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I love when an online community comes together and solves puzzles like this. /r/Whatisthis turns up some gems here and there. An another note, I'm disappointed
by JTon 13y ago
I love when an online community comes together and solves puzzles like this. /r/Whatisthis turns up some gems here and there. An another note, I'm disappointed this particular puzzle turned out to be prayers... boring
- cobrausn 13y agoOld woman dying of cancer didn't have the common courtesy to at least scribble down something more interesting for you to browse for 5 minutes on the internet later. What a shame.
- Luc 13y agoWhat the hell. It's a perfectly reasonable thing to remark on. It was presented as a conundrum, and it turns out it's something disappointing to the grandparent. You're the one dramatising things.
- cobrausn 13y agoThe 'boring' remark is the only thing that set me off. The post without that would seem reasonable - as it stands though, it looks like someone complaining about not having something more interesting to read about, not someone expressing disappointment there wasn't something more meaningful to her heirs.
- Luc 13y agoSeems reasonable to express disappointment at the decoded message. I'm not sure why you're trying to be the white knight in this.
- samstave 13y ago"Drink more ovaltine"
- deaconblues 13y agoSon of a bitch!
- sliverstorm 13y agoAgreed, boring is definitely a value judgement and as such kind of inappropriate.
- eplanit 13y agoIt's not so much about dramatizing, he's simply a dick.
- cobrausn 13y agoFinally, someone who understands me. Although this is the first time I've been called both a dick and a white knight in the same thread. I'll chalk that up as a win.
- yetanotherphd 13y agoIn HN we reserve consideration and respect for people who can't afford the rent in San Francisco. An old woman dying of cancer deserves none. She was probably a homophobe too!
- Shivetya 13y agoGo read the original story, there is a link above. Someone even went as far to parse out one version of the Bible to determine if the first letter combinations matched. Even know what the basic thread of her thoughts, its the discovery and how to further that discovery that is the fascination. That is was prayers actually made it easier and leads to other methods to work it out.
- interstitial 13y agoSo do you think God lets you pray in index form? I mean, if he's the grand super dude, can't we just recite the index?
- zaphar 13y agoI don't usually discuss matters of faith in this forum since it's pretty far off topic. However since you asked. Most christian faiths would say yes. The form is less important than the intended meaning for a prayer. And God would be perfectly capable of understanding the index form since He is considered to be Omniscient. QED: index form is perfectly fine. Other religions may differ as to whether the form is less or more important than the intended content so I can't say whether principle transfers or not.
- notahacker 13y agoI like the Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels for transmitting the perceived substance of a religious text with an almost industrial efficiency.
- bjelkeman-again 13y agoWith modern computers we should be able to recite religious texts fast and efficiently. Even a Raspberry PI with a solar panel could probably get up to some decent speed compared to a prayer wheel. Not sure it helps you reach nirvana though. :)
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