# A pitting for Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 19, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791 "2021-07-19T01:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/221 "2021-07-21T00:41:49Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > **Matthew 7:7-8** > > Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: > > For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Matthew 7:(9) Except for car keys; for thou mayest search for them for hours and not find them, for I have hidden them well. And scissors are right out. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/222 "2021-07-21T01:01:51Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > So, upon taking the Scissors, and using them to cut the Holy Bible, he stood triumphant, seeing how he has defeated the Word. It has been a really long time since I saw the phrasing, but I looked at that sentence and my mind popped up that “cutting” a book once meant cutting the (originally folded) pages open so that they could be read. So I imagined God saying ‘Hah! By cutting the Bible you have opened the pages so it can be read!’ ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/223 "2021-07-21T01:58:01Z")
And this is why I love the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/224 "2021-07-21T03:15:49Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > And thus the Lord spake, “Scissors beats paper, but rock beats scissors asshole.” And on this rock I will build my church. So if I have this right, Peter beats scissors but paper beats Peter? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/225 "2021-07-21T04:51:40Z")
Where do spock and lizard come into it? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/226 "2021-07-21T04:52:10Z")
I don’t understand the finer theological points. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/227 "2021-07-21T04:56:54Z")
In the butt, Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/228 "2021-07-21T15:51:58Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > That reminds me of a quote I heard once attributed to Ronald Reagan. Which I’m pleased to say I can actually find online. > > [Quote by Ronald Reagan: “Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am ...”](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/118043-sometimes-when-i-m-faced-with-an-atheist-i-am-tempted) > > > Sometimes when I’m faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there’s a cook. So the atheist never cooked before or at least seen someone cook and is therefore unable to use deductive reasoning that there must have been a cook? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/229 "2021-07-21T15:53:21Z")
Something like that. I’d have countered, “I have cooked a number of times, am I therefore a God?” ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/230 "2021-07-21T15:58:39Z")
Heh. I probably would have just stood there with my mouth open like, “WTF?”. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/231 "2021-07-21T16:15:10Z")
This analogy only works if nobody on earth has ever cooked something or seen a cook. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/232 "2021-07-21T16:23:51Z")
Folks, it’s an analogy made by Ronald Reagan. [Even his chimp co-star wanted to strangle the dumb bastard](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52538/time-ronald-reagan-was-nearly-strangled-chimp). ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/233 "2021-07-21T18:51:16Z")
I know, for a fact, we have 7 pairs of scissors in this house, ranging from kids small size via kitchen to material cutting shears. At any one point in time, I - an atheist - can not find a single one. God exists. Q.E.D. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/234 "2021-07-21T19:14:58Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > we have 7 pairs of scissors in this house, ranging from kids small size via kitchen to material cutting shears. Isn’t that polytheism? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/235 "2021-07-21T19:44:59Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > **Matthew 7:7-8** > > > > > Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: > > > > > > For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. > > Matthew 7:(9) > Except for car keys; for thou mayest search for them for hours and not find them, for I have hidden them well. And scissors are right out. Matthew 7: 10 And for those who gnash and wail for your forelorn missing socks, thou art mightily screwed. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/236 "2021-07-21T20:26:20Z")
How the hell can I rend my garment with no scissors? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/237 "2021-07-21T21:07:35Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > > [@scudsucker](#): > > > > we have 7 pairs of scissors in this house, ranging from kids small size via kitchen to material cutting shears > > Isn’t that polytheism? Splitter! ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/238 "2021-07-21T21:46:54Z")
Why such little love for the Old Testament? **Psalm 137:9** Happy is the one who seizes your scissors and dashes them against the rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/239 "2021-07-21T22:53:40Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I know, for a fact, we have 7 pairs of scissors in this house, ranging from kids small size via kitchen to material cutting shears. > > At any one point in time, I - an atheist - can not find a single one. I’m an atheist and my scissors just about jump out at me, so I can only conclude that your disbelief isn’t strong enough. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791/240 "2021-07-21T22:55:01Z")
> [@susan](#): > > And on this rock I will build my church. So if I have this right, Peter beats scissors but paper beats Peter? I must admit that beating your Peter can be fun. And if cutting the Bible was good enough for Jefferson, it’s good enough for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791.md?page=13)