Alabama Quote by John Shelby Spong
“The Bible is full of dreadful things. There's a Psalm that says "Happy will you be when you take your enemy's children and dash their heads against the stones." Don't read that to me on Sunday morning and say "This is the word of the Lord." It's like that crazy man down in Alabama who wanted to put the Ten Commandments in his courtroom.”
![“Imprecatory psalms. Imprecatory psalms (Ps 12; 35; 52; 57—59; 69; 70; 83; 109; 137; 140) are usually lament psalms where the writer’s bitterness and desire for vindication are especially predominant. This leads to such statements as Psalm 137:8- 9, “[Happy is] he who seizes your infants / and…” quote by Grant R. Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc1/grant-r-osborne-52891_acts-of-kindness_imprecatory-psalms-imprecatory-psalms-ps_842625.jpg)
