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Related: About this forumMOAB .......... has a religious connection
Mother of All Bombs ...........
Lot's two daughters got him drunk and then had sex with him
the oldest daughter had a baby and named him Moab
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MOAB .......... has a religious connection (Original Post)
Angry Dragon
Apr 2017
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. True.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)2. Massive Ordnance Air Blast
acromym along with the 37,000 lb MOP-massive ordinance penetrator. Any other association is coincidental.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)3. I believe
okasha
(11,573 posts)4. MOAB is an acronym.
Lot's daughter's offspring represented the (eponymous founder of) the kingdom of Moab across the Jordan from Judah-Israel.
For that mattter, Ruth is from Moab, as was the historically established King Mesha.
I fail to see the connection you're trying to make.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)5. Oh, um, must be a pure coincidence...
Nothing to see here.... Onward Christian soldiers!
okasha
(11,573 posts)6. So what connection do you see
between Moab the ancient kingdom and a bomb with the acronym MOAB? Please be specific about the connection.