Three sisters in Iverness, Scotland had what is quite possibly the most insane insurance policy known to man. For fear of being impregnated by God and left to raise the Christ child alone, they had a policy with Essex-based Britishinsurance.com to pay them £1m just in case. This would cover the basics like clothing, food, and such. But with college fees on the rise, one has to wonder if that would even be enough to cover a decent education. Then there’s all the incidental fees like toys, car seats, vacations, etc. The list just goes on. Anyways, back to the story…
There were other issues to contend with as well. The Catholic church didn’t like this idea at all. In fact, they caused a furor over the policy and eventually got the insurance company to drop it, leaving the women at the mercy of God. But why would the church do such a thing?
Just think if Mary had this kind of insurance back then. She could have raised Jesus in a better neighborhood, then maybe the Romans might not have killed him… meaning that he wouldn’t have died for our sins. Oh I’m on to something… then the scam that is Christianity wouldn’t have a leg to stand on. They wouldn’t have become so popular and they surely wouldn’t have influence over millions of people.
Uh oh, I think I uncovered something I shouldn’t have. Time to write a book :)
This gem of a story was brought to my attention from Ithika over at The Broken Hut. Thanks!
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Historically, the Jews are the ones that killed Jesus, and not the Romans…
Just wanted to point that out.
Well you could make a case that it was either. Some people even goes as far to say that God was responsible as it was his plan from the beginning.
God was indeed responsible. Even Jesus said so. “Jesus answered, ‘You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.’” By that I think in context he either means the Sanhedrin (not Jews in general since some of his followers were Jews) or perhaps Judas.
Well, the Romans were definitely the ruling body, and crucifiction definitely a Roman punishment, so I think it’s eminently fair to blame the Romans. Leaving any imaginary beings out of the equation, it was the Romans who had last word on whether he was nailed up or not.
Unless you believe that Pilate gave that authority (however temporarily) to the Sanhedrin.
Wow. That would be an Insurers dream: insuring superstitious idiots against impossible eventualities. Free money.
Besides, if you were raising the second coming of several billion people’s messiah, a figure whose incorporeal abstract many of these people are willing to kill and die for, do you really think they’re going to leave you to your own means to raise him?
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