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To: rabscuttle385

Oh, and any government this side of glory is going to be composed of, by very definition, sinners. If we specially despise Sanford, can it partly be because he is a mirror of us, in our thoughts if not our acts? The biblical story of Solomon is an extreme cautionary tale. He asked God for great wisdom to govern the people, but apparently forgot to ask God for wisdom to govern himself. The result, the smartest Old Testament government that Israel ever had, but also a consummate womanizer who even stooped to pagan idol sacrifices to please his paramours.


6 posted on 06/28/2009 1:32:21 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Don't blame me -- I use Linux.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Oh, and any government this side of glory is going to be composed of, by very definition, sinners. If we specially despise Sanford, can it partly be because he is a mirror of us, in our thoughts if not our acts? The biblical story of Solomon is an extreme cautionary tale. He asked God for great wisdom to govern the people, but apparently forgot to ask God for wisdom to govern himself. The result, the smartest Old Testament government that Israel ever had, but also a consummate womanizer who even stooped to pagan idol sacrifices to please his paramours.

Preach!

Amazing << Hear this. Feel this, and tell me that this isn't music.

Oh, dear...


29 posted on 06/28/2009 4:55:23 AM PDT by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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