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- From: kkoller@nyx.cs.du.edu (Capt. Sarcastic)
- Subject: My Favourite Bible Passsage...
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 00:18:36 GMT
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- Elijah and Elisha were pretty well liked by God, they were "good friends."
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- Here is the passage:
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- II Kings 2:23,24
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- 23 And he [Elisha] went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by
- the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and
- said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
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- 24 And he turned back, and looked upon them, and cursed them in the name of
- the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty
- and two children of them.
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- This is directly from the "Gideon" bible I stole from the last hotel I stayed
- in. The section in the front that highlights important things that happen in
- the bible doesn't mention this. Heh.
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- BUT, this is from the newer "New International Version" and uses much clearer
- language:
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- 23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road,
- some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!"
- they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!"
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- 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse in the name of the
- LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.
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- Just thought I'd share with you all MY favourite lesson from the Bible.
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- Capt. "respect your elders: bears will eat you if you call them bald" Sarcastic
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- Capt. Sarcastic |The U.S. economy is dominated by monopolies. In order to
- (Kurt S. Koller) |gain higher profits they exploit the U.S. workers as well
- kkoller@nyx.cs.du.edu|as the population of the countries dependent on the U.S.A.
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