{"id":13495,"date":"2012-05-11T13:57:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T18:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=13495"},"modified":"2012-05-11T13:57:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T18:57:04","slug":"friday-funnies-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=13495","title":{"rendered":"FRIDAY FUNNIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a special treat this week for biblical scholars. A recently discovered painting has finally explained what Paul meant in Second Corinthians 12:7.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pauls-thorn-in-the-flesh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13497\" title=\"Paul's thorn in the flesh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pauls-thorn-in-the-flesh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pauls-thorn-in-the-flesh.jpg 459w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pauls-thorn-in-the-flesh-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So it turns out that I&#8217;m <em>not<\/em> the only one who&#8217;s ever had this happen to him &#8212; again and again and again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Heart-beats-brain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13498\" title=\"Heart beats brain\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Heart-beats-brain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Heart-beats-brain.jpg 459w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Heart-beats-brain-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started to say that this cartoon sums up the way a lot of people are going to feel in the general election this year, but then it occurred to me that it&#8217;s the way most people feel in <em>most<\/em> elections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Voting-against-a-candidate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13499\" title=\"Voting against a candidate\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Voting-against-a-candidate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Voting-against-a-candidate.jpg 459w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Voting-against-a-candidate-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This makes a very scary point about nationalist people in every country, but it seems that most of them assume <em>their<\/em> case is somehow different.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Supporting-the-troops.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13500\" title=\"Supporting the troops\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Supporting-the-troops.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Supporting-the-troops.jpg 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Supporting-the-troops-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, finally, if you believe the system is hopelessly broken, it might be because you&#8217;re not the one getting the money. For some people, it works exactly as it&#8217;s designed to work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Government-is-broken.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13501\" title=\"Government is broken\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Government-is-broken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Government-is-broken.jpg 459w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Government-is-broken-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a special treat this week for biblical scholars. 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