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Old July 6th, 2004, 07:50 PM   #1
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I just noticed something very odd...I always remembered the Ship of Lights Angels as being sparkling white robed creatures... but in drawing my latest drawing it hard for me to draw the angels without making it look muslim!

Don't they all look muslim to you? Not there is anything wrong of course...but this is a weird time to be drawing muslim holy creatures!


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Old July 6th, 2004, 07:59 PM   #2
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Or maybe it's the best time...
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Or maybe it's the best time...
As in reminder of what it's really supposed to be about?
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but.... looks who's our president!!! I don't want free room and board in GitMo!!!!

"WHY ARE YOU DRAWinG HOLY MUSLIMS AS AN ADVANCED PEOPLES?"

"uhm...uhmm...er....uh......HELP!"
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That's when you tell them these are really irridescently robed Turkish belly dancers.....they'll either crack up or be interested in imagining what wonders are under the robes...if they are males at least. :laugh:
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Turkish belly dancers! Yes! Oh can thay move in the most wonderful ways
then they work their way closer and closer and closer and
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hmmmm..... Ship of lite angels moving their hips sensuously.....

Now that is an image I never pictured before.
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Reminds me of this Moraccan establishment I used to frequent.

Oh ya this is a family board

Ship of light, angels, ah I'd better quit now.
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As in reminder of what it's really supposed to be about?
Yeah. The entire religion has taken a lot of sh*t the last couple of years. when will it end? Hell, the Koran is no more violent than the Bible is.

*Gets off soapbox and smashes it into itty bitty pieces, then smashes the pieces into even smaller pieces*

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Islam is really a very beautiful faith, with strong Judeo-Christian parallels (it is, after all, a child of those religions). Reading the Koran can be very inspiring. Interpreting the inhabitants of the Ship of Lights as Muslim-esque actually fits well with the series.

It is unfortunate that extremists have tarnished Islam’s image in the world.
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I have had the opertunity to see something of the Hindu fath, the Angels of Light could be of Hindu origin as well. There are many beautiful parts of Hindi.
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LOL Thomas...
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Yeah. The entire religion has taken a lot of sh*t the last couple of years. when will it end? Hell, the Koran is no more violent than the Bible is.
Agreed.
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I saw a episode of West Wing that pretty much sums it up to me.
    • Muslim extremist is to Islam, like KKK is to Christianity. Its the klan gone medieval and global.
btw, for those that don't know me, I have a high opinion of most people regardless of faith no matter where they live.


I just find it ironic. If you take your typical woman from Saudi Arabia, in all her coverings, and then transport her to the Ship of Lights, then her clothes will turn a pure white...and she would see all these other people dressed just like her!

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The robed figures can also be found in the Hebrew/Christian faith.
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The robed figures can also be found in the Hebrew/Christian faith.
That's true but I do believe that the outfits more exactly infer the muslim
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They could also refer to the Mormon religion which Larson is part of. The Thirteenth Tribe.
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They could also refer to the Mormon religion which Larson is part of. The Thirteenth Tribe.

please explain
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Larson is from the Mormon faith. The garments could be a representation of that.
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I don't think they ever dressed like that in the Mormon faith
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They are a representation of want humanity can become or will become.
If they were to be shown in a continuation today these sets would look cheesy by comparison.
Glen Larson to my knowledge has never publicly clarified who they were or where they come from. There was no series bible so it is open to interpretation as who they are and where they came from
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