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Merry Christmas everyone.
I'm taking a moment to recognize once more the work that user @atdrummond (Alex Thomas Drummond) did for a couple years to help others here. I did not know him, don’t think I ever interacted with him, and I did not benefit from his generosity, but I admired his kindness. Just beautiful. Ask HN: Who needs holiday help? (Follow up thread) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38706167 - Dec 2023 (9 comments) Ask HN: W…
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"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
Reading some of the translations for the quoted verse, it's really interesting how so many different sentiments can be expressed with very little changes of words/phrasing. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will.” https://biblehub…
That was fun! I read that verse earlier today and I didn't know about the version with genitive case.
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Thought it was obfuscated C code, then I realized it’s a tree or something
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Since I might have peoples' attention for a moment (Can no longer edit my original post). Might I suggest the King William's college quiz this Christmas? https://kwc.im/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GKP_2025_26.pdf
Thanks for posting. This was fun! Towards the end it gets really hard. Merry Christmas!
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Weeks ago a local newspaper had the headline: "keep the big bang until later for your children, the bible is really a great set of fairy tales" Im not religious at all, actually "implicitly fighting against it", though I have to admit: This sentence made sense and Im thinking still until today about it, because actually I think its quite true - for smaller children, the storylines in the bible are much more "real" an…
The Bible and the Big Bang theory are not mutually exclusive. The Old Testament is a very symbolic book and gives no specific details on how exactly the world was created, other than the seven days of creation. We know that the 7 days weren't referring to our current concept of a day. There's also no water above the sky. It was written like that, because it would be easier for people to understand. Science wasn't a t…