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From: pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: A Fig for 'what's his name'.
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Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 22:49:27 EDT
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In article <1150@cybvax0.UUCP> mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) 
brilliantly "lucidates":
>Ken Arndt launches into yet another frenzy of fuzzy thinking!
>In article <5369@decwrl.DEC.COM> arndt@lymph.dec.com writes:
>> Anyway, on to the figs.  The incident is related by Mark and Matthew.  
>> Jesus went to the fig tree and found nothing but leaves and Mark relates 
>> that it was not the season for figs.  Then Jesus cursed the tree saying, 
>> "May no one ever eat fruit from you again", (Mark 11:14).  Next morning 
>> passing the tree again the disciples were amazed to find the tree dead.

>And even if the tree is barren one year, it might bear the next.  Killing
>the tree is simply wanton destruction.

Fig trees have deep roots and are extremely hardy compared with the 
more common apple, peach, etc.,  which are more common hereabouts.  
Consequently, they usually don't have "barren" years.  If this tree 
wasn't fruiting there probably was something seriously and fatally 
wrong.   Pruning diseased trees can be a good thing, even if you do 
it with a damn!   

To say that it was "wanton"ly destroyed, is probably just a
random vocalization resulting from "fuzzy wuzzy" thinking!!!

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