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Midnight Writer

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13. I tried to re-enact Jack and the Beanstalk when I was a kid.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Aug 30, 2021, 06:35 PM

Aug 2021

I planted some "magic" beans and waited for a beanstalk to grow to the sky.

I got bored after a while and went in for lunch.

It's safer to believe in fairy tales than to believe in the Bible. And more fun.

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Man dies after getting buried alive to recreate Jesus's resurrection [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP

Lazurus come forth exboyfil Aug 2021 #1

WOW... hlthe2b Aug 2021 #2

My understanding is Jesus was put in a cave with a boulder in front of the opening. blueinredohio Aug 2021 #3

Yeah that's the image I've always seen. underpants Aug 2021 #7

That's the text. Igel Aug 2021 #14

Legend has it he was already dead when he went into the tomb, too. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2021 #16

That's it, they forgot to make him dead first! Ligyron Oct 2021 #19

"Did it work?" left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #4

Yuppers. That Jesus fella, he sure got a fine tuned sense of humor. 3Hotdogs Aug 2021 #5

Literalists. elias7 Aug 2021 #6

And yet the clear intent was for all of it to be taken quite literally Major Nikon Aug 2021 #15

"his followers realized his attempt (...) had failed" Grokenstein Aug 2021 #8

WINNER! lindysalsagal Sep 2021 #17

Good. SamKnause Aug 2021 #9

I thought this was going to be The Onion or BigmanPigman Aug 2021 #10

I thought it was going to be Florida Man Bayard Aug 2021 #11

Check on him in another few days and see if he is still dead.. Chainfire Aug 2021 #12

I tried to re-enact Jack and the Beanstalk when I was a kid. Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #13

They didn't pray hard enough.... lindysalsagal Sep 2021 #18