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The cathedrals and churches of Christendom traditionally wer
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15 Dec 2019, 10:16
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The cathedrals and churches of Christendom traditionally were built on the highest promontory in town and outfitted with the loftiest steeples parishioners could afford. Unfortunately, those tall, wooden towers were regularly struck by lightning. Every time this happened, there would be a (i)_____ dialogue about sin and the vengeance of God and what the parish had done to bring the wrath of the Lord upon them. Then, in the eighteenth century, Benjamin Franklin determined that lightning was an electric rather than (ii)_____ phenomenon and the debates over the semiotics of lightning bolts (iii)_____.
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| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| wrenching | an ecclesiastic | backfired |
| comfortable | a secular | loomed up |
| paltry | a controversial | vanished |
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Re: The cathedrals and churches of Christendom traditionally wer
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15 Dec 2019, 10:33
15 Dec 2019, 10:33
The hint for the first blank is in (what the parish had done to bring the wrath of the Lord upon them), so wrenching (means painful) fits best. ecclesiastic means relating to the church, so if it ain't scientific and according to the context, it has to be ecclesiastic. If the scientist managed to determine the real cause of lightning, then the debate must have vanished.
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Re: The cathedrals and churches of Christendom traditionally wer
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17 Dec 2019, 07:55
17 Dec 2019, 07:55
Just wondering if the above explanation makes sense to anyone.
