Comments on: Satan, Job and Goethe

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:23:29 +0000

…I’ll note that in the face of Christian theological tradition, this starts to become a “tissue paper” vs. “kleenex” issue…

I really liked this.

But why did your sender’s name for the pingback come out as “Satan”?

That’s just funny.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:48:24 +0000

I hope this is not your true identity as somehow detected by WordPress 2.5!

Well, I did say back in the “December 17, 1994″ post that I was waiting to reveal myself as one of the beasts… but no, this is not my true identity.

By: Gentle Wisdom » An e-mail from hell?

Gentle Wisdom » An e-mail from hell? — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:17:36 +0000

[...] fact the message was a pingback for my post on Satan in Job, generated by ElShaddai’s post Satan, Job and Goethe which quotes and links to my post. The confusion arose because my WordPress installation generated [...]

By: Nathan Stitt

Nathan Stitt — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:07:51 +0000

That is amusing Peter. By: Satan, et al. hehehe

By: TC

TC — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:43:58 +0000

I really enjoyed that Goethe piece in college. A few nights ago Ghost Rider reminded me also.

By: Peter Kirk

Peter Kirk — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:34:19 +0000

Ah, I see what has actually happened. WordPress (my old version, not yours) has generated a From: address for the e-mail “Satan, Job and Goethe « He is Sufficient “, which Thunderbird has parsed as two separate senders. So I haven’t really received an e-mail from the pit of hell.

By: Peter Kirk

Peter Kirk — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:29:17 +0000

ElShaddai, thanks for the link, quotes and pingback. But why did your sender’s name for the pingback come out as “Satan”? I hope this is not your true identity as somehow detected by WordPress 2.5!