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From: cc@locus.ucla.edu (Oleg "Kill the bastards" Kiselev)
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Subject: Re: A Fig for 'what's his name'.
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Date: Tue, 16-Sep-86 21:52:17 EDT
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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 an explanation of possible reasons]

Yes, Jesus was a very balanced, level-headed, sane man. He cursed a tree that 
through no fault of its own (isn't EVERYTHING except human will controlled by 
JHVH?) happened to not be capable of bearing fruit for a season. Well, a worship
of a dead psychopath is as good as any other, right? If J.C. is any reflection ]
on JHVH, Phillip K. Dick and J.R. "Bob" Dobbs  were right about Him!

>Remember, God's curse is upon a mal-formed world, a broken world.  A world
>not as he made it, 'good', and not the way it 'ought' to be.  In fact God
>has promised to DESTROY this world and replace it with another that is
>'good' again. 

Uh, He MADE it that way! Why the sudden show of resentment? Or is Jhvh so poor 
an engineer that even after a major overhaul via The Flood He still couldn't get
things working right? 

>In light of the above, how silly indeed is the 'God in a snit' explanation
>for this recorded event!  How much is lost by not looking further.

Ken, if you REALLY believe that Jhvh is THE GOD and is the Creator of the 
Universe and all the powerful and omnipotent things Bible and Xtian scholars 
would have us believe -- what does it matter WHY JC cursed the damned tree?
And why is it important to you and other Xtian nitwits to prove to us that
JHVH and JC are really great guys that love us a whole bunch? If Jhvh is THE GOD
DOES THAT REALLY MATTER?! Are you afraid to discover that your Creator is an 
asshole? And IFF He was -- WHY would that change anything?!! He would STILL be
THE LORD GOD, KING of KINGS, etc. and you STILL have to dance His tune? So 
why all these excuses and apologies? You make me sick.....

Hey, Xtians! How many of you would continue to worship your God if it were
undeniably proven to you that he is the Damager-God? Why WOULDN'T you?

		Oleg "Have guts to admit your God is is an asshole" Kiselev
		HASA, "A" division on a Drug Crussade!