This is my first serious poetry attempt. I am not even Christian, but when inspiration strikes....
I focused more on translating using analogous concepts rather than trying to reproduce the prayer word-for-word. I also tried to be as creative as possible with the translation.
Important Note: This will NOT COMPILE. Allowing this to compile would violate the separation of church and finite state!
#TODO: customize this for your needs. use constant { CATHOLIC => 1, USE_TRESPASSES => 1, PATH_TO_PERL => '/usr/bin/perl', }; use if CATHOLIC, 'strict'; # use God just seemed wrong... require God; import God qw/GOD/; # We need Genesis 1:1 to initialize some important variables # In the beginning... BEGIN { # ...God created the heavens and the earth. our ($heavens, $earth) = GOD->dayOne(); # ... day 2 through 5 ... # On day 6, God created the crown of His creation. Man was created + in the image of God. our ($man) = bless GOD->getImage(), 'Man'; # Day 7 God rested to give man a day of rest. sleep 24 * 60 * 60; } $man->lordsPrayer; # No jokes about a man's package! package Man; require God; import God qw/GOD/; my (%Trespassors, %Debtors); # Finally we get on to the point: sub lordsPrayer { my ($self) = @_; # Our Father, who art in heaven, our $Father = GOD; $heavens{ $Father } = 1; # Hallowed be thy Name. do { no strict; *Hallowed = \ $Father; }; # Thy kingdom come. require LWP::Simple; LWP::Simple::getprint($Father->{kingdomURL}); # Thy will be done, # On earth as it is in heaven. $Father->executeWill($_) for $earth, $heavens; # Give us this day our daily bread. $self->{bread} = $Father->{bread}{time()}; if (USE_TRESPASSES) { # And forgive us our trespasses, # As we forgive those who trespass against us. delete $self->{trespasses}; $Trespassors{ $self } = []; } else { # And forgive us our debts, # As we forgive our debtors. delete $self->{debts}; $Debtors{ $self } = []; } # And lead us not into temptation, use warnings; # But deliver us from evil. if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') { # just kidding! exec 'format c:'; } # For thine is the kingdom, # and the power, # and the glory, # for ever and ever. while (1) { $Father->{tool} = PATH_TO_PERL; } } # Amen. __END__
Ted Young
($$<<$$=>$$<=>$$<=$$>>$$) always returns 1. :-)
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Re: The Lord's Prayer
by ciderpunx (Vicar) on Sep 29, 2005 at 16:56 UTC | |
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Re: The Lord's Prayer
by zentara (Cardinal) on Sep 30, 2005 at 10:43 UTC | |
by DrHyde (Prior) on Oct 03, 2005 at 09:56 UTC | |
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Re: The Lord's Prayer
by Kate (Initiate) on Oct 09, 2005 at 16:01 UTC | |
by TedYoung (Deacon) on Oct 11, 2005 at 14:43 UTC | |
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Re: The Lord's Prayer
by ForgotPasswordAgain (Vicar) on Sep 30, 2005 at 15:15 UTC |