It's not April 1st in some recondite calendar, is it?
Over in Horesham (truly; Millais School), a Silver Ring Thing pledge
called Playfoot (down, LJ:e_pepys) is fighting for her right to shout
about her Xtian modesty:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1971097.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1975085.ece My theory on Saul->Paul has always been that, having failed to crush
the nutters from the outside, he decided to hijack the faith: Oh, no,
on the way here to destroy you all, I happened to run into your boss, &
he put me in charge. Now, you, woman, cover your hair. You, chappie, give
me that special Kiss of Christ. OOO, yes
Besides the proveable stats on the "abstinent" engaging in oral/anal but
keeping the hymen to be broken by the God of Marriage, one might recall
a bunch of stuff Jesus said about public display of faith, e.g. the
woman giving her two coppers to charity (compared with the rich folks
making their change ring in the collection plate).
On their rings, they have the biblical reference: 1 Thes 3 (iii-iv)
If one looks at the rest of that section of 1 Thes 3 about a
Life Pleasing to God, any judge with sense will throw out
the case with a "1 Thes 3 (xi)".
http://www.bartleby.com/108/52/4.html#S6 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.
9 ¶ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
That is, of course, the KJV, in accordance with my mantra:
OED... KJV... OED... KJV... OED... KJV...
Besides Greek vices (Macedonian), I believe that King James himself wasn't
so very keen on gurls, even the virtuous kind. His translators kindly fixed
up Leviticus so that you're not allowed to sleep with a chap the way you
would with a chappess - as if that's even *possible*. Other translations
go for direct castigation of homosexuality.
DISCLAIMER: I reiterate that I am a Thurro-Taoist