Friends, you are reading this post because you are predestined to copy the Meme of the Beast. Already, you have passed the point of no return, so here are the rules:
- Snag a theology book or a book on religious living. Take no more than six seconds deliberating your choice. Just snag and return.
- Turn to page 66 and find the sixth sentence.
- Copy it into your meme post with proper reference.
- Post your quotation with the introduction and rules on your blog, linking to the post where you first read The Meme of the Beast
“Indeed, I do not hesitate to say that according to the New Testament it is rank heresy to recommend Christian behavior to people who are not Christian.” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Life in Christ)
This is an original BwB meme (which explains its triviality). Of course, the quotation is not.
Wouldn’t work – my Tanach (that’s Jewish for Old Testament) doesn’t have page numbers and I’m too lazy to count.
You are meant to do this, Ori. Snag another book before it’s too late.
As an example of the danger of this dreadful meme, here’s another quote. “In his thinking, if you pray, God always answers yes.” That’s from Bright Days/Dark Nights with Charles Spurgeon in Triumph over Emotional Pain by Elizabeth Ruth Skoglund, which is a book on Spurgeon’s struggle with depression.
Skoglund is a Scandinavian name. It follows that she’s an expert on depression. Or is married to one.
Ori, if you had a Siddur, or a Talmud volume, or the Shulhan Arukh, or something like that, it would be great.
The Discarded Image isn’t a theology book, yet everything by Lewis has theological import:
Paganism here becomes, in the full sense, religious; mythology and philosophy have both been transmuted into theology.
Could you please edit my comment? PLEASE. I accidentally added my Lewis quote twice, including in an unintended spot that could cause unintended offense.
Ok. I’ll edit it, but the Meme of the Beast will find you and demand payment for its patience, like say appearing in the new dark Shazam movie.
The 66th page of the Talmud is Berachot, 33B. That’s the earliest Jewish book that has a standard page format (after the Vilna printing, BTW – not in the original). Unfortunately, that part is in Aramaic. I can’t even figure where one sentence starts and another stops.
Maybe I should just pick the 6th verse of the 66th chapter of the Tanach. Genesis has 50 chapters, so that would be Exodus chapter 16 (my translation)
In the next verse Moses and Aharon tell the Israelites that in the morning God will listen to their complaints and they’ll see His reaction. In the morning, God provided the Mannah.