What The Fundies Should Have Heard Today
The reading will be from the Old Testament, the Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 18, verses 20-22:
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
How do “true believers” deal with “false prophets”? Well, there are two main schools of thought – Accuracy and Efficacy.
The supporters of the Accuracy school believe the stones should be smaller, no larger than a hen’s egg, so all might participate and the overall accuracy will be greater, with fewer injuries among the mob.
The Efficacy school believes that the smaller missiles prolong the process, and much larger stones should be cast. Although the casts might not be as accurate, the damage done by those that do strike, will finish the job before the NASCAR race begins.
YMMV.
Note: We are now finding out that a number of people have done very drastic things based on their belief that the Rapture would occur yesterday, so this is more than a radio preacher being exposed as a fraud … again.
