Oil baron seeks gusher from God in Israel

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KIBBUTZ MAANIT, Israel (Reuters) - A Texas oilman is using his Bible as a guide to finding oil in the Holy Land.

John Brown, a born-again Christian and founder of Zion Oil & Gas of Dallas, can quote chapter and verse about his latest drilling venture in Israel, where his company has an oil and gas exploration licence covering 96,000 acres.

"Most blessed of sons be Asher. Let him be favoured by his brothers and let him dip his foot in oil," Brown quotes from Moses's blessing to one of the 12 Tribes of Israel in Deuteronomy 33:24.

Standing next to a 54-metre (177-ft)-high derrick at Kibbutz Maanit in northern Israel, Brown said the passage indicated there is oil lying beneath the biblical territory of the Tribe of Asher,where the agricultural community is located.

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[ret5hd]

1. Oh this is RICH...faith-based wildcatting!

[IndianaGreen]

18. Are we talking olive oil or oil oil?

All we need is a red heifer to make all alright!

[madrchsod]

2. that guy is really-really -dumb.

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3. And I quote chapter and verse from my own latest oil venture:

Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed.

[Ganja Ninja]

4. Oil, Black Gold, Texas Tea!

What else could the bible be referring to? Hey! You don't suppose they meant Olive Oil do ya? :think: Naaaaaaaaaaaa!

[KlatooBNikto]

7. He can follow another Texas oilman Gee Dubya 's example. He can dig enough

dry holes in Israel and, God will lead him to Mesopotamia where, lo and behold, the biggest pool of oil in the world next to saudi Arabia exists. Faith based oil drilling works when you know what to tap into.

[meganmonkey]

12. Olive oil is quite good for dry, rough feet!!!

I use it regularly on mine - with a relaxing blend of Rosemary and Arnica in it. :P

[tubbacheez]

16. i've been using coconut oil for skin care. it stores for years

without oxidizing (aka going rancid).

[tubbacheez]

5. Who's dumber, this oil company's founder or

the venture capitalists who are funding this speculation?

[gratuitous]

6. Well, if this dummy is using OPM to do his drilling

OPM = Other People's Money

Then I'd say that anyone who heard this pitch and sat down to write a check is in the running for dumbest people on the planet, the living embodiment of P.T. Barnum's encomium, and the lead actor in the old adage "A fool and his money are soon parted."

What irks me the most is how the fool and that money got together in the first place.

[KlatooBNikto]

8. When people can send in checks to Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell

why can't this guy find somebody equally dumb but with more money?

[wallwriter]

15. It's oil alright - snake oil

Maybe this guy isn't dumb at all. Maybe he's just a con man.

[daleo]

9. This comes as no surprise

Considering the amount of money that has been spent looking for Noah's Ark, this almost seems sensible. I mean, it is the middle east and you might just get lucky.

[Coastie for Truth]

10. Wrong Place

The Bnai Asher of some little village in Russia were exiled to Birobidzhan by Stalin in the 1930'a - and oil was recently discovered in the underlying sedimentary formation around Birobidzhan.

Google "Birobidzhan"

[Arger68]

11. If all you have to do is pray to get oil

wouldn't you just pray to have it in Texas? I'd think the shipping would be a lot cheaper!!

[VegasWolf]

13. You have to do more than just pray, you also have

to whack yourself over the head at least 30 times a day with a
bible.

[Roland99]

14. OMG! LMFAO!!!

[donheld]

17. Is this the same guy

who helped * do all his oil exploration?