Re: Eternal Life...

["William H. Martin" <whm2m@virginia.edu>]

On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 15:35:24 -0400 (EDT) david joslyn 
<joslyn63@matrix.newpaltz.edu> wrote:

> Appologies ahead of time for responding in English; I've not studied long
> enough with the Followers of Kahless (on Boreth) to grasp Klingon
> theology/mythology.

qay'be'. qeylIS tlha'be' 'op tlhInganpu'.
 
> On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Ben Gibson wrote:
> 
> > Someone on another newsgroup explained Qotor's(?)(the
> > ferryman on 
> > the barge of the dead) punishment as being analogous to
> > Christ's. I 
> > find this rather bizarre. I mean if he killed the gods, then
> > who was 
> > punishing him? And if the death of the gods was a good
> > thing, why was 
> > he punished? 
> 
> It's very possible that the Old Gods' last dying act was to curse Qotor
> for the remainder of eternity. He is now forever "in between", neither
> truely dead, for he never leaves the ferry (or so I guess), nor
> alive.Forever in servitude to those around him and he can't kill his
> employers; they're already dead. Gotta love Divine Justice! =)

Daj ngerlIj.
 
> > Or did B'elenna get a few
> > things mixed 
> > up between her mother's and father's religion?
> 
> Knowing Be'elanna, that's very possible.

be'lana' Dasov'a'? jIHvaD qI'ta'ghachDaj DaSuqlaH'a'?
 
> > > I mean, I'm good because I prefer to be good, right here, right
> > > now, as a mature adult [snip] 
> > > 
> > Or in other words, you are honorable, because you are
> > honorable. 
> > Being an honorable person is more conducive to a long and
> > happy life
> > among civilized folks than being dishonorable. Virtue has
> > its own rewards
> > and any inducements by anyone else are irrelevant.
> 
> Agreed. Though *I* personnally believe that the highest reward of a Good
> Life (however that's defined) is that generations later, people are still
> telling your story.

QoylaH 'Iv? jIHeghDI' vIlIjlu'bej. jIramchoH.

> [snip]
>  
> > You fight death, you do not cheat him of a fight. You treat
> > him as an 
> > honorable opponent, you face him as a Klingon and as if he
> > were one as 
> > well. You do not treat him as a Suy verengan.
> 
> HIvja' jay!!
 
nuqjatlh?
 
> quljIb

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