Cataclysmic

DoogCourics said:

dnc said:

CallMeBigErn said:

Doog_de_Jour said:

Young DDJ read the Bible and went to Sunday School, and while I’m not claiming to be a Christian scholar I do know “cataclysmic” even back in the day it didn’t exactly have the most positive of connotations.

Cataclysm comes from Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmos), "deluge", from κλύζω (kluzo), "wash away, flood", and κατά- (kata-), "down". It refers to the flooding of all Earth, usually by endless rains and rising rivers, as it is told in the story of Noah's Ark in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament.

BTW, stories of great floods are told in almost all ancient civilizations...some that predate the Hebrew texts.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth

If I’m to play devil’s advocate (heh) here, one could (Obi Wan voice) from a certain point of view see the allegory of the flood (the cataclysmic event) as a positive as it purged the Earth of the wicked so humanity could make a fresh start. I’m sure that’s what Ruth in her ham fisted way meant.

Still, I didn’t appreciate how she attacked Coker when he rightfully pointed out that usage of the word has evolved and is now understood to mean disaster.

Either way, could any recruit have a “cataclysmic” effect on the program?

Sam Huard decommiting.

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