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[Powderworks] Golden Capricornia Calf?

Seth Cooper cooperseth@hotmail.com
Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:59:46


Sure is biblical. If I can remember it correctly off the top of my head-

>From the book of Genesis:

When the Israelites left Egypt, they wandered around in the desert for a 
while.  At one stop, Moses went up on a mountain and received the ten 
commandments on stone tablets from God.  He was gone a while, the Israelites 
got nervous, and thinking him lost decided to revert back to the old gods.  
They made a golden idol in the form of a calf and worshipped it.  Then God 
told Moses what was going on, and Moses, in a rage, smashed the tablets, had 
the calf ground up, and made the people drink it.

So the calf has come to symbolize worshipping false (or bad) things, 
especially money or materialism.

SDC

Read the Bible or rent the movie (starring Charlton Heston) for more info.

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