Old Geezer 1: ‘Been reading the New Testament.’
Old Geezer 2: ‘Good Lord! And?’
‘Badly edited.’
‘Never heard that criticism before. Why pray?’
‘How do we know the life of Jesus?’
‘From the Gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.’
‘You know your bible!’
‘Frogmarched to Sunday School until I was 13!’
‘There were many ‘gospels’ but they decided on using only these 4.’
‘ A bit unwieldy otherwise.’
‘What are the most important events in Jesus’ life?
‘The Resurrection …and the Virgin birth?’
‘Exactly…to show His divinity. Not mentioned at all in Mark.’
‘So according to Mark the Resurrection didn’t happen? Do you think the Pope knows?
‘Doubt it. Have you ever met a ‘Christian’ who has read the bible?‘
‘ I always preferred the Old Testament myself.’
‘Really? Too violent for me.’
‘Noah’s Ark, Jonah and the Whale, Moses parting the Red Sea! J.K.Rowling could only come up with Quidditch!’
‘You know we’ll go straight to Hell?’
‘Do not pass GO , do not collect 200!’
‘Another thing…. the dates are all wrong!’
‘Explain.’
‘ Today is 23/07/2018…. AD correct? What was the first date?’
’01/01/01….AD.’
‘When is Jesus’ birthday?’
‘December 25th.’
‘So… December 26th to 31st should be AD!’
‘I suspect Flann O’Brien has something to do with this…’
‘There’s more…Mary of Nazareth…’
‘Jesus’ mum.’
‘The same… mentioned 16 times in the New Testament.’
‘A good showing!’
‘Mentioned 32 times in the Qur’an !’
‘Interesting.’
‘Anyway…speaking of Acts of God… 29!’
(SHOWS 3 5s AND THE JACK OF DIAMONDS… 5 OF DIAMONDS TURNED OVER.)
‘So…there is a God!’
‘And your round methinks!’
THE DRUM AND FIFE. 