Tall Skinny Kiwi is hosting a blog the Q'ran day to mark 9/11 and as an alternative to all the hoo-haa over you know who saying he'd do you know what. I'd love to participate, but haven't had enough notice this being something of an epically busy weekend. Besides, it really it is the Yanks who should be pulling out all the stops on this one as atonement for having media outlets that give massive free publicity to such slack jawed morons. If you ignored them, they might not go away, but they would not be able to upset more than their immediate neighbours.
It's so typical isn't it? You are preaching all day long, training your disciples, sparring with the Pharisees, encouraging the poor and down trodden, healing the sick and casting out demons, all day, day after day, and even when you go up a mountain to get a rest the crowds hunt you down and follow you up, and then the one time you get a bit muddled up with some of the details of a biblical text . . . that is the one they write down in the first gospel - verbatim. At least Matthew and Luke had the good sense to do some editing. But Mark, he always had his eye on giving the public the "historical Jesus" whoever that is supposed to be . . . warts and all. Thanks a lot Mark!
Some think I made the mistake on purpose, just to show the Pharisees up.
For some there is no mistake worth mentioning, only a slightly ambiguous turn of phrase.
Others think I am doing something tricky with Abiathar's name, getting him to figuratively stand in for the priesthood.
It really has…
Some think I made the mistake on purpose, just to show the Pharisees up.
For some there is no mistake worth mentioning, only a slightly ambiguous turn of phrase.
Others think I am doing something tricky with Abiathar's name, getting him to figuratively stand in for the priesthood.
It really has…
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