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TrogL

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8. They've got certain verses memorized
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 01:39 PM
Apr 2012

...but only the ones they want to use, like the gay-bashing clobber verses.

The rest are inconvenient and never used.

Interestingly enough, the book in the picture doesn't even appear to be a Bible. I suspect it's Strong's Concordance of the Bible which few people have heard of, never mind read.

Comment on the Bible [View all] Playinghardball Apr 2012 OP
I agree rurallib Apr 2012 #1
Oh, bullshit. cbayer Apr 2012 #2
Wouldn't the surveys that show atheists have a higher religious knowledge Goblinmonger Apr 2012 #12
I attended 3 different churches as a child and a teenager. darkstar3 Apr 2012 #27
Three whole churches! Wow. cbayer Apr 2012 #29
Two things. darkstar3 Apr 2012 #30
I always saw it as a reference book. Since the chapters don't really pertain to cbayer Apr 2012 #31
Having the Bible read to you is entirely different than reading it on your own. darkstar3 Apr 2012 #32
So, in response to my request that you not make it personal, you make it even more personal. cbayer Apr 2012 #33
I can't agree with that. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2012 #44
Welcome to DU, Act_of_Reparation cbayer Apr 2012 #45
Probably not true longship Apr 2012 #3
Atheists tend to know the bible REALLY well. JNelson6563 Apr 2012 #5
You mean like this bit of nonsense? cbayer Apr 2012 #7
But really now you're just "cherry picking". Leontius Apr 2012 #11
I think you are being sarcastic Goblinmonger Apr 2012 #13
"But I'd love to hear your apologist thoughts on why Paul isn't those things." ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #25
Thanks for the laugh. Goblinmonger Apr 2012 #26
To be that apologist for Paul ... kwassa Apr 2012 #38
Sounds just like the Tea Party!!! JoePhilly Apr 2012 #15
I wonder what people 2000 years from now zeemike Apr 2012 #23
Not really the place to be talking about SYG laws, now is it? (nt) eqfan592 Apr 2012 #35
Did you think that is what I was talking about? zeemike Apr 2012 #36
Actually, I think that was what you were talking about. eqfan592 Apr 2012 #37
Well we are both in the wrong place. zeemike Apr 2012 #39
Lol, I didn't get pissed off. Just thought your comment was not appropriate for this forum. eqfan592 Apr 2012 #40
If I had used another law as the example would that have made a difference? zeemike Apr 2012 #41
Sorry, but the whole point was to avoid a thread jack. eqfan592 Apr 2012 #42
And I did not think that anyone would think zeemike Apr 2012 #43
Do you REALLY want to go there? JNelson6563 Apr 2012 #16
Rookie? Oh, I forgot. Some people see this as a game they have to win. cbayer Apr 2012 #20
Don't be so passive-aggressive. Seriously Goblinmonger Apr 2012 #22
I am not new to this dance zeemike Apr 2012 #24
They've got certain verses memorized TrogL Apr 2012 #8
Lots of Bibles have small appendix concordances in the back, extracts from dimbear Apr 2012 #34
That is not really how it works. zeemike Apr 2012 #19
we should be grateful people do NOT do all the stuff the bible says they MUST do to msongs Apr 2012 #4
I noticed the crinkled cover.. AsahinaKimi Apr 2012 #6
It's the original Corinthian leather. JBoy Apr 2012 #14
I wish this were still true Proud Public Servant Apr 2012 #9
I'd suggest that they read it "selectively" ... and they count on you and I not JoePhilly Apr 2012 #17
True enough [n/t] Proud Public Servant Apr 2012 #18
Exactly right.n/t zeemike Apr 2012 #21
Even "selectively" isn't the best choice of words... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2012 #46
I grew up with nothing but fundies. None of them read their bibles. darkstar3 Apr 2012 #28
They don't have to read the bible, that is for those non-christians.. see they are born-again. LiberalArkie Apr 2012 #10
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