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« Reply #406 on: December 18, 2008, 02:13:31 am » |
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There are some threads on this bb that always give me a good chuckle. There is one thread in particular that I read when I need a good laugh. It is called "The Great Carob Deception". It was started by paul hohulin on April 24, 2003. It is about the 9th last page under “Any and All Topics”. So if any of you want a good chuckle, I recommend reading the entire thread. Below is the quote of the first posting:
"The Great Carob Deception"
Dictionary Definitions
Carob-1.an evergreen tree of the Mediterranean area. 2. its long, edible, fleshy seed pod, used especially as fodder.
Fodder-coarse food for cattle, horses, sheep, etc., as cornstalks, hay, and straw.
Chocolate-a paste, powder, sirup, or bar made from cacao seeds that have been ground and roasted.
One of the deceptions perpetrated in brothers and sisters houses is what I call the great carob deception. This is one deception that I didn't buy for one minute. It took just one bite of a piece of a piece of carob and I knew instantly that it defininitely was not a chocolate substitute. We were told that chocolate was poisonous and that carob could replace our cravings for chocolate.
It was quite entertaining to see the different concoctions that the leaders would come up with to make this substance more palatable. The final recipe involved putting orange rinds, a lot of honey, a lot of lemon, and two cups of sawdust into a finished product that was basically carob particle board. I actually saw people eat these bars. Somehow eating things that tasted incredibly bad was a mark of some kind of spiritual attainment. The worst part of the deal was that people that were trying to learn how to serve others would actually stick these things in your lunch whether you wanted them to or not.
It was very difficult explaining to other teachers at the lunch table at school, what the various substances in my lunch sack were. The would watch with great incredulity as I would pull these nasty things out of my lunch sack.
"Are you going to eat that?" they would ask. "No," I would say, "I have been trying to invent a fireproof coaster in case my coffee cup catches on fire."
I think the equation that some of these trainers operated on was that more fiber = more spirituality
I remember worker's conferences where visitors from France or Africa would be in incredible pain because of all the fiber in the food. One brother told me, "Paul it really hurts here," he pointed to his distended abdomen which was swollen from gas. "Get used to it guy, your intestines will hurt all the time if you stay around here very long."
The Lord made animals like cows with five stomachs so that they could eat the fiber. Then we can eat the cows and get the healthy benefits without the pain. A lot of people used to say "No pain no gain." My wise younger brother told me once "No pain no pain."
Conclusion
The Lord indentifies carob as pig food.
Luke 15:15-17 And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he was longing to fill his stomach with the pods(I.e. of the carob tree, marginal reading NAS) that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him. But when he came to his senses, he said, he said,"How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!
We know the rest of the story that Christ told, the prodigal son came to his senses, came back to the Father, and in celebration of his return they killed the fatted calf.(Red meat)
1.Carob is not a chocolate substitute, The Creator identifies it as pig food.
2.You can come to your senses and eat red meat
3.Be set free and eat chocolate.
Paul Hohulin
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