How many people remember the Geto Boys? They might be best known for their song “Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangster” that is featured in Office Space. But a story coming out of Idaho this morning reminds me of my favorite song, “Mind Playing Tricks On Me.”
The Associated Press is reporting on a young man in his 20s who believed he bore the “mark of the beast” on his hand, cut it off. Of course like any sane person, the fellow took a circular saw, chopped off his hand and cooked it in the microwave. Then he called 911. The man also had the whereabouts to put on a tourniquet so he wouldn’t bleed to death. Smart.
The article quotes The Book of Revelation to bring some clarity to the situation:
The Book of Revelation in the New Testament contains a passage in which an angel is quoted as saying: “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury.”
The book of Matthew also contains the passage: “And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for you whole body to do into hell.”
Geto Boys say it best: “It’s fucked up when your mind is playin’ tricks on ya.”
The Idaho Statesman has the complete article here.
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nice ending quote.
why cook it? I wonder what hand tastes like?
What does the mark of the beast look like?
Jesus Christ using a circular saw must have hurt like a bitch. Of course there probably isn’t any painless way to remove your own hand.
I think you meant ‘wherewithal’, not ‘whereabouts’…but we are talking about someone who cut their own hand off, so…
-Wonka the Grammar Nazi
No, I meant whereabouts.
Dickface.
I see…it was ironic