How do you solve a problem like the Bible

December 05, 2011 - 04:45 PM Ghost writer of Hammerstein

'How do you solve a problem like Maria', from the Sound of Music. Is it a codetext? Change 'Maria' to 'Bible' and it fits amazingly well! I wonder if Hammerstein intended that ? HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE THE BIBLE? How do you catch is words and pin them down? How do you define what words mean in the Bible? A fibbertogodibet, a willow the wisp, a clown? Many a thing you know you’d like to change there Many a thing is primitive & barbaric But how do you make believers stay And listen to all you say How do you show they stand [wave] upon the sand? Oh how do you solve a problem like the Bible?Know that you hold an imaginary god in your hand ! When I’m with it I’m confused, out of focus and bemused And I never know exactly where I am Unpredictable as weather, its as fictional as a Carroll It’s snarling, it’s a demon, it’s a lamb It’ll out pester any pest, drive a hornet to your nest It could throw a whirling dervish out of a whirl Its as gentle as its wild, it’s a riddle to a child It’s a headache, its barbaric, its superstition