Thursday, November 17, 2005

belief in a cruel god creates a cruel man

...several haggard, blank eyed men sit, huddled around a fire. they beat on their round wooden drums with increasing volume and intensity- what is this? have i stumbled across a lost neanderthal tribe? sadly, for evolutionary science, no. this is the 'eco-dysci african drum group' and i'm their newest member. it dont half hurt your hands, but when you're in that groove your mind goes blank- its almost meditative i suppose.
apart from drumming, i have been reading quite a bit, and found out the following interesting titbit- the following 'sins' are punishable by DEATH, according to the bible: birth control (gen, 38:10-11), homosexuality (lev, 20:13), psychic counselling (chr, 10:13), remarrying after divorce (matt, 5:32), overeating (psalm, 78:31), working on saturdays (deut, 31:15), disobeying parents (deut, 21:20-21), making fun of bald people (kings, 2: 23-24). i dont actually own a bible, so i havn't been able to check these out. i guess it's lucky Bush can barely read or he might start thinking of some more interesting ways to erode your human rights.
also today was my first day back working as a librarian, so expect more of Owens fun facts!

2 comments:

Pete said...

What about using Psychic Powers to make bald people's heads explode. Its not actually a power I possess but, if I keep practicing, you never know. If you ever catch me giving someone the evil eye while concentrating hard enough to take a poop, you know what I'm doing.

Pete said...

I don't think they had reliable birth control in biblical times.