From: Sam Norton (elizaphanian@kohath.wanadoo.co.uk)
Date: Sun Nov 21 2004 - 14:22:05 GMT
Hi Marsha,
Going from memory here - shibboleth was a word that one of the tribes that Israel was warring with
couldn't pronounce, and so when there was a question of whether a person came from a particular
tribe or not, they were asked to pronounce it - and then when they couldn't, they got slaughtered.
It has come to have a sense like 'sacred cow', ie something which is of great concern to the
'in-crowd', which separates them from others, usually with religious connotations.
My point is that DMB's mindset is that of a fundamentalist; the difference being what is worshipped,
not the manner of the worship (so any and all contrary evidence is explained away in order to keep
the mindset pristine, and the 'shibboleths' become, instead of Biblical inerrancy, Pirsigian
inerrancy, or Wilberian inerrancy and so on.)
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "MarshaV" <marshalz@i-2000.com>
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Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: MD Evil & Buddhism, or Politics & Buddhism
>
> >
> > Methinks a shibboleth lurks.
>
> Sam,
>
> Please explain the meaning of shibboleth?
>
> MarshaV
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