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Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"?

From charles <charles@candehope.me.uk>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Subject Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"?
Date 2016-01-04 12:45 +0000
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AFIn article <c3fc9fcd-5c82-4af2-a7a8-d604bd51469f@googlegroups.com>, Peter
T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 12:56:03 AM UTC-5, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> > On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 11:33:50 +1100, Peter Moylan wrote:

> > > True, the god of the early parts is a rather detestable psychopath by
> > > today's standards, but that shows that standards have improved over
> > > time. If we were inventing a god today, he would have more admirable
> > > qualities.
> > 
> > This is also a good point, in that the "original" A(1st book) god was
> > despicable, while the "sequel" had a much nicer god (2nd book). By the
> > 3rd book (the god of today), he'd be multi-racial, hermaphroditic, and
> > downright genteel!

> What do you mean by the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd books?

It was fairly obvious to me that Book 1 = OT; Book 2 = NT. Book 3 still to
be written.

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Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> - 2016-01-01 14:56 -0500
  Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> - 2016-01-01 21:59 -0500
    Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-02 14:32 +1100
      Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> - 2016-01-01 22:58 -0500
        Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 20:13 -0800
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> - 2016-01-02 03:45 -0500
            Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-02 06:39 -0800
            Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-02 11:04 -0500
              Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 11:00 -0800
            Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 10:55 -0800
              Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Traddict" <Traddiction@hotmail.fr> - 2016-01-02 20:29 +0100
            Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Traddict" <Traddiction@hotmail.fr> - 2016-01-02 20:18 +0100
            Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-03 11:33 +1100
              Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-03 07:04 -0500
              Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2016-01-03 05:36 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? analyst41@hotmail.com - 2016-01-03 06:08 -0800
              Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> - 2016-01-04 00:56 -0500
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2016-01-04 00:56 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-01-04 10:18 +0100
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 20:34 +1100
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 11:03 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 11:53 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 12:21 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:22 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2016-01-04 12:45 +0000
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 06:38 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> - 2016-01-04 13:52 -0500
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 11:49 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Cheryl <cperkins@mun.ca> - 2016-01-04 19:11 -0330
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-04 19:06 -0500
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 16:18 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 16:34 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-04 22:51 -0500
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 20:18 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-05 18:36 -0500
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 19:56 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 20:18 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2016-01-05 14:25 +0000
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Will Parsons <varro@nodomain.invalid> - 2016-01-05 02:36 +0000
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-05 16:29 +1100
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Will Parsons <varro@nodomain.invalid> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0000
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 11:10 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 12:14 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-05 16:15 +1100
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2016-01-04 21:40 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 19:52 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-04 21:02 -0800
              Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-04 21:12 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-05 16:39 +1100
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 07:38 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 10:26 -0800
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-01-05 22:10 -0500
                Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 19:43 -0800
            Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 22:14 -0800
        Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? bert <bert.hutchings@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 02:19 -0800
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> - 2016-01-02 06:03 -0500
        Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-02 11:02 -0500
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-02 11:02 -0800
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> - 2016-01-04 00:58 -0500
      Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 20:08 -0800
        Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2016-01-02 14:45 +0000
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-02 11:13 -0500
            Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-03 11:05 -0800
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-02 10:57 -0800
      Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2016-01-02 07:40 +0000
        Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Paul M. Cook" <pmcook@gte.net> - 2016-01-02 03:47 -0500
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-02 12:22 +0000
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 11:25 -0500
        Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-02 11:19 -0500
      Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2016-01-02 11:38 +0100
  Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2016-01-02 01:16 -0800
    Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-01-03 05:55 -0500
      Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2016-01-03 13:10 -0800
        Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Traddict" <Traddiction@hotmail.fr> - 2016-01-04 20:14 +0100
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2016-01-04 12:51 -0800
            Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? "Traddict" <Traddiction@hotmail.fr> - 2016-01-04 22:20 +0100
          Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2016-01-04 23:21 +0000
            Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2016-01-04 16:53 -0800
              Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2016-01-05 14:27 +0000
  Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2016-01-02 11:38 +0100
  Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? analyst41@hotmail.com - 2016-01-02 09:22 -0800
    Re: Why is it "The powers that be"; but not "The powers that are"? James Hogg <Jas.Hogg@gOUTmail.com> - 2016-01-02 19:34 +0100

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