"Mark 11:12-14 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14Then he said to the tree, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard him say it."

no more newtons. damn.

i like fig newtons, but i prefers eating raw figs,... I also enjoy pissing off God, hes the one that gave me free will in the first place...

Ye may take oor lives, but yool never take oor Fig newtons!

It's not just the story that is weird, it is the lengths that people will go to give it some deep mystical meaning that is very strange. A quick google reveals that this verse is absolute positive proof that Israel is cursed, proof of the duality of Christ as man and God, it is a clear indicator of what is about to happen in Jerusalem, that figs are cursed because they didn't miraculously appear to nourish the lord and on and on.

Funny.

I just ate about 6-8 dried figs.

Suck it...Hey, Zeus!

Xela

mahatma! you're serious! it really is a passage... scripture... gospel... holy and everything...shit.

so am i going to hell for eating fig newtons or is the tree going to hell for giving them up? it's a little ambiguous on that small detail, and i do think it rather significant. fuck.

paladin, if that really is your name, you started this, you damn well better have an answer.

Considering how popular figs are in ostensibly Christian countries around the Mediterranean (Greece, Italy, Spain, etc.), I'd say that Biblical admonition is honored primarily in the breach.

My house, last Sunday, that's how we do.

When the Westboro Baptists came to town a couple years ago, that was on the sign I had at the counter-protest.

The story was meant figuratively not literally, like most of the Bible.

Freshly picked figs, hmm....

How many figs would a fig plucker pluck if a fig plucker did pluck figs.

Say it fast.

I prefer majool dates.

Man, if I was the tree, I would be like: " So I don't have to have strangers put their grubby hands on me and pick my figs off of me? Thanks, Jesus! You rock!"

the comedian wrote:Man, if I was the tree, I would be like: " So I don't have to have strangers put their grubby hands on me and pick my figs off of me? Thanks, Jesus! You rock!"

In Italian and many other languages, fig ("fico") is slang for testicle.

Just sayin'.

larrymod wrote:

the comedian wrote:Man, if I was the tree, I would be like: " So I don't have to have strangers put their grubby hands on me and pick my figs off of me? Thanks, Jesus! You rock!"

In Italian and many other languages, fig ("fico") is slang for testicle.

Just sayin'.

The taxonomic name for the walnut family, Juglans, is said to have come from "Jupiter's glans"

...just sayin'

My Calabrian father in law grew figs in his back yard and we had fresh figs just about every year. I'm not that crazy about fresh figs though.

He brought a big bag of dried figs back with him from a trip back to see his family in Italy. Each fig had been split when fresh and a hulled almond stuck inside, then the fig was sandwiched in between two bay leaves, tied up with a piece of string and put out in the sun to dry. I think those were the best figs I've ever had!

larrymod wrote:

the comedian wrote:Man, if I was the tree, I would be like: " So I don't have to have strangers put their grubby hands on me and pick my figs off of me? Thanks, Jesus! You rock!"

In Italian and many other languages, fig ("fico") is slang for testicle.

Just sayin'.

Then as far as divine curses go, that one falls really flat.

Yossarian wrote:How many figs would a fig plucker pluck if a fig plucker did pluck figs.

Say it fast.

well fig-uratively speaking I'd say about 10, and thats really slammin the hambone

Fresh Black Mission Figs : are they any good to eat? I am also a fan of original Fig Newtons but have never tried fresh figs. Our neigbor has this huge Black Mission Fig tree that the squirrels love. For those of you who have tried/eat them a hint as to what they taste like(no damn it not chicken nor that they taste like figs)lol.

The split fig with a nut inside wrapped in fresh bay leaves and dried sound great btw.

And if i wasn't so worried i'd shoot the neighbor I'd use my 22 on those fucking squirrels.Furry tailed rats!

paul

Our neighbor planted a fig tree. Given plenty of water and sun, they sure grow into a huge, impressive canopy tree in just a few years.

Some branches hang over our fence, which gives us just about the right amount of figs.

It produces tons of fruit, which is good for wildlife almost to a fault. It's a magnet for raccoons and noisy birds, like mockingbirds and jays.

dbluefish wrote:Fresh Black Mission Figs : are they any good to eat?

That's what's on the plate I posted. YUM!

SwampYankee wrote:My Calabrian father in law grew figs in his back yard and we had fresh figs just about every year.

Calabrian? Calabrian??!! not Calabrese?

highdesert wrote:The story was meant figuratively not literally, like most of the Bible.

Freshly picked figs, hmm....

But figurative of what?

And why wouldn't Jesus know when figs were in season?

RJHinPDX wrote:

highdesert wrote:The story was meant figuratively not literally, like most of the Bible.

Freshly picked figs, hmm....

...And why wouldn't Jesus know when figs were in season?

He had bigger fish to fry.

RJHinPDX wrote:

highdesert wrote:The story was meant figuratively not literally, like most of the Bible.

Freshly picked figs, hmm....

But figurative of what?

And why wouldn't Jesus know when figs were in season?

Right? I mean, if nothing else, he should've just asked his dad. I heard he practically wrote the book on such things!