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   Jeff Strickland to duke   
   Re: Does Jesus riding a donkey represent   
   09 Jun 12 10:01:54   
   
   adf96a34   
   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: crwlrjeff@yahoo.com   
      
   "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"    
   wrote in message   
   news:86f64d67-47be-4871-a0fe-1497a8c88ddc@f14g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...   
   On Jun 8, 5:34 pm, duke  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 03:49:56 +0200, "Tronscend"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >"TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"   
   > >   
   > >skrev i melding   
   > >news:da82b5ac-efc0-4856-8239-16084fadaca4@y41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...   
   > >> It is said that a man called Jesus once rode a donkey to prove some   
   > >> point about his humbleness. Not that it made his future followers --   
   > >> the Christians-- any more humble, but it seems that a fully grown man   
   > >> riding a donkey represents a burden for the poor beast. I'd say that   
   > >> would represent, say, having a man carry 50 lbs for hours on end. Not   
   > >> that the donkey would complain and say "Hey man, that's heavy," but   
   > >> that would make for a brutish life. It is evident that Jesus could   
   > >> have walked on foot the same path and still be Jesus.   
   >   
   > >> Nowadays I choose to ride a bike to prove a point, but it's often   
   > >> ignored. Perhaps the Christians are not good at drawing parallels. I   
   > >> can not ride a donkey without drawing too much attention. And there's   
   > >> the fact that it may represent animal cruelty.   
   >   
   > >> But that's only my humble opinion.   
   >   
   > >A donkey was the contemporary bike solution,   
   > >just as 200 serfs = one tractor.   
   >   
   > Come on now. You're going to blow his mind.   
   >   
   > duke - American American   
      
   Jesus inspired many and the population of asses continued to grow:   
      
      
   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++   
   It's hilarious that the guy asserting animal cruelty because humans ride   
   PACK ANIMALS calls somebody else an ass. Seriously, the ass is the guy that   
   thinks we should plow the fields with a bicycle, and devote the entire   
   interstate highway system to the bike lane.   
      
   Your humble opinion is a complete waste of time.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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