Oracle at Delphi - Revision history

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Aschlafly: /* Prophecies */ wikify falsifiable

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Prophecies: wikify falsifiable

JoeJN: Added note about falsifiability

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Added note about falsifiability

DavidB4: uniformity

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uniformity

Conservative: Reverted edits by Michaelsel (talk) to last revision by JacobB

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Reverted edits by Michaelsel (talk) to last revision by JacobB

Michaelsel at 01:45, December 22, 2011

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JacobB at 09:22, December 24, 2009

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 place; it was its major site of worship.
-== Oracle at Delphi's inscription "Gnothi Seauton," meaning "Know Thyself,"
+== Oracle at Delphi's inscription "Gnothi Seauton", meaning "Know Thyself" ==
 ''See also:'' [[Self-reflection]] and [[Self-awareness]] and [[Social intelligence]]

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 The '''Delphic oracle''' was the most important oracle in the classical [[Greeks|Greek]] world. The priestesses of the oracle were known as the Pythias. It was believed to be the most truthful one.
-Delphi (Greek: Δελφοί) is at present an archaeological site and a modern city in [[Greece]]. It is located  on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. The god [[Apollo (mythology)|Apollo]] had a temple in this place; it was its major site of worship.
+Delphi (Greek: Δελφοί) is at present an archaeological site and a modern city in [[Greece]]. It is located  on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. The god [[Apollo (mythology)|Apollo]] had a temple in this
 ==Prophecies==

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 The '''Delphic oracle''' was the most important oracle in the classical [[Greeks|Greek]] world. The priestesses of the oracle were known as the Pythias. It was believed to be the most truthful one.
-Delphi (Greek: Δελφοί) is at present an archaeological site and a modern city in [[Greece]]. It is located  on the south-western spur of [[Mount Parnassus]] in the valley of Phocis. The god [[Apollo (mythology)|Apollo]] had a temple in this place; it was its major site of worship.
+Delphi (Greek: Δελφοί) is at present an archaeological site and a modern city in [[Greece]]. It is located  on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. The god [[Apollo (mythology)|Apollo]] had a temple in this place; it was its major site of worship.
 ==Prophecies==

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 The prophecies of the Oracle were notoriously ambiguous. There are many examples.
-As the massive hordes of the Persian army approached Athens, the town leaders asked the Oracle what the best way to repel the Persian attack was.  The Oracle told them to "trust in wooden walls," but a debate ensued among the leaders of Athens whether this meant to build large wooden walls around the city, or to use their navy (the hulls being "wooden walls") to repel the invaders.  Eventually, it was decided the naval interpretation was the correct one, and the Athenians won a spectacular naval encounter at the Battle of Salamis.  This does not validate the Oracle - if they had lost the battle, it would have been assumed that they should have built wooden walls around the city.  The prophecies were, therefore, not falsifiable.
+As the massive hordes of the Persian army approached Athens, the town leaders asked the Oracle what the best way to repel the Persian attack was.  The Oracle told them to "trust in wooden walls," but a debate ensued among the leaders of Athens whether this meant to build large wooden walls around the city, or to use their navy (the hulls being "wooden walls") to repel the invaders.  Eventually, it was decided the naval interpretation was the correct one, and the Athenians won a spectacular naval encounter at the Battle of Salamis.  This does not validate the Oracle - if they had lost the battle, it would have been assumed that they should have built wooden walls around the city.  The prophecies were, therefore, not [[falsifiable]].
 When King Croesus wanted to know if he should invade Persia, the prophecy was that "If Croesus makes war on the Persians, he will destroy a great empire."  Indeed, he did - his own.  Note again that this prophecy was worded in such a way that it could not possibly be proven wrong - no matter who won, it would have been true.
 == External links ==

