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From: pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: From Fig to finding a Candy Man
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Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 16:47:22 EDT
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In article <2648@cbosgd.ATT.COM> smk@cbosgd.UUCP (Steve Kennedy) writes:
>Ooooo, Mikki!  Thirty lashes with a wet noodle for missing point #1: "the
>story of the fig tree has given biblical scholars trouble for a long time".
>Or was it "Interpreting this story is difficult"?

Well, perhaps for some, but tell me -- what's this borderline sado-
sexist remark Steve.  Better get some religion before SCUM chops you 
up.  Actually, the parable thing should be considered, although I 
agree, in today's society not many of us have much experience with 
growing "productive" non-toxic things so that kind of parable may 
not make much sense.

>By the way, I'd like to point out that a fig tree, whether producing 
>figs or not, is still an important part of its ecological system.

Huh?  That's NOT what I was lead to believe.  In fact, the premature
death of barren food producing individual organisms could do wonders
for the ecology.  It simply makes more room for more productive
food producing plants.  The more food produced the more humans can
be supported in comfort and the more humans the more BS and the more
BS the more plant food to grow better and healthier plants with even
higher yields et cetera.  Hope you like them apples .. .  ah figs.

So it all goes to show, kill the right fig tree and you'll end up
with more figs.  Jesus knew a little more about ecology than Steve!
                  What do know about that?
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