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Speaking Biblically

It is not often that a twelve year old takes an interest in the bible, so when one sat in our office and began to leaf through the Old Testament I was pleasantly surprised. Even more surprising was that he was quizzing the youth workers on its contents. I have to admit that this particular version of the Holy Writ was in fact an illustrated, comic-style bible. This did not diminish the fact that a young person who once called Christianity "a load of s#@t" was taking an interest in its contents. In the face of the onslaught of questioning we were facing, I wondered if we would be able to maintain our visage of being good Christians. We have earned our right to be called "Bible Bashers" and I was blown if I was going to loose that esteemed title due to a small slip in our bible knowledge. The inquisition consisted, in the main, of chronological questions such as, "who came after Moses?" and I think we muddled through okay and emerged unscathed with our nerdy...