where does "manna" come from?   hmmm...?  i wonder!?
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Manna = what is that\n\nExo 16:15  And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. \n\nExo 16:31  And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. \n\n\nH4478\nמן\nmân\nmawn\nFrom H4100; literally a whatness (so to speak), that is, manna (so called from the question about it): - manna.
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That is true.\n\nTo j_d_barrow:\n\nWhat the hell are you going on about? Adam and Eve were also taken from an earlier Pagan religion. "The first people on earth" HA HA HA!\n\nWho lived in Nod where Cain got his wife? \n\nYou Christians really have to start asking yourself some questions. Your whole religion is fake, even your Messiah cannot be proven to exist and is very similar to the Pagan God (Osiris), by the way the Caesar that lived the same time as "Jesus" have records, Jesus has none...\n\nWhat about the Trinity...Pagan's and Hindus have a Trinity that Predates Christianity?\n\nBut, you guys have the only "right path", hey?
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Well, at least you are thinking profoundly.\n\nHowever, you seem to have missed the reason Jesus came, and from where he came.\n\nHe came from Planet H, a planet formed when the Universe was formed, 9 billion years before Earth was formed.\n\nWhy did he come?  To bring a message that would present God's sales pitch.\n\nWhat is God's sales pitch?\n\nEternal life is possible. That is good news.\n\nI have some bad news for you. Jesus came to save the world, but not by his blood to allow Christians to keep being disharmonious. He saved the world with his message, and after he presented his message, he paid his blood to put an exclamation point to his message. He also sent the Holy Spirit to witness to the Early Christians to spread the good news.\n\nOf course, if you believe in Jesus paying for your sins, you will probably still go to Heaven (Planet H) because you will be so thankful for Jesus that you will eventually be harmonious in nature.\n\nHarmony is harmony, and it will get you to Heaven.\n\nDisharmony is the only sin; regardless of what form it comes in.\n\nIf you are disharmonious during your stay on Earth, you will be reconstructed and sent to Planet HD.  Not as a punishment but as a quarantine away from those harmony loving folks on Planet H (also called Heaven).\n\nYou were right. A good parent does not let his child die.  However, a good parent quarantines a child who is hurting the other children.    ......   Does that make any sense to you?
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Doesn't it seem as if people cling to their beleifs so hard, they will refuse to acknowledge anything that might question that? I mean, what if you found out that your Mom was a crackwhore for the first half of her life and you were the offspring of her pimp? (no offense to any mothers. This seems to be the case. besides, those 2000 year old beleifs, were the beleifs for 2000 years. This Da Vinci schmuk has just surfaced as a new beleif that can be considered by the mases. Or is it... global warming? I haven't read the book nor seen the movie, but I am familiar with the subject matter through schooling. When in school, or watching a movie that makes you think, it is enlightening. If we did not question things, there would be no need for Jesu, right? Why stop questioning now. I apologize, but it seems this Da Vinci controversy has surfaced the weakest of humans and found great fault in religion just by questioning it, whether true or not. The uproar confirms this. And for the twist... I agree with the author of this question, maybe not in the exact same sense. But I am God folks, not the one you all know, but my own. Think about this concept! What does God do for you? What is his purpose? Can these things be accomplished by yourself? It can be done.
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That's funny! Made me laugh out loud.  I understand the reference to Jesus because in Genesis 1:1 it says, "In the Big Inning" :) I didn't know Mary played baseball! Actually, I always thought Johnny Damon looked like a smaller version of a mountain man. :)
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I rather like the fall from the sky theory you presented.  And, interestingly enough, some Indigenous American folklore says we DID indeed come from the sky.\n\nAs far as the Bible goes, it dissuades one from the monkey/black hypocrisy.  No where does it say man of any color came from another animal.  So, those wonderfully hateful racist who both claim Christianity and that black man came from an ape are not only sadly misinformed, they are defiling their own religion. \n\nIn the Bible it says Adam was created from dust (Genesis 2:7), so how about if it was a variety of colors of earth? [see link 2] (Okay, I get into a lot of trouble with theologians when I say that, but I'm not kidding! LOL)\n\nActually, Biblically, it's explained in Genesis 10.  God divided the earth amongst Noah's sons.  They were different colors because either Adam had all colors of soil in his make-up or ----- let us assume at this time it was from environmental causes until some greater Biblical scholar corrects me with the proper verses to indicate written proof.
