There will be stupidity

My fellow blogger at The Door, John Bloom, tells about a Mother Jones article on groups that are prospecting for oil using scriptural "clues."

That reminded me I had some info on the subject that I never posted (so much malarkey, so little time):

Zion Oil & Gas, the company that's exploring for oil in Israel based on a scriptural promise, is in the news again.

The company's directors believe Deuteronomy 33:24 points to rich oil deposits.

Moses said, “Let Asher be blessed with children … and let him dip his foot in oil.” The tribe of Asher was located in a geographic location shaped like a foot and that the passage referenced to the northern region of the tribe of Manasseh. Also, Genesis 49:22-26 mentions “a well,” and “blessings of the deep that crouch beneath” that “shall be on the head of Joseph.” "Blessing of the deep” could be a reference to oil, and “the head of Joseph” refers to the head-like boundary of ancient Manasseh.

Got that? Many scholars would say "oil" refers to olive oil. But no matter.

What I found interesting was a disclaimer at the end of their most recent press release, which is so air tight I'm going to suggest we use it on everything we publish here at The Wittenburg Door.

Maybe it's just standard jargon, but it doesn't inspire confidence, and I don't really understand it. Do you?

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Statements in this press release that are not historical fact, including statements regarding the Zion's future operations, their timing, the potential results thereof and plans contingent thereon, are forward-looking statements as defined in the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that are subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unpredictable factors, many of which are described in Zion's periodic reports filed with the SEC and are beyond Zion's actual performance to differ materially from the results predicted by these forward-looking statements. Zion can give no assurance that the expectations reflected in these statements will prove to be correct and assumes no responsibility to update these statements.

If that's not oily, I don't know what is.


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