And God Said, "Abracadabra!"

In celebration of AmenAbility's 100th post, behold! A fun (illustrated) fact:

The phrase "abracadabra" is derived from the Aramaic abra (אברה) and cadabra (כדברא), meaning, "I would create as I spoke."



In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,
the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep,
while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.

Genesis 1:1-3 NRSV

Good Text, Bad Text

To prooftext is to quote or cite parts of a document (such as the Bible) out of context and present them as basis for a proposition, often one that the document taken as a whole would not support. Even suggestions that seem reasonable may be no less a fallacy than the mathematical proof-spoof in the image above.

Read. Think. Ask. Don't enable proof-texters!


Read more about proof-texting from Wendy ("Bookgirl") here. And check out her blog while you're at it!