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Re: Of Snakes, Massacres, and Talking Donkeys
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lugnet.build.ancient
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Thu, 8 May 2003 14:19:47 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> The Brick Testament updates today with six new illustrated stories from the
> continuing saga of the Israelites in the Wilderness:
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> http://bricktestament.com/the_wilderness
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> or
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> http://bricktestament.com/latest_additions
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> Enjoy,
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> -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith @8^)
Absolutely fantastic!
As a tangent, iirc, the snake on a pole is how today's medical profession
derived their symbol of healing--a snake wrapped around, well, a stick :)
Love all the little bits (especially the snakes--did I mention the snakes?),
especially God dumping all the snakes out of a bucket. And God shoving the
letter into Balaam's mouth--funny!
Nicely done!
Dave K
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| (...) Thanks, David. (...) Yes, I had heard that. I don't know where they get the idea that the snake was wrapped around the pole. Yahweh tells Moses to make the bronze serpent, *then* raise it up on a pole. Nothing mentioned about coiling the (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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