Thu 28 Aug 2008
Handyman
Posted by anaglyph under Kooky, Religion, The Baffling Bible
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Tetherd Cow Ahead Presents: The Baffling Bible
Episode #1: Idle Hands
Consider the following:
•What was God doing dispatching evil spirits? Could that be considered a demarcation issue?
•How are we to understand Samuel’s second use of the word ‘came’ in the context of the evil spirit and Saul?
•Is the word ‘prophesied’ a euphemism as used here? What might be a more descriptive word?
•What are the possible consequences of prophesying in the midst of the house, as opposed to doing so in a room out the back with a lockable door?
•Who actually ‘prophesied’ – Saul, the evil spirit, or God?
•Whose hand was David playing with – his own or Saul’s. Or the evil spirit’s? Discuss the implication of each option.
•Give examples of ‘other times’ when David has played handsies. Include references.
Stay tuned to Tetherd Cow Ahead for more startling moments of clarity from the Good Book!
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*The Bible: King James Version
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reverend you shock me. here I am expecting another whimsical story about glitch or the adventures of simple graphics man and what do I find?
religious porn! what is your church coming to :-)
The answer to number 3 is “prophesied like a freight train”
Puts a new perspective on the whole David and Goliath bit.
“This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down, and cut off your head!
OUCH!
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Oops.
Nurse Myra: Hey. I didn’t write it. I’m just reporting it.
Cissy Strutt: Indeed.
Atlas: Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
If this hand-play has happened before, it’s not really an impressive display to prophesy that it might happen again, is it?
“…played with his hand, as at other times.”
So he was a repeat offender?
JR: Very good point indeed, if, in fact, that’s what David/Saul/evil spirit was prophesying. But the truth is that in Samuel, prophesying takes place about every fifteen minutes. They prophesy in the midst of the house. They prophesy in the grain shed. They prophesy on the bus. I figure that the reason is, if you prophesy often enough, you have to get a few things right by law of averages.
Mike: David was a repeat offender at many things, not least of which was running people through with swords.
David played what, with his hand?
Was it an organ?
I’m going to Hell, see you there
I really and truly have tried to decipher this. I would like to make sense of it before I make fun of it. But… wtf?
meggie: It just says he played with his hand. As at other times.
Malach: I have no doubt.
Pil: It’s the bible. Don’t try too hard, you’ll only get dizzy.
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Well, thanks for that completely irrelevant (not to mention boring) response ‘Ruchita’. You wouldn’t happen to be a bot by any chance would you?
Yeah, thought so.