electricity, plumbing, oil, and quite obviously, the Internet. So I'm afraid that you're mistaken with your description, my dear humourous Western colleague.
Well...I'm not really mistaken about Croatia being ''Slobovia'' but I think we have a cultural misunderstanding here; allow me to explain. Unlike Europeans, most North Americans are notoriously ignorant about geography. So, if I say ''Croatia'' to someone around here they will have no clue as to where it is...assuming they even know that it exists. From our point-of-view, Croatia is in the same group as Turkmenistan, Bhutan and Swaziland...sorry!
So, FL, do you belong to that majority? :)
Furstentum Liechtenstein wrote:
Reactionary wrote:
Zagreb, Croatia - Vaduz, Fürstentum Liechtenstein 517 km
WOW! 517 km from Slobovia to Upper Slobovia!

FL :pillows:
FL, now I'm confused. May I ask why you named yourself after the aforementioned principality?

Re: free Bible commentaries on the net

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:16 am
by Furstentum Liechtenstein
Reactionary wrote:FL, now I'm confused. May I ask why you named yourself after the aforementioned principality?
Because I used to go there often. When in FL, I lived in Triesen, not in Vaduz. I spent my honeymoon there. FL is also the last vestige of the Roman Empire and the idea amuses me.
Reactionary wrote:So, FL, do you belong to that majority?
The geographically ignorant majority? No! I have a photographic memory when it comes to maps. I've worked as a truck driver and a pilot in the past, so I can get around without a GPS. I once went from my (then) home Neuchâtel to a small hotel in Lugano (CH) without a map because I had forgotten it at home. (I'm very well travelled but I've never been to your part of Slobovia...)

My son, however, who is more educated, wiser and smarter than I am, didn't think it bizarre when - as a test - I told him that Fiji had invaded Laos.

FL

Re: free Bible commentaries on the net

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:49 am
by Reactionary
Furstentum Liechtenstein wrote:
Reactionary wrote:FL, now I'm confused. May I ask why you named yourself after the aforementioned principality?
Because I used to go there often. When in FL, I lived in Triesen, not in Vaduz. I spent my honeymoon there. FL is also the last vestige of the Roman Empire and the idea amuses me.
Reactionary wrote:So, FL, do you belong to that majority?
The geographically ignorant majority? No! I have a photographic memory when it comes to maps. I've worked as a truck driver and a pilot in the past, so I can get around without a GPS. I once went from my (then) home Neuchâtel to a small hotel in Lugano (CH) without a map because I had forgotten it at home. (I'm very well travelled but I've never been to your part of Slobovia...)

My son, however, who is more educated, wiser and smarter than I am, didn't think it bizarre when - as a test - I told him that Fiji had invaded Laos.

FL
I understand. Thanks for sharing about your life, FL. :)

By the way, this part of Slobovia also has plenty of ancient Roman vestiges, just to let you know. ;)

Re: free Bible commentaries on the net

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:22 am
by 1over137
http://biblecommenter.com/genesis/1-1.htm

There one finds parallel commentaries by various authors.
In the upper-left corner one chooses the verse he is interested in.

Have fun!