The anointed highway: Polk Under Prayer vs the atheist road scrubbers
- What was the point of anointing in the Bible?
A host reads a news story: County Road 98 in Polk County, Florida was scrubbed by members of the Humanists of Florida Association, protesting the 'Polk Under Prayer' campaign whose supporters had poured olive oil on the road a year earlier in an anointing ceremony to ask God's protection from 'ne'er-do-wells and evildoers.' The hosts debate what anointing biblically means: God told prophets to anoint kings like David and Solomon to set them apart for a God-given task, and it was also used for hospitality (Jesus anointed in the Pharisee's house, Luke) and medicinally. They conclude anointing a highway looks foolish and dangerous, though they find the atheists' symbolic scrubbing mildly funny rather than offensive.
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