Probably so but with a parable lesson before and after. Sister Sara would have dismounted her mule and wacked his hand with a ruler.
I'm presently a non practicing Catholic. My wife and I are going to Ireland this year. Perhaps you and your partner could go. I think it would be a hoot to travel with you there and soak up the experience and dive into the history and culture. Much to learn from perspective. All in good fun.
I mean that definitely sounds like what American Jesus would do. Not sure that jives with what I've read about "Bible Jesus" though.
Bible Jesus was a forgiving and beneficent soul, but he wasn't an idiot.
Does it sound like Jesus was something of a pacifist when the "cleaned the temple of the money-changers and vendors?"
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and they eat forever.
It’s about thinning the herd to prevent highway accidents. I like to think I’m the poster child for the insurance industry doing my part.
A bullet is much more merciful than being left on the side of the road injured and all.
or being eaten alive by a much bigger predatorA bullet is much more merciful than being left on the side of the road injured and all.
I definitely remember Bible Jesus looking at the 5000 and telling them to learn to fish. My memory is a little hazy but didn't the parable go something like "You should have thought to bring food to this remote place, so get wrecked. If I feed you now then you'll always expect a bailout. Learn to fish if you don't want to die!"
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