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Title: God hates figs.
Post by: gilligan on November 22, 2010, 09:08:56 PM
Post by: gilligan on November 22, 2010, 09:08:56 PM
At a recent rally in the US there was a guy holding a sign saying "God hates Figs. Mark 11: 12-14" A lot of people took it as a misspelling of god hates ->-bleeped-<-s. But if you do look up the verse cited, it has nothing to do with homosexuality, it has to do with figs.
This is the King James version (other English language versions are similar):
"12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it."
This is the King James version (other English language versions are similar):
"12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it."
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: tekla on November 22, 2010, 09:09:49 PM
Post by: tekla on November 22, 2010, 09:09:49 PM
"God hates signs."
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: Suzy on November 23, 2010, 07:14:57 AM
Post by: Suzy on November 23, 2010, 07:14:57 AM
That is very funny!
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: MillieB on November 23, 2010, 08:36:41 AM
Post by: MillieB on November 23, 2010, 08:36:41 AM
Hmm, wonder if God hates fog! ::)
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: Alex201 on November 30, 2010, 09:21:11 AM
Post by: Alex201 on November 30, 2010, 09:21:11 AM
God hates figs???
Aw darn...there goes my salad ... :(
Aw darn...there goes my salad ... :(
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: xAndrewx on November 30, 2010, 12:00:46 PM
Post by: xAndrewx on November 30, 2010, 12:00:46 PM
Wow that is pretty funny
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: shiinee on November 30, 2010, 12:10:13 PM
Post by: shiinee on November 30, 2010, 12:10:13 PM
God also hates shrimp, google it and you'll find a hilarious website advocating the destruction of all abominations of the sea which are not true fish.
Leviticus 11:12 "Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you."
Leviticus 11:12 "Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you."
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: tekla on November 30, 2010, 12:20:24 PM
Post by: tekla on November 30, 2010, 12:20:24 PM
That just means you can't eat them, which of course is more shrimp cocktail and lobster for me.
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: MillieB on November 30, 2010, 12:43:03 PM
Post by: MillieB on November 30, 2010, 12:43:03 PM
It does rather beg the question. What on earth did shrimp do to make God so angry?
If God created everything, then they are God's creation, just like us and yet he loves us (If we do as we're told) despite all of the sinning and murdering his son and all. Yet poor old shrimp are an abomination, no forgiveness for Mr Shrimp.
Is there something that we are not being told?
Are shrimp secretly evil?
If God created everything, then they are God's creation, just like us and yet he loves us (If we do as we're told) despite all of the sinning and murdering his son and all. Yet poor old shrimp are an abomination, no forgiveness for Mr Shrimp.
Is there something that we are not being told?
Are shrimp secretly evil?
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: V M on November 30, 2010, 12:55:51 PM
Post by: V M on November 30, 2010, 12:55:51 PM
Thank you... I was wondering what to make for dinner tonight... Shrimp n pasta... Yum Yum :laugh:
Maybe I'll pick up a few figs too
Maybe I'll pick up a few figs too
Title: Re: God hates figs.
Post by: tekla on November 30, 2010, 12:56:49 PM
Post by: tekla on November 30, 2010, 12:56:49 PM
The standard guess is that shellfish don't keep very well in the desert, before refrigeration.