tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post4450662830918418890..comments2024-03-28T22:37:25.540+00:00Comments on Eccles is saved: 2+2=4: is it a matter of faith?Eccleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-64887599076518472422015-07-26T21:56:15.474+01:002015-07-26T21:56:15.474+01:00Who's Bert and Russell ?Who's Bert and Russell ?Zephyrinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179350648709554049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-25639147279240323132015-07-26T20:27:09.323+01:002015-07-26T20:27:09.323+01:00You mean hippopotami, possibly.
I would try bribi...You mean hippopotami, possibly.<br /><br />I would try bribing them with beans, or with hippos of the opposite sex, as per Flanders and Swann's immortal refrain:<br /><br />A bold Hippopotamus was standing one day<br />On the banks of the cool Shalimar<br />He gazed at the bottom as it peacefully lay<br />By the light of the evening star.<br />Away on a hilltop, sat combing her hair<br />Was a fair Hippopotami maid;<br />The Hippopotamus was no ignoramus<br />And sang her this sweet serenade:<br /><br />'Mud, Mud, glorious mud<br />Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!<br />So follow me, follow<br />Down to the hollow<br />And there let us wallow<br />In glorious mud'<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-19989368392608233112015-07-26T15:46:21.716+01:002015-07-26T15:46:21.716+01:00Thank you very much for providing some fraternal r...Thank you very much for providing some fraternal relief for the suffering remnant. It is great to have a little chuckle now and then. God bless you and keep you strong in the Faith always. Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584293537366309430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-11847119197769744222015-07-26T13:08:13.312+01:002015-07-26T13:08:13.312+01:00How does that work for things that are not beans? ...How does that work for things that are not beans? Try moving hippopotamuses around.Eccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-40604464873516858422015-07-26T11:28:41.822+01:002015-07-26T11:28:41.822+01:00Okay, here's my proof. Suppose you have some ...Okay, here's my proof. Suppose you have some beans. Now if there is a bean all on its own, you call that number "one" . Then if you move next to it another bean all on its own, you call the resultant number "two". Repeat that exercise in a different corner. Now you have two sets of beans, each numbering two. Now move them all together. Call the result of that move, "four".<br /><br />Somewhere (he didn't believe in Heaven or Hell, let alone Purgatory), B. Russell is reading this and tearing his hair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-14029678218611890362015-07-26T04:52:21.216+01:002015-07-26T04:52:21.216+01:00Wynn,
The Second Council of Constantinople denou...Wynn, <br /><br />The Second Council of Constantinople denounced the First Council after they saw a multiplication table and figured out that God is 1x1x1=1. Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02198419417921454525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-26675826985507111242015-07-25T23:48:15.768+01:002015-07-25T23:48:15.768+01:00It was, of course, the First Council of Constantin...It was, of course, the First Council of Constantinople which determined that, as applied to the Godhead, 1+1+1=1. They don't appear to have shown their working – maths exam papers weren't as rigorous in those days – but it can be established by a corollary to the Holy Father's proof (above) that 2+2=2. Which goes to show that (1) the Church's teaching is consistent across the ages, and (2) Bertrand Russell was just having a laugh.Wynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725423840111655020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-65625872647710759702015-07-25T21:52:50.289+01:002015-07-25T21:52:50.289+01:00Blimey. I always learn something on this course (t...Blimey. I always learn something on this course (thank you OU).<br /><br />I knew already that atheists are bananas, , but fourcasting was new to me. It seems two's company but four armed is half an octopus, <br /><br />It seems the degree I can get on this course depends on my leaning. Gatepost productionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-14029560056417229232015-07-25T18:35:17.585+01:002015-07-25T18:35:17.585+01:00No, I'm very fond of bananas; however, 2+2=ban...No, I'm very fond of bananas; however, 2+2=banana is definitely a heresy.Eccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-86500683082012035972015-07-25T15:00:19.348+01:002015-07-25T15:00:19.348+01:00I've seen the first draft of Pope Francis'...I've seen the first draft of Pope Francis's next encyclical. Following on from his triumphant foray into the world of science, he will tackle with equal confidence the field of mathematics. Consequently, it will be Catholic doctrine that 2+2=2. The proof goes like this:<br /><br /><i>Let</i> a = b = 2<br />∴ a² = ab<br />∴ a²−b² = ab−b²<br />∴ (a+b).(a−b) = (a−b).b<br />∴ a+b = b<br />∴ 2+2 = 2<br /><br />Seems pretty unarguable to me!Wynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725423840111655020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-8294287569549587492015-07-25T13:36:04.507+01:002015-07-25T13:36:04.507+01:00Dear Eccles. I know that you are already "Sav...Dear Eccles. I know that you are already "Saved" (it says so in your Banner Headline), but, have you got something against "Bananas" ?<br /><br />I think we ought to know.<br /><br />Zephyrinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179350648709554049noreply@blogger.com