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Originally Posted by Dennis Lukes
There is only one mention of swimming in the Bible (Isaiah 25:11), and it's not altogether positive. If God wanted us to swim, He would've given us gills. We don't have them, so to swim is to mock God.
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I find that remark extremely offensive, Mr Lukes. All my boys are strong swimmers and the older ones dedicate much of their spare time to protecting the shores of the south of England from the endless scourge of illegal immigrants in easily-punctured inflatable dinghies, sent over by the Godless French. Wetsuits, scuba gear, spearguns and well-honed shooting skills are all they need to send these people (who as a rule cannot swim) to their watery doom.
Another benefit of their hard work is that we get quite a lot of free fish and the occasional seal.
It may have escaped your notice that there is quite a lot of water around the borders of the United States? When boatloads of Mexicans start invading your shores - or, worse, when Canadians
start crossing those lakes in rubber dinghies - you will have need of those skills. Though possibly not in Nebraska, unless the "global warming" conspira-loons are right and sea-levels rise unexpectedly.
It is important for children who live near the sea to learn to swim even before they can walk, as it gives them a fighting chance of survival should they crawl over a clifftop. That's assuming the tide is in, of course.