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 The prophecies of the Oracle were notoriously ambiguous. There are many examples.
-As the massive hordes of the Persian army approached Athens, the town leaders asked the Oracle what the best way to repel the Persian attack was.  The Oracle told them to "trust in wooden walls," but a debate ensued among the leaders of Athens whether this meant to build large wooden walls around the city, or to use their navy (the hulls being "wooden walls") to repel the invaders.  Eventually, it was decided the naval interpretation was the correct one, and the Athenians won a spectacular naval encounter at the Battle of Salamis.  This does not validate the Oracle - if they had lost the battle, it would have been assumed that they should have built wooden walls around the city.
+As the massive hordes of the Persian army approached Athens, the town leaders asked the Oracle what the best way to repel the Persian attack was.  The Oracle told them to "trust in wooden walls," but a debate ensued among the leaders of Athens whether this meant to build large wooden walls around the city, or to use their navy (the hulls being "wooden walls") to repel the invaders.  Eventually, it was decided the naval interpretation was the correct one, and the Athenians won a spectacular naval encounter at the Battle of Salamis.  This does not validate the Oracle - if they had lost the battle, it would have been assumed that they should have built wooden walls around the city.  The prophecies were, therefore, not falsifiable.
 When King Croesus wanted to know if he should invade Persia, the prophecy was that "If Croesus makes war on the Persians, he will destroy a great empire."  Indeed, he did - his own.  Note again that this prophecy was worded in such a way that it could not possibly be proven wrong - no matter who won, it would have been true.

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-Greetings, I am Michael. I am a avid supporter of my own political belief system(Forgive me for being neither conservative or liberal, but I take it this means I am a liberal automatically? I love pigeon hole systems). If your curious on my belief system, then
+[[Image:Pythia.jpg|right|270px]]
-*The Christian God may or may not exist...I myself am a beginning occultist, dedicated to the “Evil arts”. I really don't care, as I just want powers for powers sake...First, I need to become delusional...Or I gain real supernatural power, or from the Christian perspective, I become a Lord of Darkness, Or Sauron, correct? Afterwards, I form a “Communist-Barrack Obama-Nazi-Democratic Party-Mix), and take over America and start War World Three...Afterwards, I conquer the world, but alas, Andrew, The great savior of the stupid cums to where I am at at we do battle...It is a horrible battle at first, as anal penetration is such, however once I reveal to him, “The best page in the universe”, he gives in...To my manliness or gayness...(Notice, I am not gay-See, Sometimes I go from hating gay people, and only White Americans are superior and everyone else is only a worker, other days, I am a loving, person who opposes such evil...Until I gain power)...I have also contacted Mr. Andrew's friends, the Klu Kluc-x Klan, however they informed me en quote
+Delphi (Greek: Δελφοί) is at present an archaeological site and a modern city in [[Greece]]. It is located  on the south-western spur of [[Mount Parnassus]] in the valley of Phocis. The god [[Apollo (mythology)|Apollo]] had a temple in this place; it was its major site of worship.
-“Andrew S. Is a dear friend to our organization, as he embodies many of the ideals of the old south. We do agree that he, should, um tone down his wiki's news, but we congratulate him on taking the “Black, Liberal, Bias out of the bible”.
+==Prophecies==
-It really is nice, Mr. Andrew...I never realized that liberalism, a legitimate ideology, existed back then, and the original writers of the bible, and Jesus Christ was a conservative...Better yet, I did not know that either political system like this existed back then, like you...Sadly, it seems that people must ignore the Bible's Warnings of
+As the massive hordes of the Persian army approached Athens, the town leaders asked the Oracle what the best way to repel the Persian attack was.  The Oracle told them to "trust in wooden walls," but a debate ensued among the leaders of Athens whether this meant to build large wooden walls around the city, or to use their navy (the hulls being "wooden walls") to repel the invaders.  Eventually, it was decided the naval interpretation was the correct one, and the Athenians won a spectacular naval encounter at the Battle of Salamis.  This does not validate the Oracle - if they had lost the battle, it would have been assumed that they should have built wooden walls around the city.
-“Do not add to this book, or I will curse ye, multiply the curses, lake of fire, yadda”...So then, no liberal could of edited or “Corrupted” the bible, as God would of cursed him and fixed it, right? Im quite curious of how God designated the CP, and gave ye the right to edit the “Bible”, and how ye “Found out Liberal bias existed”...In fact, Did you not know that Jesus held some conservative viewpoints, or what you would call “Fake Cons”, but also liberalism? Wait, it did not even exist back then...Alright, we need to re-write his words to fit our definition...I get it, Time to rewrite the Bible!
+When King Croesus wanted to know if he should invade Persia, the prophecy was that "If Croesus makes war on the Persians, he will destroy a great empire."  Indeed, he did - his own.  Note again that this prophecy was worded in such a way that it could not possibly be proven wrong - no matter who won, it would have been true.
--I wonder Mr. Andrew, will God curse you? Wait, forgot, your a revered prophet and savior of the damned...Your Pussy is so large, within it lies the hearts of all great people, such as George W. Bush and his successful Iraqi War, Afganistani War, 9/11(He was warned beforehand, but the Great Man did not need to pay attention), or the destruction of the United States Economic system into the worst recession in the past, who knows what? The degradation of the US from Triple AAA+ to AA+, and the near total collapse of the united states due to the Republican Party playing dirty dirty with the scrotum of Government...However, because Obama is president now, all of Bush's mistakes get transsfered, RIGHT? YES, YES YES YES, ANON SAYS YES, PUSSY SMELLS GOOD NOW, WAIT NO-NOW PUSSY MEATY SMELLY.
+== External links ==
--I wonder more, of how people support you? Your beliefs would set us back in the middle ages, however I am afraid your stupidity is so great, we would all be dead beforehand...I ask ye members of CP to leave this fool, as he is wasting your time and life-He is childish, and can be said to possess multiple “Mental diseases”.
+*[http://flickr.com/photos/11970671@N06/sets/72157601612578124/ Delphi, Greece]
-I will also be destroying your website...Wonder who was behind the multiple CP shutdowns, attacks for the past few years, and such? Sorry, I am behind about 50 proxy networks, the first being somewhere in the middle of the US, and another in India, another in China-though it'll be pretty hard to get past the first, I made sure of that...Enjoy banning this account, I' just took off a whole month free just for You guy's...I just love fucking the Pussy that is called Conservatism, pity the Real “Conservatism” died....Or else you'd all be what, ConservLibera? Heh...This is fun, but let me refer to you this one website:
+[[Category:Ancient Greece]]

