< George does Jesus >

[rayheinrich]

                               


                                                    < George does Jesus >  

                                        He's standing under a few trees,
                                        next to a baseball practice field,
                                        surrounded by kids in baseball uniforms.
                                       
                                        He's delivering the Sermon on the Mount.
                                       
                                        I think it's the first time he's has done it here,
                                        but I've seen him do it before.
                                        He's done it at a bus-stop, at a bar...
                                        he quieted the whole place down.
                                       
                                        And he's damn good at it!
                                        Words delivered straight-forward, looking everyone
                                        in the eye, like a friend who's a bit older than you
                                        and just might be God.
                                       
                                        Everybody is silent, listening to his words.
                                        Of course, cynical me has to think that it's because
                                        it's the Second Baptist Church's practice field
                                        and everybody thinks this is a planned event...
                                       
                                        But it doesn't really matter what I think.
                                        There's George, doing Jesus better than the movies,
                                        spellbinding a bunch of kids who probably get bored with
                                        anything that lasts longer than a minute.
                                       
                                        And he's got even atheist me thinking about it!
                                        Maybe this is what it was really like,
                                        maybe you need someone who's suffered as much as George.
                                       
                                        George reaches the end,
                                        kids get back to baseball,
                                        I've decide against baptism...
                                        and George is suggesting beer.

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While criticism is not required, it is sincerely to be hoped for. (Off or On-topic remarks and clever abuse are appreciated as well.)

[RiverNotch]

there's nothing in the bible
says jesus did not beer. i bet
he loved it more than wine,
he knew what the symbol meant.

[CRNDLSM]

I bet he chugged coffee too

[dukealien]

Very nicely done; a devout person could also call it, "Jesus Does George." If so inclined.

A quick Google through the Bible reveals that beer is a brawler; the NT appears limited to averring that John the Baptest wouldn't touch the stuff.

And a fine Easter read, as well.

[rayheinrich]

there's nothing in the bible
says jesus did not beer. i bet
he loved it more than wine,
he knew what the symbol meant.

You sly manger dog... see beer article below.

I bet he chugged coffee too

KJV-wise, it's chuggeth not chugged.

Very nicely done; a devout person could also call it, "Jesus Does George." If so inclined.

A quick Google through the Bible reveals that beer is a brawler; the NT appears limited to averring that John the Baptest wouldn't touch the stuff.

And a fine Easter read, as well.

Thanks.
Though far from devout, I think of it thusly:
"God-the-Father does George", "George does Jesus",  and "The-Holy-Ghost does All Three"
(I intend to post those other two poems on June 13th, the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, Patron Saint of Atheists (i.e.  Lost Things).

George would disagree with that interpretation of John the Baptist; he maintains that John was "a crazy-assed party dude".


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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 (King James Version):

Throw your bread upon the face of the water, because in many days you will acquire it.
Give a serving to seven and also eight, because you do not know what evil will be upon the land.

Michael Homan, of Biblical Archaelogy Review thinks these two verses are a reference to the cakes of bread
used in the brewing of ancient beer. Thus the sage of Ecclesiastes is advising his hearers to make beer and drink it
with friends because no one knows when future calamity is coming.

So why don’t we see the word ‘beer’ in the Bible? also by Michael Homan, of Biblical Archaelogy Review

So why don’t we see the word ‘beer’ in the Bible, and why hasn’t this been a topic of any interest in biblical scholarship? Homan cites three reasons for the lack of knowledge and interest in Hebrew beer brewers:

1) the Hebrew word shekhar has been misunderstood,

2) there is a general scholarly “snobbery” concerning beer drinking as opposed to the consumption of wine, and

3) the difficulty in identifying the remains of tools and items in the production of beer.

Now for a little more detail on Homan’s three reasons:

1) Most English translations of the Old Testament render shekhar as “strong drink” or “liquor,” and other terminology that would lead one to believe that the word does not refer to beer. But in the Hebrew Bible the word appears twenty times in parallel with “wine” (e.g. wine and beer). In other ancient Near Eastern literature the terms for wine and beer are often used in tandem. Moreover, the Hebrew word shekhar is derived from the Akkadian word šikaru which refers to “barley beer.”

2) Ancient historians know that beer was a staple drink throughout the Ancient Near East. Why would the Israelites be an exception? We know that grain was grown widely throughout this part of the ancient world because it was easy to grow. Unlike grain, grapes cannot be grown just anywhere. Beer was used as wages (a gallon a day for Egypt’s pyramid workers!) and ancient physicians even recommended a beer enema for such ailments as constipation. Hammurabi’s Law Code legislates the price and the alcoholic content of beer.

One of the reasons scholars have not embraced beer drinking Israelites is that alcoholic beverages were often mixed. The ancient folk sometimes sweetened their beer with figs or honey. They also added spices. Interestingly enough it has been the advent of modern microbreweries with all the different kinds of flavored and spiced beers that have helped to clear up the ambiguity in reference to ancient beers.

A second reason is that the word shekhar also was the term used to refer to intoxication. This was also true of the word for “beer” in the Akkadian, Aramaic, Ugaritic, and Arabic languages.

Combine the connection of shekhar to the state of inebriation with the vision of the guy with the dirty t-shirt sitting in front of the TV drinking a bottle of cheap swill, scholars have not sufficiently considered the important place of beer in Israelite society. There has been an unspoken assumption that beer drinking is uncivilized.

3) It is been difficult to find archaeological evidence for ancient beer making in Israel because much of the same equipment was also used to make bread. This would be understandable, says Homan, since in the ancient world beer and bread were closely connected. In addition, it is more difficult to find chemical traces of ancient beer in jars and other pottery because, unlike wine, ancient beer did not keep long and was brewed for immediate consumption. Beer drinking was also a community activity. One method of consumption was for several people to drink it from a large communal pot through straws.

Copied from:
https://preachersinstitute.com/2012/12/2...rink-beer/

[ellajam]

Thanks, Ray, I was recently in a discussion about this, but we were just guessing. Interesting.

[RiverNotch]

"One method of consumption was for several people to drink it from a large communal pot through straws."

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