Let's see what lessons for life the Bible's gentle parables have for us this week. From the tales of the (bald) prophet Elisha comes this palpably timeless tale:As he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tear forty and two children of them.--2 Kg.2:23-24So there's the lesson: Don't make fun of slap-heads lest the Lord send a she-bear to rend you limb from limb. [Picture at right shows The Children of Bethel Mourned By Their Mothers, by Laurent de la Hire.]
See, there really is a point in staying home and reading your Bible. It's really the best way to discover it's full of sadistic nonsense.
LINK: Skeptics' Annotated Bible
RELATED: Religion, Nonsense
5 comments:
the lord giveth and the lord taketh away
except that these days he sub-contracts the giveth and stealeth bit to the gummint....
http://www.pobox.com/~berend/sab/2kg/2.html#v23
Or use this link.
That'll teach anyone who tries to make fun of my solar panel ~:)
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