CURMUDGEON TAKES OFFENSE

Good old Richard the schoolteacher (newly positioned in a decile 10 school) has uncovered some disturbing instructions in The Bible.

I was interested in this so checked out some of the bible's OT quotes and came across this one from 2 Kings.

·       Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. 2 Kings 2:23-25 NIV

I'm in two minds about this. On the one hand I think that old Elisha might have overreacted a bit here. On the other hand I think those boys were bloody rude and, speaking as a follicly challenged person, they got what they deserved.