"Do not neglect medical treatment when it is necessary, but leave it off when health has been restored...Treat disease through diet, by preference, refraining from the use of drugs." - Bahá'u'lláh

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Literalist Willy

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. (Matt 18:8-9)

4 comments:

emily oi! said...

it looks like willy's tooth also caused him to sin. good thing he got rid of that, eh?

dan said...

perhaps he trespassed against his brother, and some "tooth for a tooth" justice was carried out.

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

*Chuckle*
You guys are funny. What literalist Willy does not know, but I think Jesus did, was that it is entirely possible to have no hands, feet, eyes or teeth and still sin. What to do then?