tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post8106477878232361252..comments2024-03-28T05:23:01.707-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Jeff Seiler: Dave Sim & MeA Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-33654845707395143132015-09-06T11:52:16.632-05:002015-09-06T11:52:16.632-05:00Well, Sandeep, after more than a month has passed,...Well, Sandeep, after more than a month has passed, I found ur question. The context was Dave quoting from the King James version of the Bible, in the verses cited above, and interpreting them to mean that one homosexual female, or one homosexual male, would be taken to heaven (or, "heaven", or "Heaven"), while the other one would be left behind and go to hell (or, "hell", or "Hell"). All of that on Judgment Day.<br /><br />Billy (Hi, Billy!) and I both agreed, but not in collusion (at least at first), that it would not have been uncommon for two men to share a bed in biblical times, especially as travelers. We, Billy and I, also agreed, again unbeknowst to one another, in our separate letters to Dave, that "two women grinding at the mill" would not be a reference to lesbian sex but, rather, a reference to women socializing while their crops were being processed into saleable goods.<br /><br />Thus began the one and only flame war between Dave Sim and Billy Beach, and between Dave Sim and me (well, actually, one of two) that, to my knowledge, ever occurred. Except, can you call hand-written letters exchanged over weeks and months, and courteously, a flame war?<br /><br />Anyway, all 3 of us agreed, as gentlemen, to cease and desist, and to continue to be friends (or, "friends", or, "Friends").<br /><br /><br />I think they colluded to decide that I'm Phoebe.Jeff Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543690118315946039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-21451092400201237472015-08-02T10:00:21.028-05:002015-08-02T10:00:21.028-05:00Some context might make this interesting. What was...Some context might make this interesting. What was the interpretation? How did it differ from yours? What was the point of disagreement? Sandeep Atwalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573022107868770512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-78650353619893227382015-08-01T05:56:52.247-05:002015-08-01T05:56:52.247-05:00Yay, M!
Made me laugh out loud!Yay, M! <br /><br />Made me laugh out loud!Jeff Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543690118315946039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-55285086506037646212015-08-01T05:41:09.821-05:002015-08-01T05:41:09.821-05:00Even before I was KevinR's comment and Jeff...Even before I was KevinR's comment and Jeff's response, I knew what this was to be about. Anyone on the Cerebus Yahoo list at the time knew what this was about - that exchange did go on way too long for what it was. <br /><br />Thanks for these looks into Dave's letters Jeff - not quite the Collected Letters 3 I was hoping for, but it'll do. :)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04070671522440242311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-23155655260629252972015-08-01T01:12:56.640-05:002015-08-01T01:12:56.640-05:00Read it in context, or in the King James version.
...Read it in context, or in the King James version.<br /><br />"...grinding at the mill..."Jeff Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543690118315946039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-68823881137338687752015-07-31T23:11:43.444-05:002015-07-31T23:11:43.444-05:0034 I tell you, in that night there shall be two me...34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.<br />35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.<br /><br />No room for misinterpretation there...KevinRnoreply@blogger.com