Re: Dysfunctional Royalty (was: Re: Jewish names)

On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:48:02 -0400 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
> Steg Belsky wrote:
> > In other words, Adoniya rebelled against his father because 1. he
> was a
> > spoiled brat, 2. he was a hottie, and 3. he admired his bad big
> brother?
> >  interesting....
> Well, the third is probably more that he feared that his elder
> brother
> would inherit the throne instead, since it was normal (altho by no
> means
> without exception) for the firstborn to inherit power over younger
> brothers.  Most likely, that was a simplification of a genuinely
> complex
> situation.
> AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor
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Absalom had tried to rebell against David a while beforehand....that's
what i meant by Adoniya "admiring" him - following in his footsteps.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment
  that you touch perfect speed.  And that isn't flying a thousand
  miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light.
  Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have
  limits.  Perfect speed, my son, is being there."
                    ~ _jonathan livingston seagull_