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struggle4progress

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25. Or, y'know, you yourself might try, through internet sleuthing, to provide a more credible version

Reply to trotsky (Reply #23)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 02:58 PM

Dec 2012

of this tale, not requiring Peter to speak up from his mother's womb or from his own tomb, to denounce events that shocked him before he was born or after he died, in which case we might all learn and profit from what you write

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Religious opposition to the table fork [View all] cleanhippie Dec 2012 OP

Very interesting. Reminds me of a recent link at DU.... Beartracks Dec 2012 #1

Saint Peter Damian sounds like a nasty little prig, doesn't he? On the bright side, he died of a Squinch Dec 2012 #2

Fundamentalists Liberalagogo Dec 2012 #3

DUzy! cleanhippie Dec 2012 #18

Oh, FFS. ElboRuum Dec 2012 #4

And there are those who suggest NOT using oil as fuel also offends God! elleng Dec 2012 #5

Now I'm hungry shenmue Dec 2012 #6

I lost the use of my xxqqqzme Dec 2012 #7

I was amazed at what one handed people could do Warpy Dec 2012 #13

You would get along well with a friend of mine! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #33

There's a great scene in the film "Becket" thucythucy Dec 2012 #8

"I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. rug Dec 2012 #9

Reminds me of the Catholic Church's opposition to birth control ButterflyBlood Dec 2012 #10

An earlier version of this BS was debunked four years ago back on DU2 struggle4progress Dec 2012 #11

"Some writers of the Roman Catholic Church expressly disapproved of its use... trotsky Dec 2012 #14

Let us follow the first Wikipedia citation (currently footnote 14) back to its source-link: struggle4progress Dec 2012 #17

I repeat, why does this bother you so much? trotsky Dec 2012 #23

Or, y'know, you yourself might try, through internet sleuthing, to provide a more credible version struggle4progress Dec 2012 #25

I understand now. trotsky Dec 2012 #26

Debunked? Are you saying this is fabricated, just a story, or a myth? cleanhippie Dec 2012 #19

Peter Damian (b. 1007) could not have been sufficiently shocked, by woman's wedding in 1004, to have struggle4progress Dec 2012 #21

Are you saying this is fabricated or a myth? cleanhippie Dec 2012 #28

YMMV struggle4progress Dec 2012 #29

It's your statement. Just trying to clarify what you said. cleanhippie Dec 2012 #30

OK. What I mean is that when this story first appeared on DU2 four years ago, struggle4progress Dec 2012 #31

What does thathave to do with forks and religion? cleanhippie Dec 2012 #35

Lot number: 1487. A collection English medieval knives and English medieval forks, with horn, metal struggle4progress Dec 2012 #12

The 15th century came a little bit after the 11th century. trotsky Dec 2012 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author struggle4progress Dec 2012 #16

Following the link in the OP back, leads to this webpage: struggle4progress Dec 2012 #20

So you're calling Thomas Coryate a liar? trotsky Dec 2012 #22

Here: struggle4progress Dec 2012 #24

Of course what Coryat noted was not that the fork was unknown to the English... trotsky Dec 2012 #27

Reminds me of how the Amish reject buttons on clothing. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #32

Since when do the Amish not use buttons? struggle4progress Dec 2012 #34