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| Friday, 4 January 2008 |
| Riddikulus |
Once upon a time I read 'Left Behind' to see what all the fuss was about: I bought it for 1p plus postage from Amazon Marketplace, just so I could be sure that LaHaye and Jenkins weren't benefitting by even one lousy cent by my purchase. No one, least of all me, was surprised that I hated it, but thanks to Forest, I did at least discover Left Behind Fridays: if blogging had given us nothing else, LBF would have been worth it all.
Today's post contains this piece of especial genius:
The spiritual warfare gurus love to cite the story of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness as though it were an introductory course in Defense Against the Dark Arts. The salient point of the story, for them, is not its profound contrast of love and power, but rather its demonstration of mystical defensive techniques. A magic trick. When tempted by Satan, Jesus quoted scripture. Thus, they believe, when confronted by the forces of darkness, Christians should follow suit by raising their wands and chanting "Expecto patronus!" ... er, I mean, by citing chapter and verse from the Bible to invoke divine protection.
Well... yes. I was maybe seven: I can't have been any older because we hadn't moved house, but I can't have been much younger because I was left entirely on my own in the house, and my parents just didn't do that. And I was watching Dr. Who on our old black and white portable, and my mother told me that if I got too scared, I should switch off the television and read the Bible. Not "Bible Stories for Children" or the rhyming Bible stories from which I taught myself to read. But the actual Bible.
Thank goodness Dr. Who doesn't scare me. Who knows what I might have read. |
| posted @ 23:39 |
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