Have you ever wanted to fill your home with the smell of Jesus? Now it's possible. A couple of Christian entrepreneurs have bottled the smell of Jesus and put it in a candle. They're selling these candles under the brand name "His Essence". So how do they know what Jesus smelled like? Simple. Psalm 45 mentions that when Christ returns his robes will be "fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia", so knowing a great marketing opportunity when they saw one, Bob and Karen Tosterud mixed up the scent of myrrh, aloe, and cassia and put it in a candle. I suppose next there will be His Essence perfume. His Essence deodorant. What about His Essence bathroom freshener?
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Actually, the Psalm doesn't mention Jesus and comes from a different era (as if you didn't know...). The author, melody, and original translation have long been forgotten. But no matter, christians are a gullible lot.
Speaking of which, I'm posting the main message (Part 2) of this here because I can't get the 'Contact' form to work.
Cheers.
Pedro is the name of a mummy that was found near where I live. In this part of Wyoming we have long enjoyed the reactions from this myth. This article is currently the most accurate. The mummy itself is not a hoax. I became aware of it in the 70's when many adults had inspected it. The hoax is that Bibleland.com is currently making a profit (if only a mental one) by using it (as many have in the past) to their advantage. I live on the Shoshone Reservation and have grown up with the myths. Here are some of things that are in error variously, online. It's not "San Pedro the Mummy" nor the "Mountain Mummy". It's just the 'Pedro Mountains Mummy'. Here are the GPS coordinates for where it was found. This is in a high desert in the linear break bewteen the Southern (colorado) and central (the rest) rockies. To this day there is a sign in Shirley Basin signifying "Little Man Mine". The mine was registered with Carbon County but never produced. In error on the Bibleland site is the 'fact' that it had pubic hair (it did not). Also, the legend of the Little People (as local historians call the myth) killing their own is in fact an occasional truth of all the nomadic plains tribes who couldn't have their infirm interrupt their necessarily nomadic lifestyle. This fact has been transferred on to this mummy. Also, you will see quotes and stories mis-attributed to Dr. Gill, et al. as this story once again spreads as it did in the 70's. The mummy was examined at UW (I looked into this as a student there) and was found to be a diseased child (essentially a pinhead). Case closed and it then became a profit device. There are actually many mummy-cases like this and one would assume these human oddities would also occur in plains/prehistoric tribes (there's a similar mummy in the holdings of the Buffalo Bill center in Cody, WY - something Bibleland alludes to inexactly). It's really not that freaky. The thing is, people before Bibleland have made monetary offers for the remains - unsuccessfully. Bibleland knows this and knows it's a safe bet it will not turn up. Therefore, they can make any preposterous claim they wish. Given the gullibility level of literal followers of Genesis (funny how they're usually Christian even though Genesis comes from the jewish testament, not the christian one) it's pretty easy (as usual)to get this one over on those that are predisposed to believe this kind of stuff. There are many pix online and they are public domain. I'd like to see this one 'buried' (and with no "san") even though I relish the myth and have been to the actual site.
Genesis! You have followers!
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The Genesis dig was entirely my doing, taken out of context for my own (and hopefully others' ) amusement.
"How dirty boys get crucified"
That said, it's hard to imagine a devout Christian coming up with this candle idea. Looks like an opportunity for a fast buck.
"Jesus christ, what's that smell?"
:sick:
Although, the idea is cute...my mom would get a kick out of this if I got her one. (Too bad I'm not paying $18 for ANY candle, no matter how Godly it smells.) I went to biblegateway.com & indeed verse 8 advises: 8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. Although, biblegateway has the bible translated into lots of different languages, there is no Hebrew or Greek versions.
Selah.
"Smells like JESUS'S teen spirit, kids!"
Now why is this stupid thing $18, pray tell?
Couldn't let THAT typo go. Must.sleep.now.eyes.are.melting.
Miss Poppy
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"What a Trend We Have in Jesus!"
The act of serving; ministration.
One that serves as a means; an instrumentality.
Serving:
To work for.
To be a servant to.
...Sorry, I don't see them WORKING FOR me. They are offering a good/service, but typically a ministry is used to help a particular group or need.
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"Are you gonna find these guys. I mean, do you have any promising leads or anything?"
"Leads? Yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab. They got four more detectives workin on the case. They got us workin in shifts. Leads"
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