"Marty Helgesen" <mnhcc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
On May 12, 3:52 pm, Just.A.New...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> Still be sufficiently syndicated to be
>> here:http://www.comicspage.com/annie/annie.html
>
>> As for where an ink stained wretch can find it ... heck if I know.
>Thank you for the link. When I first looked at it the other day I
>scrolled to the earliest strips in the Archive in November 2007. Some
>of them haveIdisappeared now, but they showed a character referred to
>as Mr. Is or Mr. Was. He is a recurring character who I recall as
>being most often referred to as Mr. Am. He is drawn as a
>distinguished looking older man with a full white beard. One might
>think of him as looking like a cartoon picture of God. His name(s)
>bring to my mind God's name for Himself in the Book of Exodus, which
>is rendered in slightly different ways in different translations:
>Exodus 3:
>13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them,
>'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What
>is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"
> 14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [b] This is what you are to
>say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
>[b]Exodus 3:14 Or I will be what I will be
That's only one of the names god uses for himself in Exodus. He also
wants to be called, "The LORD, the God of your fathers-the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" (people rarely use that one, as it's a bit
wordy, even though it's supposed to be the name by which he's supposed
to be remembered by from generation to generation). Also, In Exodus he
swoops about over Egypt when "The Destroyer"* killed tens of thousands
of Egyptian children (and a bunch of livestock for good measure). It's a
bit vague if god was The Destroyer or if The Destroyer was a minion or
some sort, or weapon god was employing for his smotage. Regardless,
"Destroyer" is an apt enough name.
(*Not to be confused with the series of novels by the same name,
featuring a guy named Remo.)
*Spoiler warning* Right after god explains his Popeyeish name, he
promises his chosen ones that they can move into an area that he knows
is already inhabited. A multigenerational war (with orders to kill
babies) ensues.
Karl Johanson
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