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TorsionDifferential t1_izffp2j wrote

Change three things and name it after yourself. Barely an inconvenience.

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pwnd32 t1_izfo162 wrote

And God said, “Let light be there!”

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dableuf t1_izggzof wrote

Naming things after yourself is TIGHT!

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TS__Eliot t1_izfgus7 wrote

This isn’t exactly true, the King’s Press and the Scottish Bible Board are the only ones with Letters Patent to print the Authorised Version, which is the KJV with Apocrypha and without annotations or illustrations, any printer is allowed to print and sell the KJV without the Apocrypha or by attaching some annotations, a commentary or illustrations, they’re usually called Family Bibles or Illustrated Bibles and in my experience are the vast majority of copies of the KJV in England and Wales and Scotland.

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al666in OP t1_izfhfe4 wrote

Ugh, here's TS Eliot showing up to "WELL ACTUALLY" my post.

You know what I think about the Wasteland? Waste of Time. You attributed to Pamela Colman Smith's modern Tarot designs to the classical deck. Sloppy!

TS Eliot loves to pretend he's British, but he's from Missouri, just for the record. He's a bad poet and a poser.

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Holyvigil t1_izfoaou wrote

Man lay off the poet. Go take a trip down a road less traveled. Find out why I wanted you to go down it.

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al666in OP t1_izfpa6z wrote

Robert Frost also sucks. I had to memorize "Two Roads" in third grade. I don't forgive him.

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Dry_Needleworker7504 t1_izg6cxv wrote

You need to go for a walk dude.

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al666in OP t1_izhexzw wrote

Nah, that was the highlight of the post! I couldn't find the original Vonnegut quote about Eliot, but the Missouri line was stolen from him.

I love talking shit on Eliot, worth every downvote.

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van_go_fuck_yourself t1_izfol6c wrote

Nice alt account bro.

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al666in OP t1_izfp01t wrote

Are you suggesting that I'm also /u/TS__Eliot? Because I would never shit-post under that name. The User did try to clap-back with a Greek and Latin insult, but then deleted their comment before I had a chance to make fun of them for being antisemitic, and also for writing a terrible opinion piece on William Blake.

God I hate TS Eliot so much

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greatgildersleeve t1_izffz30 wrote

How rigidly is this enforced?

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boots_n_cats t1_izfh1no wrote

The title is highly misleading. There are absolutely new copies printed in the UK, a couple of publishers have the authorization to do so. It’s a bit of an odd anachronistic thing but that’s true of tons of stuff in the UK, given it’s 800 years of legal continuity.

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bigbadfox t1_izi43rs wrote

Oh i love this kind of thing. Are there any other fun old British laws, off the top of your head?

I'll trade you an American one. In Kentucky, it is illegal to have an ice cream cone in your back pocket. Not like, an ice cream bar in a wrapper, like an actual waffle cone with scoops of frozen diary.

Bonus fact? It's for an actual logical reason. Whether it's a good reason or a stupid one is up to you.

Back in the day, people would tuck an ice cream cone into their back pocket, and walk past a horse they wanted to steal. The horse, wishing to enjoy the frozen treat, would follow the nefarious thief home. Naturally, if this vagabond just jumped on and rode off, someone might see and they' get in serious trouble. But if that horse FOLLOWED them home and someone saw, well what could he wrong with that? The idea was to garner some amount of plausible deniabity.

So, eventually they just said no ice cream cones in back pockets.

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GhettoChemist t1_izfivit wrote

Yeah how is it in UK public domaim, but it's "illegal" to make new copies? Those are mutually exclusive notions.

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al666in OP t1_izfjqlt wrote

I know, that's what makes it so crazy. As indicated in the title, the concept is called "Royal perogative," and it supersedes the public domain. Only Printers with the letters patent can print new copies.

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Dry_Needleworker7504 t1_izg6nj1 wrote

Your own link says it isn't codified so that basically means it's nothing.

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teh_maxh t1_izhp6vv wrote

Codification is not an essential step of lawmaking in common law; it is merely a convenience. The British constitution isn't even codified.

