Apocryphal Matthew
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And he that not even heareth these sayings of mine, and shutteth his ears to them, shall be likened unto a mad man, which built his house upon the sand and the rocks that he put in the middle of the ocean:
29 And the storms descended, and the wind blew, and the tides came and washed away the sand and rocks from under that house, and it fell: and not unexpected leastsoever was the fall of it
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And he that not even heareth these sayings of mine, and shutteth his ears to them, shall be likened unto a mad man, which built his house upon the sand and the rocks that he put in the middle of the ocean:
29 And the storms descended, and the wind blew, and the tides came and washed away the sand and rocks from under that house, and it fell: and not unexpected leastsoever was the fall of it
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6 Comments:
Any takers for my property on the Palm? Don't wanna be caught with my pants down in a pile of sand and rocks in the midst of this watery all :-(
A bluddy Men! i knew there was something in the bible about building house upon the sand!
Alleluia.
This one would have made a great video
:-/
I've been telling people this for ages. Not that anyone believes me...
"Dubai is, as far we can tell from studying history, at relatively low risk from natural disasters."
I wouldn't be that positive. It seems to me that there is not much written history about the tectonic activity in the region. So it is quite hard to tell.
Furthermore, presuming that the most devastating earthquakes are those which are better remembered, and given the fact that until recently the native population of the region was not clustered in relatively dense cities, but was rather scattered in very small towns, villages and moving camps, then how could a major earthquake in say 1760 be remembered until now?
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