Contest Winner: Best Bible Verse
Announcing the Winner of Contest #2
I guess the smaller number of entrys may be attributed to the fact that evil characters are always more interesting than the good ones. We had just four contestants. The positive side of this is that the Fool can respond to each entry individually, so you can see why I chose the winner I did.
Pastafarian chose:
Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
Matthew 7.12
A nice choice, and while it gets points for universality, it loses them for being way too familiar a verse. I mean, even Jesus was just paraphrasing Hillel.
Richard Martson gave us eight verses from Song of Songs, which is gorgeous stuff. Unfortunately, the contest asked for a single verse, so while it isn't a disqualifier, it is a negative. Also, there are a lot of typos, which can happen to anybody, but he misspelled the word "breasts," and that I cannot allow. The Fool has his standards.
Dragnet also entered more than one verse. OK, not so bad, just two. But I thought this section from Ecclesiastes was just a weird choice. This is the best in the Bible? I don't get it.
Finally, Sky gave us Isaiah 55:12: "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands."
I like her explanation of choice: I chose this one because I am a nature lover. I think it's beautiful because it describes the serenity, beauty and life that is found in nature. When I read it, it comes alive and makes me smile.
Nice!
I think the obvious winner is Sky!
Thanks for playing, everybody. A reminder to last week's winners (and to Sky): the prizes are real. OK, they're also real small, but still. If you want your tin of AtoneMints, Messiah Mints or Sin-o-Mints, (these things are SO cool!) just send me a mailing address and I'll pop 'em in the post. If you don't want to give your real name and address to some fool, even a Perfect Fool, I understand, but you have 30 days from date of winning to change your minds.
A new contest will be announced soon!
I guess the smaller number of entrys may be attributed to the fact that evil characters are always more interesting than the good ones. We had just four contestants. The positive side of this is that the Fool can respond to each entry individually, so you can see why I chose the winner I did.
Pastafarian chose:
Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
Matthew 7.12
A nice choice, and while it gets points for universality, it loses them for being way too familiar a verse. I mean, even Jesus was just paraphrasing Hillel.
Richard Martson gave us eight verses from Song of Songs, which is gorgeous stuff. Unfortunately, the contest asked for a single verse, so while it isn't a disqualifier, it is a negative. Also, there are a lot of typos, which can happen to anybody, but he misspelled the word "breasts," and that I cannot allow. The Fool has his standards.
Dragnet also entered more than one verse. OK, not so bad, just two. But I thought this section from Ecclesiastes was just a weird choice. This is the best in the Bible? I don't get it.
Finally, Sky gave us Isaiah 55:12: "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands."
I like her explanation of choice: I chose this one because I am a nature lover. I think it's beautiful because it describes the serenity, beauty and life that is found in nature. When I read it, it comes alive and makes me smile.
Nice!
I think the obvious winner is Sky!
Thanks for playing, everybody. A reminder to last week's winners (and to Sky): the prizes are real. OK, they're also real small, but still. If you want your tin of AtoneMints, Messiah Mints or Sin-o-Mints, (these things are SO cool!) just send me a mailing address and I'll pop 'em in the post. If you don't want to give your real name and address to some fool, even a Perfect Fool, I understand, but you have 30 days from date of winning to change your minds.
A new contest will be announced soon!
Oh, thank you. I'm embarrassed but happy. I do love that verse.
I really enjoyed the "Fools" commentary about all the verses.
Yes I will be wanting my prize!
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Just email me your snail mail address along with your choice of prize, and I'll drop it in the mail on Monday.
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