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i really have no idea where it came from. for some reasons monkeys come to mind. i think they were carriers and some human got it and then it just kindof spread from there. it took a while to become mainstream.
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mwahaha--> dang where did you come from??
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You jackass. the verse (8:68) refers to distribution of spoils of war. Now, anymore FAKE KORANIC VERSES I NEED TO READ?\n\nWho's the one embarrased now?\n\nEDIT:I want to make it clear. This verse is not taken out of the context because IT WAS NEVER IN THE CONTEXT!! It's fictitious.
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I used to be a server and we used to say that all the time but I had no idea where it came from.  So...  I tried to find some info and this is a website I found.  I hope it answers your questions.  I found it interesting.  \n\nhttp://www.dinermuseum.org/culture/culture-slang.php
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He....   darn it.  I thought I had the recipe sitting here but I seem to have lost it.\n\nGeez, what kind of question is that any way?\n\nLet's assume for a minute that you are asking about a just a mundane operation like walking from one town to another.  The inclusion of the word "exactly" in a question about a 2000 year old event makes one wonder what your epistemelogical standard is.   \n\nThe quick and the dirty of the situation is, I don't know.  I think it probably did happen though. I'm not a fundementalist, so therefore it's not necessary for the New Testament accounts, in this case the Gospel of John, to be completly inerrant for me to sign on.  They just have to be generally historically accurate, like any other set of historical documents from the time.\n\nSome people's a priori commitment to pure materialism aside, the story seems to be authentic to me.  It has specific details that a good old propaganda story probably wouldn't contain.  Such as Jesus's disagreement with his mother and his consequent quip at her.  And then he actuallly does what she suggested.  Propaganda created from whole cloth would probably contain less contraversy in it.  \n\nThe Gospel of John is actually the New Testament book that we have the earliest documentary evidence of.  Part of it was found in the Nag Hammadi (sp?) library in Egypt and has been dated to about 130 a.d.   That's pretty darn close to the events described compared to most ancient historical documents that are considered authoritative.
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Well, must say some very creative ansers here! Islam doesn't claim a name to any original language, or not to my knowledge anyways. The original language of Islam was Arabic, but not of mankind. Both Arabic and Hebrew stemmed from Aramaic, which came from another language, which came from another.... so Hebrew also is not the original language of mankind, nor of Abraham, as it is believed that even Jesus spoke Aramaic, not Hebrew.\n\nSo basically nothing in Islam lays a claim to that question, and to be honest, I don't believe that question has ever been asked, so I gotta give kudos for going beyond the normal boundaries and for such creativity!
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I think it actually came from the song. Was created specifically to go along with it. The origin of the dance is actually in dispute right now. See link below.
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I heard a few theories on this on a TV show which was investigating where today's words come from...\nI THINK that it has something to do with the fact that centuries ago, nutmeg was the word used to refer to a guy's whatsits...\nSorry i can't help any more, but I've forgotten most of it!
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You could always look it up on the net but I think the best way for a child to learn about mannars is through the teaching of their parents.  \nGood luck
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! SOMEBODY IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SPEAK OUT IN TRUTH! You are 100% CORRECT! ALL of the so-called "holidays"(holydays) were NEVER commanded in the Bible-EVER!!! Jeremiah Chapter 10 directly mentions a "christmas tree" as an IDOL! Astarte (Easter) is mentioned many times in the Old Testament as an ABOMINATION TO GOD!!! Tammuz is also in the Old Testament! And not in a good way! People simply follow what the "crowd" says to follow! DOES THAT MAKE IT RIGHT??? Borrowing Pagan traditions and somehow transforming them into "holy days" is unacceptable worship to GOD! DON'T BELIEVE A NOBODY LIKE ME--READ YOUR BIBLE!!! Please see for yourself! Then you will know what God REALLY feels about man-made traditions.....
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i've heard it before, don't know if it originates in judaism though