Would a "reverend" lad have a Bible?

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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:39 pm

I just told a lad, whose character is both a reverend and a banker, that he is unqualified as a church leader, citing Titus and Timothy. The reason, which I didn't cite specifically, is that he said he decided (he actually wrote "desired", but I'm pretty sure, with his Nigerian accent, that he meant "decided") to pay the fee to high [sic] the attorney for me, but as soon as I told him that the money came back, he told me to pay it to the new account (the second Emirati account, which the ḣanzir didn't kill as expected). This makes him dilogon/mmalel tarteyn/doubletalking (1 Tim 3: Cool

. Of course, being a scammer, he loves money and has ill-gotten gains. Is it likely that the lad has a Bible and that he will read the passage?

The Reina-Valera Antigua translates "dilogous" as "bilingües". I'm sure they meant "double-tongued", but in modern Spanish this means "bilingual", which gave me a chuckle, as I grew up speaking two languages and understanding several more!

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:13 pm

About as likely as them having these millions of dollars if you ask me.

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:19 pm

They probably do, but pick and choose which parts they actually take notice of.

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:45 pm

There's also this new thing called "google" that you may want to give a try. I forget the website but you go there, type in a phrase, and you get more information on that topic than you ever knew existed.

Sorry, VX, I'm just in a smartass mood today. Cool

I'm about as areligious as it's possible to be and I have no problem finding applicable Bible quotes when I'm running church baits. A simple little search such as "bible quotes on patience" or "bible quotes on stress" gives me plenty of ammunition to throw in lads' faces, and I'm sure an industrious lad can do the same.

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:14 pm

I'd guess that he will definitely own the Holy Book relating to his religion. There is much religious devotion in West Africa. It strikes me as the worst sort of hypocrisy that these characters ostensibly clutch their Holy Bibles/Holy Qurans in one hand, whilst picking your pockets with the other.

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:23 pm

Lads invoking the name of God to help them in their evil is virtually as common as are the lads themselves. Lads have the dispicable honor of earning the wrath and contempt of both athiests and thiests alike. About the only group on the planet that has earned greater wrath on the same grounds is ISIS.

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:50 pm

Rev wrote:

WHY DO YOU SAID SO THAT I AM NOT BE MAN OF GOD WHY

fisherman wrote:

Read those verses, compare with your own life, and compare with our conversation. You'll see.

@TLH: I'm not doing a church bait, it's a regular 419 with a lad character who, while working at a bank processing money transfers, claims to be a reverend man of God.

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 11:59 pm

A lot of lads actually do attend church regularly, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if they do have bibles!

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:48 am

Many Lads have religion - so much so that when told that one is an atheist or an Asatruar, the Lad will almost come unglued and go off on a proselytising tangent.

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:46 am

But do they have Bibles in their native language?

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:23 am

Depends on the native language - there are many, many languages for which Bible translation is still in the works.
See http://ngbible.com/languages for Nigerian cases.

Online versions of the Bible can be found for major languages, including Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa

Note the literary style in these Bible translations does not correspond to typical spoken/email usage in these languages, so not all that useful in decoding or writing lad style.

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:02 pm

^^ What The Monsignor said. Also, if we are talking Nigeria, there is a pretty good chance your lad was raised in a religious home. So in his pre-scamming days, he may have gone to church with his parents and received religious instruction etc. That said -who cares? All the better if he does know his Bible. You can get into Bible quote battles with him on a variety of topics sure to be of interest to him... Wink

05/29/15

THIS ...

The Monsignor wrote:

I'd guess that he will definitely own the Holy Book relating to his religion. There is much religious devotion in West Africa. It strikes me as the worst sort of hypocrisy that these characters ostensibly clutch their Holy Bibles/Holy Qurans in one hand, whilst picking your pockets with the other.

And THIS ...

Lehigh Guy wrote:

Lads invoking the name of God to help them in their evil is virtually as common as are the lads themselves. Lads have the dispicable honor of earning the wrath and contempt of both athiests and thiests alike. About the only group on the planet that has earned greater wrath on the same grounds is ISIS.

And remember -- Nobody, but NOBODY can quote Holy Scripture better than Satan himself -- putting the lads in pretty notorious company ...

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