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Scootaloo

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33. I doubt pie charts were involved in this statement

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 04:55 PM

Jun 2014

You're reaching, I think. What Clinton wished to convey was certainly not that the Bible is a few tenths of a percent more important to her than "Moby Dick."

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Actually the Bible is probably the most important book in my life too. [View all] nolabear Jun 2014 OP

Native Americans read the land the way Christians read a book... Tikki Jun 2014 #1

Yes, it's a wonderful way to view the world. nolabear Jun 2014 #4

native Americans have long blended Christian beliefs with their own expressions of spirituality bigtree Jun 2014 #10

We are talking about the time of history when the bible was written... Tikki Jun 2014 #14

He says Jesus was in New York for three days Nevernose Jun 2014 #23

Dude was out there....not to rag on anyone's beliefs, but I could do better than that and make it... Tikki Jun 2014 #25

The Mornon religion is fascinating to me Nevernose Jun 2014 #26

Wasn't he fourteen when he revealed his vision? nolabear Jun 2014 #30

i saw this really good, but sad movie about a French priest who went to Canada to convert tribes to dionysus Jun 2014 #34

Me, too. But I use mine to prop up a laptop ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2014 #2

LOL! I don't know where my old one is, but R. Crumb's Genesis is nearby! nolabear Jun 2014 #5

And on the 8th day The Lord created curly haired brunettes with enormous muscular thighs. LeftyMom Jun 2014 #13

Crumb is always about Crumb. nolabear Jun 2014 #20

I was a catholic, born again christian and now atheist randys1 Jun 2014 #3

Yes, me too. It's too bad people are so inclined. nolabear Jun 2014 #6

the answer is in "self proclaimed". Most Christians don't wear their faith on their sleeves KittyWampus Jun 2014 #9

Well, when you put it that way... Iggo Jun 2014 #7

... nolabear Jun 2014 #8

I think there may be some actual history in the "old testament"........ meti57b Jun 2014 #11

You have to remember that ALL history was written from a particular point of view. Viva_Daddy Jun 2014 #12

And of course the bible has gone through many iterations. nolabear Jun 2014 #22

So it is the biggest influence on your thinking? Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #15

Maybe. I think religion is fascinating and it likely began there. nolabear Jun 2014 #17

Belief itself is an object known only by faith, that is I do not know what others 'believe' Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #19

True dat! nolabear Jun 2014 #21

I was raised Evangelical and the Bible is not the most important text for me... Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #16

Nor mine. I actually resonate more with Buddhist thinking. nolabear Jun 2014 #18

The interesting thing with the Bible is with those that use it as a rule book. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #24

It would certainly be more valuable, wouldn't it? nolabear Jun 2014 #28

I think labeling one book "most important" is kinda ignorant Scootaloo Jun 2014 #27

But you're conflating. The most important is far from the be-all and end-all. nolabear Jun 2014 #29

No, that's EXACTLY what "Most Important" means Scootaloo Jun 2014 #31

I still disagree. "Be-all and end-all" excludes everything else. If I had a pie chart nolabear Jun 2014 #32

I doubt pie charts were involved in this statement Scootaloo Jun 2014 #33

But the Yale Law Review, maybe. Seriously, nolabear Jun 2014 #35

I read a book called Conversations With God. In some ways that God was much Autumn Jun 2014 #36

I am a Nonbeliever Who Was Raised Christian as Well On the Road Jun 2014 #37