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[sundragyn]

Last night, due to some temporary and unusual circumstances involving the basement, Mike was watching television in the living room rather than in the basement. I was sort of half-watching, but he's a terrible channel-flipper, so I was occupied on the computer, in various pointless tasks

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[rivikah]

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but it might not be /quite/ as disgusting as you're imagining from that translation. My trusty NIV makes it clear that the dung was to be used as fuel. Still reasonably gross, but the shit was not actually for /eating/.

Also...It's um...Odd that someone would sell this bread and call it miracle anything...If I understand correctly, this passage is describing what was essentially a crazy piece of performance art symbolically illustrating the sin of Israel. Or something like that.

[sundragyn]

I was pretty clear that it was for fuel. Dunno about Mike, but we were pretty nuts at that point.
Still kind of gross.

Spelt would make more sense that fitches. Damn these different translations.

And yes, Peter Popoff is... um, odd. And very much a con man.

[rivikah]

Also my translation specifies spelt (which is another kind of grain) rather than these fitches.

[flyingcats]

Nice timing! Last night my boyfriend and I found Ezekiel 4:9 bread in the cereal aisle. He thought it was VERY weird until I explained what the verse was about (somehow, I have seen this bread before). Is that the miracle manna bread you saw?

[sundragyn]

Unfortunately, that was not the bread. Similar in composition, I suspect, but the miracle manna bread, um.

The idea is that you buy it from Peter Popoff, and then send him extra money to prove your devotion, and then God will make everything in your life happen to be perfect and wonderful, and you will be cured of all disease, and God will make money appear supernaturally in your bank account.

Really.

Presumably, when God makes money appear supernaturally in your bank account, He also keeps any human agencies from noticing that extra several thousand dollars.

That said, I do have to wonder what it tastes like.