I have been studying Ancient Greek for many years now, but my skillz seem to have reached an epic tipping point recently.<\/p>\n
In fact, I can now report that I have discovered a hidden text in the manuscripts of the Synoptic Gospels that will surely shake contemporary politics to its foundations. What follows is my translation of the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 6 3\/4, Verse 2.18:<\/p>\n
And Jesus answered, saying, “Sell all you have and give your money to a government bureaucrat who claims he will use it wisely to help the poor and needy, and not waste it giving massive loans to corrupt businesses<\/a> who will fritter it away, nor buy lots and lots of guns and give them away to Mexican drug cartels<\/a>, no sirree.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That is all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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