Re^4: Gods of perl

Because Hebrew and Greek assign genders even to genderless objects like chairs and houses. "God" happens to be under the masculine gender.

"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

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Re^5: Gods of perl by tinita (Parson) on Nov 05, 2004 at 14:52 UTC
Because Hebrew and Greek assign genders even to genderless objects like chairs and houses. "God" happens to be under the masculine gender. sure, got your point. in german it's the same. but "God" is english. sheesh, I should have written 'they'. =) <-- smiley update: =) =)	[reply]
Re^6: Gods of perl by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Nov 05, 2004 at 17:19 UTC
Because Hebrew and Greek assign genders even to genderless objects like chairs and houses. "God" happens to be under the masculine gender. Except for Hebrew Genesis 1.1 where `God (Elohim)` strangely enough `is a plural`, which means... sheesh, I should have written 'they'. ...in that case you'd have been scientifically right. Cheerio, ...but why isn't Perl mentioned there then?... Sören	[reply]
Re^6: Gods of perl by hardburn (Abbot) on Nov 05, 2004 at 14:54 UTC
You should take up Larry's habit of using a double-smiley when you really mean it. "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.	[reply]