tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post834453020403196942..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: Sheeple in the Year of the Sheep: Illusion and IlluminationLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-36324984871214433322015-02-23T21:09:15.362-05:002015-02-23T21:09:15.362-05:00'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' did a...'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' did a segment on the fact that the Chinese language uses the same word for 'goat' and 'sheep.' Good point about the huge difference in the west - separating the goats from the sheep. The distinction probably says more about western culture, especially the biblical origins in the near and middle east, than it does about China.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-52193775080963294762015-02-21T15:07:53.393-05:002015-02-21T15:07:53.393-05:00Interesting that the Chinese Lunar sign for this y...Interesting that the Chinese Lunar sign for this year is symbolized by both the sheep and the goat. In Western thought the two have stood opposite one another since biblical times... primarily because of this parable:<br /><br />"But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’<br /><br />...Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me."<br /><br />From Matthew 25:31–46<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheep_and_the_Goats<br /><br />The Asian mindset does have cunning ways of marrying opposites!<br />BTW, thanks for linking to my post, TB!<br />Dia Sobin (Araqinta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398194511342193439noreply@blogger.com