On Feb 21, 3:11 pm, "Moby Dick" wrote:
On Feb 21, 1:03 pm, "Moby Dick" wrote:





On Feb 21, 12:11 pm, "donquijote1954"
wrote:

On Feb 21, 12:24 pm, "
wrote:

On Feb 18, 4:03 pm, "donquijote1954"
wrote:

T-SHIRTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD...

In any case, you may have decided you had it with the stupid beast,
and you've decided to give a chance to the smart and small, just like
a bike or canoe. "Do not feed the dinosaur" seems like a good start.

I'm OK with the sentiment, but I'm having trouble with the metaphor.
SUVs and motorboats run on dead dinosaurs. They don't feed them. Good
luck with your campaign.

Steve

Oh, that's ANOTHER metaphor. Why would God wipe out the dinosaurs, to
provide oil for his worshippers in SUVs and motorboats? Oh sure, they
are fulfilling the prophecies that big is good, if you ever find one.
They no doubt would have sided with Rome at its prime (not the Vatican
but the Roman Empire).

But what if God decides to wipe out the new dinosaurs and make room
for the furry little mammals? Perhaps that would be the Second Coming
of Jesus on a donkey --or bicycle or canoe. Then the cyclists and
canoeists will lead the next revolution...

For those who only listen to the preacherman, here's what the Bible
says...

John's gospel records that Jesus rejected the call to be their warrior
king. Mounting a young donkey, he rode into Jerusalem, fulfilling the
prophecy of Zephaniah: "Fear not, Daughter of Sion, your king is
coming, mounted on a donkey's colt."

Not a fearsome warrior, he was the humble king the prophet described.
In Jerusalem he would open his arms to the poor outcasts of the
world..

"At the time his disciples did not understand this..." John
concludes.

http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/season/palm.html

Seems to me the best metaphor (or maybe contrast) is Don Quixote
attacking windmills that he believes to be ferocious giants. One would
think that a poster called donquijote might pick up on this....

See (especially the last paragraph)http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/...eNum-12.html.- Hide quoted text -

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Been there, done that...

The combat with the windmill is rich in symbolism. It does not matter
whether the ponderous machine stands for stultified human institutions
that need attacking, or ancient traditions that must be newly
questioned, or totalitarian government requiring renewal by
revolution, or bureaucracy being attacked by individual demands. What
matters is that only a positive act of will is capable of attacking
anything, and the success or failure is unimportant. "Thy triumph, my
Don Quixote," writes Unamuno, "Was ever a triumph of daring, not of
succeeding." Not only is Don Quixote victorious because he dares; he
is always spiritually triumphant as well. He has a stoical ability to
disregard his physical failures and is willing to follow his
adventures after a slight recovery.