{"id":805,"date":"2017-01-28T10:37:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T19:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/?p=805"},"modified":"2017-01-28T18:40:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T03:40:15","slug":"the-stain-of-gods-anointing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/the-stain-of-gods-anointing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stain of God’s Anointing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parking validation is difficult enough; the concept of validating a messiah is positively fraught.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time (back in the days of make-believe) one could look for a slick (anointing, at least among humans, largely being effected with olive oil) but then, is that a luncheon dribble there on your tunic, or a holy pronouncement from way on high? Of course, once some clever prelate started marketing “holy water” all bets were off as the only stain water leaves is by way of contaminants (does the Lord take into account turbidity and mineral content?)<\/p>\n

Of course, this all relates only to human anointment, and how could any human even hypothesize anointment by a deity… Goodness gracious, anointment by a supernatural alien could be by anything from neutron bombardment to a spurt of chimp semen! Look, don’t get all upset and bothered with me! I am not the one who failed to provide a CSI manual on how to detect sacred “emanations”…<\/p>\n

I used to proclaim that I was the anointed one (not to say that, just because I don’t argue that point regularly anymore, it alters the fact that I am – the anointed one, that is – and I can show you the stains) and was somewhat disturbed by the froth that would appear on the lips of the fruiting faithful. Of course I was denounced (in the most hurtful terms) and the claim made that they would know HIM when they see HIM. Roger that; so tell me, “HOW?” Describe for me the stain of God’s anointing.<\/p>\n

Well, they’ll stone you when you ask them for their proof…<\/p>\n

Well, they\u2019ll stone ya when you\u2019re trying to be so good
\nThey\u2019ll stone ya just a-like they said they would
\nThey\u2019ll stone ya when you\u2019re tryin\u2019 to go home
\nThen they\u2019ll stone ya when you\u2019re there all alone
\nBut I would not feel so all alone
\nEverybody must get stoned<\/p>\n

Well, they\u2019ll stone ya when you\u2019re walkin\u2019 \u2019long the street
\nThey\u2019ll stone ya when you\u2019re tryin\u2019 to keep your seat
\nThey\u2019ll stone ya when you\u2019re walkin\u2019 on the floor
\nThey\u2019ll stone ya when you\u2019re walkin\u2019 to the door
\nBut I would not feel so all alone
\nEverybody must get stoned<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll stone ya when you\u2019re at the breakfast table
\nThey\u2019ll stone ya when you are young and able
\nThey\u2019ll stone ya when you\u2019re tryin\u2019 to make a buck
\nThey\u2019ll stone ya and then they\u2019ll say, \u201cgood luck\u201d
\nTell ya what, I would not feel so all alone
\nEverybody must get stoned<\/p>\n

Well, they\u2019ll stone you and say that it\u2019s the end
\nThen they\u2019ll stone you and then they\u2019ll come back again
\nThey\u2019ll stone you when you\u2019re riding in your car
\nThey\u2019ll stone you when you\u2019re playing your guitar
\nYes, but I would not feel so all alone
\nEverybody must get stoned<\/p>\n

Well, they\u2019ll stone you when you walk all alone
\nThey\u2019ll stone you when you are walking home
\nThey\u2019ll stone you and then say you are brave
\nThey\u2019ll stone you when you are set down in your grave
\nBut I would not feel so all alone
\nEverybody must get stoned<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

lyrics \u00a9 Bob Dylan Music Co.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parking validation is difficult enough; the concept of validating a messiah is positively fraught. Once upon a time (back in the days of make-believe) one could look for a slick (anointing, at least among humans, largely being effected with olive oil) but then, is that a luncheon dribble there on your tunic, or a holy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":714,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marc-grober","category-politics","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/714"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}