[MD] Krimel vs dmb

[Ian]

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On Aug 12, 2010, at 0:25, "Krimel" <Krimel at Krimel.com> wrote:

> [Ian]
> You said
> "We strain at a gnat while elephants parade past us."
>
> I like that. I use Elephant quotes all over my writing (in another
> place), but I've not heard that one. I'll treasure it.
>
> [Krimel]
> Actually, depending on your point of view, it is a liberal  
> translation or
> blasphemous miss quoting of Our Lord Savior Jesus. He actually says,  
> "You
> blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel."
>
> He spends a big chunk of Matthew 23 bitching out the Pharisees. You  
> know
> stuff like:
>
> "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You  
> are like
> whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the  
> inside are
> full of dead men's bones and everything unclean."
>
> "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being  
> condemned to
> hell?"
>
> Or this one for Bo:
>
> "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You  
> travel
> over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one,  
> you make
> him/her twice as much a son of hell as you are."
>
> Jesus would fit right in here...
>
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