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LINK Pastor: Biden is Hebrew for “Alas, Judgment”! (Rabbi: Not Even Close.) | Beth Stoneburner | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

Right-wing pastor Perry Stone — best known for checking his phone while speaking in tongues, claiming to speak four languages at once (also in tongues), and for delivering a sermon to a bunch of puppets — said this week that Joe Biden‘s name translates to “Alas, Judgment” in Hebrew:

… Except none of that is accurate. It’s bad exegesis, which Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (who knows her stuff) explained in a single tweet:

snytiger6 9 Feb 10
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Funny when first read it, not so much after seeing this posted so many times by points fishermen in our midst.

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A pastor lying from the pulpit? They wouldn't do that!

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Try using books that tell you what names really do mean. That's where I would start. Otherwise, you're just making it up.

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It's Alt-Hebrew.

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Mayhap Herr Stein hath been sniffing a wee too much Myrrh again.....LOL.

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I like the second translation.

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