Happy St George's day

[polomint38]

Happy St George's Day
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Happy birthday to Bill Shakespeare
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[Trinoc]

Happy St George's Day

Ah yes, that well known Roman/Turkish/Palestinian who never came anywhere close to Britain, and whose flag was pinched from the city of Genoa about 900 years after his death!

Happy birthday to Bill Shakespeare

At least he lived here.

[Croydon Bob]

At least he lived here.

But did he write the plays?

[Mulder]

Ah yes, that well known Roman/Turkish/Palestinian who never came anywhere close to Britain, and whose flag was pinched from the city of Genoa about 900 years after his death!

So where did the dragon come into it?

[Croydon Bob]

So where did the dragon come into it?

Short answer: nobody knows exactly, maybe from the myth of Perseus and Andromeda. Long answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_G...and_the_Dragon

[Trinoc]

But did he write the plays?

No, that was someone else with the same name ...

[Mulder]

Short answer: nobody knows exactly, maybe from the myth of Perseus and Andromeda. Long answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_G...and_the_Dragon

So do Christians believe in dragons?

[Croydon Bob]

So do Christians believe in dragons?

Good question, but possibly not the best forum to ask it on? At least one fundy nutter (http://garvanellison.blogspot.com/) has claimed that dragons and dinos are the same thing; but I'd guess that most self-identifying christians don't believe in dragons.

[polomint38]

Good question, but possibly not the best forum to ask it on? At least one fundy nutter (http://garvanellison.blogspot.com/) has claimed that dragons and dinos are the same thing; but I'd guess that most self-identifying christians don't believe in dragons.

Dragons having existed in past more likely than god

[Matt]

So do Christians believe in dragons?

There's dragons in Revelation and there's unicorns and giants elsewhere.

[Mulder]

There's dragons in Revelation and there's unicorns and giants elsewhere.

Do Christians believe in Revelation?

[Matt]

Do Christians believe in Revelation?

Not all of them.

[DrS]

I thought 23 April 1616 was the anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the same date that Cervantes died ...

[polomint38]

I thought 23 April 1616 was the anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the same date that Cervantes died ...

That's right.

He was baptised on 26 April 1564, so if you go on some tours, they will say he was born and died on the same day (using the same historical accuracy as he did in his historical plays)

[Croydon Bob]

That's right.

He was baptised on 26 April 1564, so if you go on some tours, they will say he was born and died on the same day (using the same historical accuracy as he did in his historical plays)

Most of what we think we know about Shakespeare / William Shakespeare is pretty dodgy with little or no evidence to back it up. For instance no portrait was painted, or description of his appearance written, during his lifetime, yet there is an image of him that we are familiar with. The best reason to go with the orthodox story that Bill Shakspere was Shake-speare is that the 60+ other people who have been suggested as the authors of his plays have even less evidence to connect them.