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Sunday 5 November 2006

This week's Bible reading

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.2:23-24
So 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

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5 comments:

  1. leelion5 Nov 2006, 16:19:00

    the lord giveth and the lord taketh away

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  2. KG5 Nov 2006, 17:06:00

    except that these days he sub-contracts the giveth and stealeth bit to the gummint....

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  3. Berend de Boer6 Nov 2006, 10:34:00

    http://www.pobox.com/~berend/sab/2kg/2.html#v23

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  4. Berend de Boer6 Nov 2006, 10:35:00

    Or use this link.

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  5. Anonymous6 Nov 2006, 13:57:00

    That'll teach anyone who tries to make fun of my solar panel ~:)

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