NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/alt/atheism/24589

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From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
Subject: Re: Violence in the bible?
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In article <[e-mail]> m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) writes:
}In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Peter C. Crayne) writes:
}}Hi all. I am posting without first reading the FAQ! At least nobody on
}}this newsgroup is likely to tell me that I'll be smitten down with flame
}}for it. :-) (Except virtual flame, perhaps).
}}
}}Anyway, I was recently discussing religious matters with a friend who is
}}semi-religious. I havn't decided whether I'm a weak athiest or an
}}angnostic. I was relating the story of some prophet or other who, after
}}communing with god in the wilderness comes back into town, wherupon he
}}is teased by children. The prophet calls upon god to punish them, and
}}god send wild animals to kill them, and they are devoured.
}}My friend claims "I've read the whole bible and that story isn't in it".
}
}Check Ezekiel.  Those bibliophiles don't know there own book very well.
}The animals were bears, and he was being teased for being bald...

Dang.  Elisha, not Ezekiel.  oops.  Not my book...