Samson's and Delilah's Interaction

[rogue06]

Soap is an alkali - like sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide - combined with fats. These go through a process called “saponification”, and result in soap. So, by the very definition of “soap”, you can't have soap without lye.

For someone whose idea of washing is wiping all over with a moist towelette you sure do know a lot about soap.

[Cow Poke]

For someone whose idea of washing is wiping all over with a moist towelette you sure do know a lot about soap.

My daughter had a 4H project, and she skooled me on it.

[Teallaura]

Soap is an alkali - like sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide - combined with fats. These go through a process called “saponification”, and result in soap. So, by the very definition of “soap”, you can't have soap without lye.

The alkaline solution, which is often called lye(although the term "lye soap" refers almost exclusively to soaps made with sodium hydroxide), brings about a chemical reaction known as saponification.

[Cow Poke]

Rogue once stole my zagnut, and I saponified him but GOOD!

[whag]

That is an example of what I was talking about. Sort of demolishes whag's assertion that such things only happens in myths and legends. Love can make folks do incredibly foolish things.

You sure we're talking about love here? Those people had genuine psychological issues.

There is no parallel with Samson. The divulging of the secret is a plot point to move the story forward. You can't chop off a man's braids without waking him; it's not like he was drunk.

If viewed as history, it makes God look out of character for appointing such a boasting moron to high office. He brags about killing a thousand men, fer criminy. As myth it makes sense. As history, not so much.

[whag]

It explicitly says he got tired of her nagging.

When I get tired of nagging, I leave the house. Also, when I'm nagged, I don't feel particularly "in love."

[Cerebrum123]

You sure we're talking about love here? Those people had genuine psychological issues.

There is no parallel with Samson. The divulging of the secret is a plot point to move the story forward. You can't chop off a man's braids without waking him; it's not like he was drunk.

If viewed as history, it makes God look out of character for appointing such a boasting moron to high office. He brags about killing a thousand men, fer criminy. As myth it makes sense. As history, not so much.

Seriously? Paul, Moses, Jonah, and Jacob could all be considered "higher" in their "office", yet each one did things just as bad, and or stupid as Samson. I don't think you understand God's character much at all.

1 Corinthians 1:26-28New International Version (NIV)

26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,

Fits perfectly with this IMO.

[DesertBerean]

That is an example of what I was talking about. Sort of demolishes whag's assertion that such things only happens in myths and legends. Love can make folks do incredibly foolish things.

I wouldn't call THAT love. But, yeah.

[whag]

I wouldn't call THAT love. But, yeah.

I wouldn't call it love, either. It's more sickness.

Problem is that the bible says Samson is in love. With a hussy who wants him dead.

[KingsGambit]

It does strike me as strange that of all biblical narratives, this one in particular stands out as implausible.

[Cerebrum123]

It does strike me as strange that of all biblical narratives, this one in particular stands out as implausible.

I think he's going through them one by one, so he can find reasons to dismiss them. Like he did with David and Goliath previously.

[KingsGambit]

I'm reminded of a number of modern day political scandals where politicians flush very promising careers down the drain. Eliot Spitzer had everything going for him politically; who knows how far he might have gone had he not involved himself with prostitutes?

[Adrift]

I think he's going through them one by one, so he can find reasons to dismiss them. Like he did with David and Goliath previously.

What a life.

[KingsGambit]

What a life.

Call me crazy, but I do see hope for him. He's focusing on the ultimate questions of what matters, and looking in the right place too.

[Adrift]

Call me crazy, but I do see hope for him. He's focusing on the ultimate questions of what matters, and looking in the right place too.

If you say so.