And I Must Spork: Maradonia, Part X

[pariah164]

I'm back. U mad? I'm mad.

Whoo hoo! Part ten! My brain is officially too tough for the impending zombie apocalypse. :Db

Comments

[sier96]

In the way he tested the men, there's something similar to the story of Gideon and his 300 men, that can be found in the Bible...

God informed Gideon that the men he had gathered were too many - with so many men, there would be reason for the Israelites to claim the victory as their own instead of acknowledging that God had saved them. God first instructed Gideon to send home those men who were afraid. Gideon then allowed any man who wanted to leave, to leave; 22,000 men returned home and 10,000 remained. Yet the number was still too many, according to God:

But the Lord said to Gideon, "There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say, 'This one shall go with you, he shall go; but if I say, this one shall not go with you, he shall not go." So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, "Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink." Three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouths. All the rest got down on their knees to drink. The Lord said to Gideon, "With the 300 men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place.(Judges 7:4-7, NIV Bible)

[pariah164]

So basically more Gtesch ripping off the Bible? Good to know.

[sier96]

Yeah... looks like it :D
As soon as I read the sporking, this came to my mind. It was the water and the number of the men that rang the bells in my head.

[pariah164]

I figured it was something like that, but I've never even cracked open a Bible. There's a multitude of reasons for that, but that's a topic for another day.

[mitzirocker]

Also, the medium thing was basically a ripoff of Saul summoning the prophet Samuel.

[pariah164]

Oh, Gloria. Your ripoff leaves no bounds.

[duelist_gurl163]

Practically a word-for-word rip-off, too! Gloria is not content with mere paraphrasing, oh no, she copies whole sentences. =|

[sier96]

The threat to Justin also sounded a lot like the threat that Belshazzer got when Babylon was overthrown. Can't remember it word for word, but it was definitely along the lines of "your kingdom shall be handed over to the Medes and the Persians".

[sier96]

I don't claim to know that much about it either, but the bells were ringing, so I had to check it, and hey! there it was :D

Another quote

[ext_307723]

For one thing that quote. "The person who cannot see the ultimate becomes a slave to the immediate." It cribbed I think from the bible. I looked it up since I remember that she has cribbed from it before quite extensively and thus.... I get this: http://www.focusongod.com/sermon120.htm
What I found out it is from a guy named Dr. John Maxwell. Whom wrote some stuff about the bible and such. http://www.calvarycathedral.org/calvarycathedral/7-Characteristics-of-a-Spirit-of-Faith-Wed-March-4-2009.pdf
God I hate Tesch.

Re: Another quote

[sier96]

Wow... I think that if you're going to quote someone word to word, you SHOULD mention it's a quote, right? NOT make it sound like you just came up with it yourself...

[aki_the_wingly]

All I could think of of was THIS IS SPARTA!

I don't know about you, but that's what popped into my head. lol.

[sier96]

Oh yes! That WAS the other thing that came to my mind. Somehow the selection process hinted more towards the other option, though, in my mind :D
Maybe it's a mixture of the two? Anyway, it isn't HER own original idea.

[aki_the_wingly]

No kidding.

Then again, using allusions in stories is not uncommon. However, if she quoted it exactly without siting the source, then it's a problem.

[sier96]

Oh, I agree. It's okay to quote something, but like you said, the writer should let it be known it's a quote. I have a problem with G.T. because she brags about how endless and great her imagination is, and yet she "lends" things directly from other sources without ever mentioning it. Then again, she's a self published teenager with parents who think she's the second coming of... something :) So what can you expect?

[aki_the_wingly]

This much is true. I've heard all about stuck up and Haughty little missy is.

Pari told me that on forum she was " oh wait, i can't hear you over how awesome I am."

Or there is this..

" Behind every great writer is a pack of haters!"

Even I admit when I'm writing that I know I may be using something from a mythology and what not.