Posted on 06/06/2009 5:40:52 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
It might have been just a coincidence, but if it was, it was an awfully eerie one.
Last week, 13-year-old Kayva Shivashankar won the 2009 National Spelling Bee by spelling the word "Laodicean." That word left a lot of Americans befuddled. Typically, the vast majority of Americans that are products of our nation's collective calamity known as the government schools have no clue how to spell or define the words used at the National Spelling Bee.
"Laodicean" is certainly no different.
The uninformed mainstream media did its typical best to keep Americans as uninformed as they are. Most of those mainstream media reports defined "Laodicean" as simply meaning "lukewarm in religion or politics." That's not a contextually complete definition, but I'll give the secular media credit that this time they only told a half truth regarding a spiritual matter, when most of the time they just tell Americans outright lies.
Others may have gone to their favorite online search engine to find out what "Laodicean" means, and they probably got more than they were bargaining for if they did. In fact, if they were honest with themselves, they probably thought it hit a little too close to home.
That's because the most famous cultural reference to "Laodicean" comes from the Bible, specifically the book of Revelation. One of the seven churches of Asia Minor that receives a letter from Jesus Christ is the Laodicean Church. The name "Laodicean" is Greek for "peoples' opinions and judgments" or "peoples' rights." The Laodicean Church was also known for its material wealth.
So in the Laodicean Church we're dealing with a body of believers that cares greatly about what people think, holds its own opinions on matters in high regard, and is banking on its bankroll.
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>> “Laodicean.” That word left a lot of Americans befuddled.
Those who read their Bibles might be slightly less befuddled.
“Typically, the vast majority of Americans that are products of our nation’s collective calamity known as the government schools have no clue how to spell or define the words used at the National Spelling Bee.”
And I’d be willing to bet that the reporter who wrote that rather smarmy remark wouldn’t know how to spell or be able to use most of these words correctly in a sentence.
list of winning words over the years:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0862710.html
The National Spelling Bee Winners are extraordinary. They know and can spell many more words than the average of ANY age of American education and yes our schools are bad now and getting worse.
Your link was fun! Thanks.
How the heck are you? Haven’t talked with you for a long time.
Doing pretty good, I have missed seeing you!!
You’ll have mail in a second.
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