tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post1803492727285160951..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Second Edition, Quatrain LXVIIFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-73585494808788158462016-06-18T12:31:50.356-07:002016-06-18T12:31:50.356-07:00R. T.,
Well, my understanding of this quatrain is...R. T.,<br /><br />Well, my understanding of this quatrain is that nobody really knows what happens after death because we have never gotten word from those who have died. This point is made in several other quatrains also.<br /><br />And not only Christians. As far as I can remember, most religions insist that they have a connection to the spirits of the dead or the spirit world, as well as various "spiritualists," channelers, and mediums. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-8602750775105098832016-06-18T12:21:13.222-07:002016-06-18T12:21:13.222-07:00Brian Joseph,
We haven't changed that much ov...Brian Joseph,<br /><br />We haven't changed that much over the thousands of years for which we have records.<br /><br />When you sit down and read the Rubaiyat carefully, you may be surprised as I was when I first started the poem. I recognized many of the lines which I had encountered in reading other works, many of which were unattributed. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-43807951269445076742016-06-18T12:15:52.453-07:002016-06-18T12:15:52.453-07:00Mudpuddle,
Yes, a lot more and I don't see it...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />Yes, a lot more and I don't see it changing for the better at present. Unfortunately it seems to be getting worse.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-77963971687293513592016-06-18T12:11:52.069-07:002016-06-18T12:11:52.069-07:00In one sense, Christians think otherwise. I'm ...In one sense, Christians think otherwise. I'm not convinced by either argument. The mystery lingers. Of course, I could be reading the quatrain all wrong. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-12955683917244737282016-06-18T11:52:55.598-07:002016-06-18T11:52:55.598-07:00Ha! You raise some really good points about the mo...Ha! You raise some really good points about the modern world. <br /><br />I really want to sit down and carefully read some of this verse.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-83723121359557333352016-06-18T11:13:11.348-07:002016-06-18T11:13:11.348-07:00good point; probably a lot more...good point; probably a lot more...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-82656060800892010032016-06-18T08:48:47.207-07:002016-06-18T08:48:47.207-07:00Mudpuddle,
Chuckle. . .
I wonder how many went b...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />Chuckle. . .<br /><br />I wonder how many went broke overestimating the intelligence of the American public. <br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-76420396026450880032016-06-17T21:14:17.094-07:002016-06-17T21:14:17.094-07:00i think it was H. L. Mencken who said: "nobo...i think it was H. L. Mencken who said: "nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public..."Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com