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http://interestingemailforwards.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-missed-r-monastery-life.html
1 posted on 04/22/2009 2:43:48 PM PDT by Notoriously Conservative
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To: Notoriously Conservative

Heard this years ago and it’s still one of my favorites. Thanks for posting it.


2 posted on 04/22/2009 2:59:38 PM PDT by barker (Sarah Palin 2012? You betcha.)
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To: Notoriously Conservative

LOL!


3 posted on 04/22/2009 3:06:00 PM PDT by xJones
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Right up there with the very true scholarly work published a few years back (anonymously, to protect the author’s safety) that the passage in the Koran guaranteeing martyrs 72 virgins in Paradise is actually a mistranslation (again, due to a single letter error) for 72 raisins or dried figs. The item appears in a section typical of many religions’ heaven/paradise stories, where an abundance of various sort of fruit and other edibles is described. The “virgins” thing doesn’t even make sense there, but apparently some sex-starved early Muslim scribe was overcome by wishful thinking and figured it said “virgins”.


4 posted on 04/22/2009 3:24:58 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Notoriously Conservative

I love it.


5 posted on 04/22/2009 4:22:40 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's even tougher when you're stupid.)
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