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Obsolete_Alarm t1_izfec7q wrote

Today I learned a Bible fact from someone who has 666 in their username. This is Reddit.

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al666in OP t1_izfesx9 wrote

In my defense, I was researching Hell when I stumbled on the fact!

The King James Bible standardized calling everything "Hell" when there are four distinct locations described (Hades, Sheol, Tartarus, and Gehenna), and none of them are the "Lake of Fire" concept that gets referenced in Revelations.

Sloppy!

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Obsolete_Alarm t1_izffj9q wrote

Interesting. Where’d you read that, if you don’t mind me asking?

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al666in OP t1_izfgj1w wrote

It was a 2 hour youtube lecture that I can't seem to find again, a non-theological Bible Study thing that was exploring the concept of the "Cosmic Devil," the folklore version of a Lucifer-figure that just doesn't actually show up anywhere in the Bible.

Unfortunately, searching youtube for variations on "Cosmic Devil lecture" just serves up a bunch of bonkers conspiracy pages.

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RandoCalrissian11 t1_izfmbsw wrote

I believe it’s Greek, at least Tartarus is. Of all things, I heard it on the Casual Criminalist podcast/YouTube today in the Axe Man Murder episode.

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al666in OP t1_izfn6aj wrote

Shoel is the Jewish underworld, Hades is the Greek Underworld, Tartarus is the Greek Cosmic Prison for spirits (I think it's Titans in the original myth, the Bible references it as a prison for naughty angels), and Gehenna is a literal burning trash-pit outside of Jerusalem, where unwanted corpses were tossed, and human sacrifices and cult activity was notorious. 90% of the Jesus quotes about "burning in Hell" are referencing the trash pit, but "the worm never hungers in Gehenna" just doesn't have the same punch when you're trying to scare the sin out of people.

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DilbertHigh t1_izgl6k0 wrote

Ya the king James version is known for being a particularly bad translation.

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Killianti t1_izhhdnj wrote

Does anyone care about the King James version anymore?

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PicardTangoAlpha t1_izj951a wrote

Considering it's the single greatest influence on Modern English, ahead even of Shakespeare, only a fool would say so.

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CrestedBonedog t1_izk19lt wrote

That sums it up perfectly. The KJV is an absolute work of art on par with Jerome's Vulgate translation and has had enormous influence on the English language and culture.

In fact a Catholic edition of the KJV was just recently published showing its influence to the present day.

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alxndrblack t1_izfct44 wrote

Does this apply to Canada?

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al666in OP t1_izfdf2i wrote

Nope! Canada isn't in the UK. They can print the King James Bible all day, and no one can stop them.

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Maybethistimeitllbe t1_izfz3hc wrote

Yet another reason to get rid of this archaic institution.

"Do you mean the monarchy or Christianity?"

Yes.

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AllReflection t1_izh5rco wrote

I worked with Cambridge University Press long ago and I think they were authorized. Their original charter came from Henry VIII.

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InappropriateTA t1_izfeqze wrote

How fucking arrogant and asinine.

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PicardTangoAlpha t1_izj9cny wrote

King James paid to have this version created. It took a large committee of experts several years to do this. It's one of the greatest accomplishments in literature.

Your comment is arrogant and asinine.

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Thanatos030 t1_izgox2u wrote

Fun fact: the same is (was) true for Hitler's "Mein Kampf", where publishing rights of it were inherited to the German state Bavaria, until it fell into public domain in 2016, 70 years after the author's death.

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Sea-Amoeba-3388 t1_izhdmkq wrote

Bloody layabout royals slouching around on golden chairs drooling globs of swan over priceless artworks and printing bibles with impunity. Up against the wall with them.

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mikearuba0 t1_izhmacr wrote

oi! u got a loiscence for that eternal soul?

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HasAStory4Everything t1_izfoopp wrote

I doubt Jesus would agree with this. And last time I disagreed with Jesus, he smacked me in the face with a burrito.

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KKing650 t1_izgs66v wrote

Just such a shame it turns out it was all just made up.

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jwg020 t1_izghis4 wrote

Giant Horse Cock Bible coming soon to the UK.

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