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	Delphi (Greek: Δελφοί) is at present an archaeological site and a modern city in [[Greece]]. It is located on the south-western spur of [[Mount Parnassus]] in the valley of Phocis. The god [[Apollo (mythology)\|Apollo]] had a temple in this place; it was its major site of worship.		Delphi (Greek: Δελφοί) is at present an archaeological site and a modern city in [[Greece]]. It is located on the south-western spur of [[Mount Parnassus]] in the valley of Phocis. The god [[Apollo (mythology)\|Apollo]] had a temple in this place; it was its major site of worship.
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		+	==Prophecies==
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		+	The prophecies of the Oracle were notoriously ambiguous. There are many examples.
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		+	As the massive hordes of the Persian army approached Athens, the town leaders asked the Oracle what the best way to repel the Persian attack was. The Oracle told them to "trust in wooden walls," but a debate ensued among the leaders of Athens whether this meant to build large wooden walls around the city, or to use their navy (the hulls being "wooden walls") to repel the invaders. Eventually, it was decided the naval interpretation was the correct one, and the Athenians won a spectacular naval encounter at the Battle of Salamis. This does not validate the Oracle - if they had lost the battle, it would have been assumed that they should have built wooden walls around the city.
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		+	When King Croesus wanted to know if he should invade Persia, the prophecy was that "If Croesus makes war on the Persians, he will destroy a great empire." Indeed, he did - his own. Note again that this prophecy was worded in such a way that it could not possibly be proven wrong - no matter who won, it would have been true.

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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