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(found at The Evangelical Outpost)

10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry List

I may use my radioactive granite countertops to warm up a few hot dogs to celebrate.

This one is great.

#14: The Eruption of Mount Edgecumbe In 1974 residents of Sitka, Alaska were alarmed when the long-dormant volcano neighboring them, Mount Edgecumbe, suddenly began to belch out billows of black smoke. People spilled out of their homes onto the streets to gaze up at the volcano, terrified that it was active again and might soon erupt. Luckily it turned out that man, not nature, was responsible for the smoke. A local practical joker named Porky Bickar had flown hundreds of old tires into the volcano's crater and then lit them on fire, all in a (successful) attempt to fool the city dwellers into believing that the volcano was stirring to life. According to local legend, when Mount St. Helens erupted six years later, a Sitka resident wrote to Bickar to tell him, "This time you've gone too far!"

Here's one from close to home.

#22: Arm the Homeless In 1999 the Phoenix New Times ran a story announcing the formation of a new charity to benefit the homeless. There was just one catch. Instead of providing the homeless with food and shelter, this charity would provide them with guns and ammunition. It was named 'The Arm the Homeless Coalition.' The story received coverage from 60 Minutes II, the Associated Press, and numerous local radio stations before everyone realized it was a joke. The Phoenix New Times's joke was actually a reprise of a 1993 prank perpetrated by students at Ohio State University.

Here's a good one from The Top 10 Worst April Fool's Day Hoaxes Ever.

#10: The Iraqi Ambassador's Final Joke On April 1, 2003, as thousands of American-led coalition troops stormed across Iraq, the Iraqi ambassador to Russia, Abbas Khalaf Kunfuth, held a press conference in Moscow. Many were expecting him to announce that Iraq conceded defeat. Instead Kunfuth chose this moment to hold a gag press conference. Holding up a piece of paper that he identified as a news flash from Reuters, he read aloud from it: "The Americans have accidentally fired a nuclear missile into British forces, killing seven." Immediately the room full of reporters went silent with shock. Then Kunfuth grinned and shouted 'April Fools!' Only a few days after this unexpected moment of levity, the Iraqi government completely collapsed.

What chapters and verses get looked at the most on the ESV Bible search website?

So, what are the most-viewed verses in the ESV? Here are the most popular verses (including complete chapter views):

1. John 1:1, 1:13, 1:12, 1:14, 1:3, and the rest of John 1 dominate the list
2. 1 Corinthians 13:4, 13:13 and the rest of 1 Corinthians 13.
3. Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:1, and the rest of Genesis 1
4. Romans 1:16 and the rest of Romans 1.
5. John 3:16

Here are the most popular verses excluding complete-chapter views, which should give a better sense of popular verses:

1. John 3:16
2. Proverbs 31:10 and following. We speculate that these verses appear because people often only look at part of this chapter.
3. Matthew 5:27-30, concerning adultery. Verse 30 is the most popular of the four verses.
4. Romans 8:28
5. Romans 3:23
6. Genesis 24:27

What are the least-viewed verses? Not surprisingly, they're pretty obscure. At the time of our analysis, no one had looked at the following verses except as part of their complete chapters. (We're introducing statistical noise by linking to them here.)

1. Numbers 31:25
2. Joshua 15:24, 15:40, 15:42, 15:50
3. 1 Samuel 30:28
4. 1 Chronicles 8:37
5. Ezekiel 22:17

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What Are the Most Popular Verses in the Bible?