He's not the first bright soul to whom this idea occured - Origen of Ceasaria was influenced by the very same passage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origen ashok wrote: > > some years back there was a certain archbishop of a rather extreme > church in nairobi, who interpreted, > mathew 19:12 literally ('..some are eunuchs because they were born that > way, others were made by by men, > yet others to renounce marriage becuase of the kingdom of heaven. they > who can must accept this.....') > > and castrated himself...but somehow the procedure got botched, and his > mr.happy ended up gettting lopped > off with it..... >
