Festerin’ Folklore

Boy oh boy. It must be the team that says “the account of the garden of Eden must be a farce because apples don ‘t grow in Mesopotamia” is at it again. For the rest of us, we know there’s no mention of an ‘apple’ in the 3rd chapter of Genesis – or the rest of Genesis for that matter; for a bit of trivia, ‘apple’ is mentioned eight times in the Bible – the first three references is talking about the ‘eyeball’. The first actual reference to ‘apple’ as in fruit, doesn’t take place until Song of Solomon.

As for this bit of papyrus (aka “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” allegedly written in the 4th Century, let me remind you that 4th is the 300’s, the same century as the infamous Council of Niacia – that council with the Emperor Constantine’s stamp of approval on it. Yes, I know most denominal Christians have bought into that bill of goods – it hadn’t ‘t occurred to them that they’d have nothing to do with it if Constantine was Barak Obama or worse, George W. Bush spawning a Christianized ‘yellow cake from Nigeria’ tale two hundred years after the last Apostle died. That’s a long time for folklore to fester.

Why this papyrus thing even makes any news at all is beyond me. But then again, it just goes to show how stupid and gullible the masses are. I forget. The masses think Constantine was a ‘good’ guy.