[lit-ideas] Re: THEN THERE'S THOSE OTHER TIMES
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:19:54 -0700
On Sep 29, 2010, at 1:58 AM, Donal McEvoy wrote:
>
> Jesus went out into the desert and fasted there for forty days and forty
> nights
And who did he find out there? According to T.E. Lawrence ("Seven Pillars of
Wisdom," chap III)...a bunch of folk who had had enough of settled life and
wanted to return to nomadic ways.
"Crikey," says J., scratching at the loincloth, "hike out into the desert for a
bit of peace, and what do I find? A plague of prophets... Forty thousand or
more. Prophets behind every rock. Where's Martin Luther's nice quiet toilet
when you need it?"
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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