Impersonating Clergy?

[Eddi]

Let me give you a hint. You didn’t abscond with G-d’s Bibles, did you?

OK, let's see if I can work this out:

I'm going to say "no" as God cannot own possessions, that he cannot hold property even though he reigns over the universe...

But I'll take that as a starting point...

What I did was, I interfered in the transmission of God's word that was contained in those bibles as the bibles were intended for the residents of the place I lived in, not for the freshers who lived on campus

And in so doing I subverted the mission of whoever placed the bibles in those rooms

And the aim of that mission (planting those bibles) would have been to glorify God

Therefore I intervened in someone's worship of God

To atone: I must distribute six bibles to the residence I removed them from to try and un-do the harm I caused by redistributing them. Like "an eye for an eye" - a bible for a bible.

Is this even close??? Or am I way off???

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I have to say, though... I see impersonating clergy as a lot like impersonating a homeopathic doctor.

 

[ecco]

And there weren't in every room either, overall there were only five or six bibles

Five or six?

all the study-bedroom doors were left open and unlocked. Big mistake. In each of the rooms was a bible. For some reason, I gathered them all up.

I went around campus handing out bibles.

You sure made it sound like a lot more.

 

[ecco]

However, when I got baptised earlier this year I renounced all my sins, including this one, and I believe God has forgiven me

You wouldn’t be off the hook so easily in Judaism.

Buy, but, sputter, gasp, I thought it was all the same God! Are you saying that God treats his Christian followers differently than his Jewish followers? That doesn't sound fair at all.

 

[ecco]

I've never deliberately impersonated clergy.
But I have been mistaken for Jesus.

It was the mid 70s. I was a tall white guy, with shoulder length dark brown hair, parted down the middle, and a nice beard. I was wearing a brown peasant shirt, jeans and leather sandals, walking down a sidewalk.

Along came a little girl and her mom. The girl stopped, stared at me, then squealed and pointed. "Look mommy! It's Jesus!"

Mommy grabbed her hand and ran off down the sidewalk. I have no idea what Mommy told her, but I've chuckled thinking about it.

From out of the mouths of babes....
Tom

The little girl's reaction is understandable. It's what they are taught from an early age.

At a Christmas service, there was a woman holding a doll wrapped in a cloth. A woman explained to her young daughter: "Look, there's baby Jesus".

 

[Eddi]

You sure made it sound like a lot more.

It's one of those stories that grows every time it's told

But I did take five or six bibles

And I did distribute them to the freshers on campus, wearing a fake clerical collar

 

[ecco]

To atone: I must distribute six bibles to the residence I removed them from to try and un-do the harm I caused by redistributing them. Like "an eye for an eye" - a bible for a bible.

Is this even close??? Or am I way off???

No need to atone. You are being punished enough - you will spend the rest of your life believing in a magical man in the sky.

 

[Eddi]

a magical man in the sky.

"Magical"?

Yes!

Magic - (noun) - "using mysterious or supernatural forces"

"Man"?

Nope.

"Sky"?

Nope.

 

[ecco]

"Magical"?

Yes!

Magic - (noun) - "using mysterious or supernatural forces"

"Man"?

Nope.

"Sky"?

Nope.

Whatever. It's still punishment.