Lenten Musings - 16

I was at a seminar today. It was about electrical safety for non-electricians. One thing I found interesting. The OH&S rules for this province only allow non-electricians to do three things. You can plug/unplug stuff that's under 750 V (or was it 600?), similarly, you can turn on/off equipment and breakers, and you can change light bulbs (it actually says that). Anything else has to be done by an electrician. That's fine with me, there's all sorts of issues that come up if you screw up something with electricity, not the least of which is someone dying or being severely injured. I wonder, though, how the regulations would apply to my side job as a maintenance man. I do all sorts of stuff with electricity. None of it high voltage, mind you, but it just makes me curious. Perhaps because it's not an industrial setting, those rules don't apply. Now that I think of it, I should have asked the instructor.
I had a soccer game tonight. I scored a goal. I've got 4 this year, which is double what I had last time I played a couple of years ago. Hopefully, this equals the number of times I've been victimized for a goal by the other team (but I don't think so).

Mark 16
(Please note the cool roll-over widget thingy that brings up the appropriate bible verse.)

Mark 16:9-20
It's interesting that it states that the oldest and most reliable manuscripts don't include these verses. Then why are they there? A later editor added it? It wouldn't be the first time, there are other instances of this sort of thing. Does that make the whole thing unreliable, or does that make it in fact more trustworthy because we have these ancient manuscripts to go by? I suppose you could go either way on that based on your predetermined position. And what does this say about biblical inerrancy? That's a whole other topic I could go on and on about, but I'll spare you the details (but leave me a comment if you want my thoughts).
Verse 8 seems like a really odd place to end though. It would just sort of fall off a cliff, narratively speaking. So maybe those earliest manuscripts were missing a page? The other gospels fill in some of the details after Jesus' resurrection, so why wouldn't Mark?
Mark 16:16 is interesting, as Jesus says that those who believe and are baptized will be saved. So if you aren't able to be baptized, then are you lost? What if it's your deathbed and you don't have time for it? And does the manner matter? There are several different versions that are practiced by the church today.
Sometimes I wonder if my questions are troubling. They aren't meant to be. These questions help me think through things. Whether I end up with decent answers or not is not always important. It's that fact that it's on my mind that matters, at least at this point.