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Offline carpo-rusyn

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Attack by Aliens?????!!!!!!!!
« on: October 11, 2004, 10:32:59 AM »
In looking up web material on Fr Seraphim Rose I found this:

http://www.orthodox.net/services/rite-chanted-in-time-of-attack-by-aliens.html

Do they mean illegal aliens?  Now I've seen everthing.

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Re:Attack by Aliens?????!!!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2004, 11:00:02 AM »
If you read it, C- R, you'd see "ungodly Moslems"

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Re:Attack by Aliens?????!!!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2004, 11:01:21 AM »
I *think* that in this case (since I suspect this is a translation) "aliens" could be taken as Auslanders/a military force from another country.

Reminds me of a cartoon I saw once.  When I was a kid in January there would be ads on TV that all resident aliens had to report their address to the government.  The cartoon shows a line of people doing this with a sprinkling of creatures from other planets.   :D (I looked for a smilie of a green space alien, but we don't have that one here.)

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Re:Attack by Aliens?????!!!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2004, 11:31:22 AM »
Thanks guys for clearing this up.  I wasn't sure about the group sponsoring the web site so didn't know what to think

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Re:Attack by Aliens?????!!!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2004, 07:40:36 PM »
Hey, we've got a liturgy for *everything.*

They should have used it in "Independence Day".  Wait, that movie was horrible.
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Re:Attack by Aliens?????!!!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2004, 11:54:40 AM »
It always cracks me up during English liturgy when I hear "protect us from... (something something something)... & the invasion of aliens..." during the litany.
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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2004, 02:49:43 PM »
Reading Ania's message combined with feelling drowsy inspired a mental attempt to have a choral responsory of

"Gort, Klaatu barada nikto" (in 4 part harmony of course).  ;D

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« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2004, 01:20:30 AM »
Ebor,

Are you sure you said that right????
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Re:Attack by Aliens?????!!!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2004, 05:47:16 PM »
Quote from: cizinec on October 14, 2004, 01:20:30 AM
Ebor,

Are you sure you said that right????

Well, the punctuation is off.  :D It should be

"Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!"  But for response purposes that didn't seem right.

Here's the quotes page for the movie from IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/quotes

What error did you see, Cizinec?

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