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Entry: Absinthe and the Apocalyse Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/absinthe_and_the_apocalypse#7005 Post contents: @ mark, "Name one Roman martyr that revolted against the Roman Empire in word or deed? None did." Many did. The refusal to offer a pinch of incense as a gesture of veneration of the Emperor was considered an act of rebellion against the state. Mark, you're an example of why some people would be better off drinking or doing drugs than misreading the Bible. I'm reminded of a Cheech and Chong routine where a former pothead-turned-autodidactic-evangelist preaches, "I used to be all messed up on drugs. Then I found the Lord. Now I'm all messed up on the Lord." I once heard a Rabbi (I forget his name) on a BBC documentary say something like, "Scripture is highly charged stuff and it needs to be insulated by educated interpretation just like electrical wires." In other words, the Bible is too hot for some, or perhaps most, to handle. And there's another argument for Roman Catholicism versus the "sola scriptura" of the Protestants. Sent at: 2008 09 06