No, really: “Mark 11:12-14 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14Then he said to the tree, ‘May no one ever eat fruit from you again.’ And his disciples heard him say it.”
H/T boingboing
-David Drumm (Nal)
Elaine M.
should be lots of photos showing up on the web today, that surely looked like a good time, wish I could have made it.
by the way, I can never say this enough(not just to you)
thanks for being a Librarian
Librarians rock!!
C.Everett,
One of my favorite signs was held by a young boy. The sign read:
“Glen Beck brainwashed my grandparents!! I want them back Glen!!”
I’m pretty sure this picture came from the Sanity\Fear rally in DC yesterday, at least I saw this same guy in a photostream of rally pictures.
There were some great signs, my personal favorite so far, a guy dressed as a Redcoat with a sign saying “Repeal the 3rd Amendment”
Now that it was brought up, he does look like Carville!
God hates figs. Praise the Lord–and pass the dates.
Apparently he does hate figs and used it as a lesson to his disciples. I imagine many Tea Partiers are taking the lesson to heart and praying right now.
12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
13And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
15And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
16And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
17And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
18And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
19And when even was come, he went out of the city.
20And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
21And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Very funny Gingerbaker and lottakatz.
One certainty about this blawg is that one comment most often leads to other observations that I would never have considered.
BTW, I could not bring myself to enlarge the photo of JC (ha) for clarification/verification–some images are just too scary, even on Halloween…
Gingerbaker, That was a match made in the bowels of hell fersure. If ever anyones children should have been checked for the mark of the beast ala “The OMEN” it is theirs 🙂
FFLEO, LOL! Excellent observation. He does look like Carville but happy and well fed.
FF LEO said:
LOL. Now you made me have to blow up that pic and look close, so you win. ;>D
But, I don’t think that is James Carville.
First of all, the guy in the pic is in his twenties, so he is younger than JC (he-he) by decades. Secondly, the guy in the pic looks healthy and not like a love child between Skeletor and Gollum.
Plus, he’s smiling, so he can’t be married to Mary Magdalene, er Matalin.
Gingerbaker, Weeeelll, not necessarily an atheist. He could just be an actual christian that refudiates the the perversion of Jesus’ message as preached by the WestboroWacko’s. That would be an encouraging sign.
GB,
I do not think that is an atheist holding the sign. That has to be James Carville because there cannot be two people in this whole-wide-world with that face…
No. You missed the whole point on this one. This guy is probably a counter protester to the Westboro Baptist Church, the “God Hates Fags” people.
The Bible reference on the sign refers to a particularly embarrassing passage where Jesus – the supposed Son of God loses his temper at a fig tree because it didn’t have fruit on it when he was hungry, so he cursed it and killed it. You know, like any omniscient deity full of boundless love would be wont to do.
So, the fellow is likely an atheist making a point. And the polar opposite of most teabagging Republicans.
Whelp, if’n they wuz a god, and thar aint no god, I wood haff to side with *him* ’cause I hate *figs*, even in Newtons..
Can I guess that this mental giant is a Teapublican??
There’s a conflicting message here and all I have to do to illustrate the problem is say the words “fig leaf” and “Northern Renaissance art”.
The barren fig tree should be a symbol for Congress
Fig – ures
LOL. Kinda like “Get a brain morans” …
If He hates figs, what must he think of prickly pears??