[E3-hacking] PBL 5.1

[J]

Now we're dealing with a formless void with a clearly defined surface, has
depth, and is made of water...

On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 12:14 Ed Robbins, <edd.robbins at googlemail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 12:05, Antony Stone <Antony.Stone at e3.open.source.it>
> wrote:
>
>> What puzzles me about this is that these are the first few words of the
>> Book of
>> John, but why would he call this "the first two or three sentences of the
>> King
>> James Bible"?  It doesn't start with John.
>>
>> The Old Testament starts with Genesis, and I wonder whether Cliff's
>> memory
>> tricked him into thinking it was the start of John, but is in fact "In
>> the
>> beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was
>> without
>> form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the
>> Spirit of
>> God moved upon the face of the waters.  And God said, Let there be light:
>> and
>> there was light....."
>>
>> Maybe my theology lets me down, but why would anyone consider the Book of
>> John
>> to be the start of the Bible?
>>
>
> Completely agree here, it's strange. But I just thought it was a funny
> coincidence that the first 6 verses are 392 bytes. But there are so many
> factors at play here...
>
>
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