“For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.” (1 Chronicles 16:26).
“You shall not make anything to be with Me – gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.” (Exodus 20:23).
“What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, ‘We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.’” (Ezekiel 20:32).
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3 (Deuteronomy 5:7, Judges 6:10, Hosea 13:4″
-Jerry
OK, this has got to be the lamest attempt at a hate mail yet. Still, let’s try to break it down, shall we?
First- Effort. Given the overall quality of previous hatemail, Jerry, your desperate fear of committing spelling and grammar errors is (at least in my opinion) fully justified. That said, it still doesn’t excuse trying to get by using nothing but cut-and-paste quotes by somebody else. Total fail for lack of effort.
Second- Context. Firing off a set of ambiguous quotes at a bunch of people who include few bible students, with absolutely no clarifying text. Total fail for lack of effort AND intelligibility.
Third- Coherence. In your desperation to snag some easy cut/ pastes you mixed up some stuff about graven images (which we tend to avoid in favor of CGI and edibles, BTW) with the exclusive-worship clause from the Sinai Pact (which only applies to Christians, Jews, and Muslims, you lugnut!). Total fail for lack of effort, and a slack-jawed inability to even stay on message.
Honestly, Jerry, the only thing you managed to do properly, was spell your name right. Assuming, that is, you’re not actually a ‘Geraldine’ or something…
These are the edicts of the desert god to his chosen people, and apply to them. Pleading the laws of your faith against us places no obligation against us. No more than the laws of Cairo apply to the citizens of Boston, Houston, London, or Glasgow. We do not insist on your adherence to the Pasta Path. Who are we to question why His Noodliness has chosen not to reveal Himself unto you? Until you are touched by His Noodly Appendage, nothing we can say or do will reach your heart. It is not a matter of our choice. If one can truly choose a deity, then surely that being is no god for the Chosen is the lesser of the Chooser. No our Gods choose us.
So, in sympathy, we may only pray that the L-inguini O-mni R-amen D-eus, His Noodliness, the Flying Spaghetti Monster will invite you to the party. The Ultimate Decision is His alone. May the Sauce be with you.
Thanks Jerry! The quite obvious point of this post is that the ancient rabbis who invented their god had no problem with a pasta based rival. Wood,stone gold and silver were unpopular with those old fellows but no mention is made of a tomato based sauce or meatballs. Or, just maybe, the original jehova contained more garlic and basil than the later followers of that radical lefty, jebus, have let on.Hmmmm, just a thought. By the way Jerry, your punctuation and spelling is way above the usual hate mail standard, and kudos to you for not swearing or making death/eternal damnation/violence threats.
Where do these lines come from? Some old video game, like “All Your Base Are Belong To Us”? I think I’ve heard about “Gentiles” before – some band from the 70s, “Gentile Giant” or something? Well, these lines don’t rhyme, so please try again.
Bible quotes… how interesting and original and relevant and prooving and undeniable… sigh…
Oh… sorry… I had a little of irony tea…
Oh no, he quoted sci-fi at us! What ever shall we do?
Silver, gold, wood and stone – that’s lucky the bible doesn’t mention pasta
whoa… a list of scriptures, but it doesn’t say anything about making gods of pasta so we should be safe