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Humor: funniest quotes in the Bible

On Ebon Musings, there is already a list of those, called Behold, I Am Against Your Pillows . There is also the absurdities section of the Skeptic's Annotated Bible. But both may be missing a few gems...

For instance, what about Deuteronomy 25:11-12 (which I've mentioned in the blog some time ago)? :

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If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.


It's cruel and barbaric, but it's also unintentionally funny (IMO, at least), because it shows an unhealthy obsession with their "family jewels", and also for the amount of detail and specifics they give...

Another favorite of mine (this one comes from the Ebon Musings page, mentioned above) is Judges 1:19:

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The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had iron chariots.


In the words of Ebonmuse, "so much for omnipotence." Big Grin

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This post was last modified: 05-27-2007 04:01 AM by Pedro Timóteo.

05-27-2007 03:59 AM
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RE: Humor: funniest quotes in the Bible

OK, I'll play!
I call this one the Cretian Paradox:

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One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

Titus 1:12

For some reason, I can't think why, this next one also strikes me as funny:

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Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing [shall be] on thy glory.

Habakkuk 2:16
I'll post some more when I can think of them. There's the one about 100,000 Assyrians waking up dead, I'll have to look it up.


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