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lib_wit_it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-21-09 02:33 AM
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122. My grandmother used to say this all the time, but I never knew what it meant, and apparently never
cared enough to ask. Kinda curious now, though.
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  -"We Can Quote the Bible Too!" HAHAHAHAAHAHA - I want to make a bumper sticker out of this! Taverner  Sep-19-09 03:06 PM   #0 
  - Man, that'll piss off a lot of folks in Fundie land, land of high teen pregnancy rates. nt  Selatius   Sep-19-09 03:07 PM   #1 
  - Nothing wrong with Fundies  krispos42   Sep-20-09 02:16 AM   #60 
  - Bibliolotry is idiocy  mudplanet   Sep-20-09 10:12 AM   #73 
  - Wrong pic of Radner.  TicketyBoo   Sep-20-09 03:20 PM   #109 
  - They'll just deny the verses carry any weight anymore  Posteritatis   Sep-20-09 01:06 PM   #94 
     - But the Bible is to be taken literally, of course. n/t  krkaufman   Sep-20-09 02:06 PM   #101 
        - I lack the brain damage to hold both concepts in my head at once...  Posteritatis   Sep-20-09 02:06 PM   #102 
        - Except the parts that aren't.  smoogatz   Sep-20-09 03:12 PM   #108 
  - Now THAT made me laugh  tammywammy   Sep-19-09 03:07 PM   #2 
  - That ain't King James..  Fumesucker   Sep-19-09 03:09 PM   #3 
  - Same basic idea.  Barack_America   Sep-19-09 03:11 PM   #5 
  - Poor woman  Laf.La.Dem.   Sep-19-09 03:14 PM   #7 
  - Women are only property in the Old Testament. Nothing more.  jesus_of_suburbia   Sep-19-09 05:26 PM   #33 
  - It kind of makes you wonder...  AsahinaKimi   Sep-20-09 02:48 PM   #105 
  - I don't think she gets the choice. The men decide her demise.  dmr   Sep-20-09 02:15 AM   #59 
  - King James is the furthest translation anyway. nt  LaydeeBug   Sep-19-09 03:14 PM   #9 
  - I know..  Fumesucker   Sep-19-09 03:16 PM   #11 
     - most fundies actually use the NIV  canucksawbones   Sep-20-09 01:06 PM   #93 
  - "If the King James bible was good enough for Jesus, its good enough for me! And that's all I have to  EmilyAnne   Sep-19-09 03:28 PM   #20 
  - Well, Jesus could have read the "Bible" ...  krkaufman   Sep-20-09 02:12 PM   #103 
  - 300 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets cost a freakin' fortune! n/t  blueworld   Sep-19-09 03:45 PM   #24 
  - I think this is where they found their biblical quote:  formercia   Sep-19-09 04:21 PM   #26 
  - LOL.. This is where I found it..  Fumesucker   Sep-19-09 09:44 PM   #41 
     - You should check out the humor section  formercia   Sep-20-09 08:53 AM   #65 
     - Formericia and Fumesucker, I want to have your babies  Rozlee   Sep-20-09 12:19 PM   #90 
        - Well, that's a good case for evolution, I'd say.  krkaufman   Sep-20-09 02:16 PM   #104 
        - I'm flattered.  formercia   Sep-20-09 02:56 PM   #106 
  - Simple enough:  appal_jack   Sep-19-09 04:32 PM   #27 
  - Did you copy the scripture from my post or look it up yourself?  Fumesucker   Sep-19-09 09:43 PM   #40 
     - Even if you do use KJ  svpadgham   Sep-20-09 11:26 AM   #84 
     - *Most* of them are hypocrites..  Fumesucker   Sep-20-09 12:22 PM   #91 
     - Who cares what version it is?  Seldona   Sep-20-09 01:35 PM   #99 
        - Why, fundies care, of course..  Fumesucker   Sep-20-09 03:07 PM   #107 
  - It is the same message, but with more words.  redqueen   Sep-20-09 01:39 AM   #53 
  - Where did I say there was any contradiction?  Fumesucker   Sep-20-09 08:56 AM   #66 
     - I got your point and I think it's entirely accurate  bc3000   Sep-20-09 11:03 AM   #80 
  - Give the Fundies the Cliff Notes version. That's a lot for one sign...  johnfunk   Sep-20-09 09:28 AM   #68 
  - Best way to shut down these hateful bigots, IMO. Nosy, Lying cherry-pickers.  KittyWampus   Sep-19-09 03:10 PM   #4 
  - gee, guess i'm glad i was a virgin... oh wait... nevermind... why doesn't a man  ejpoeta   Sep-19-09 03:12 PM   #6 
  - See Jeff Sharlet's book, "C Street House"  Bozita   Sep-19-09 03:29 PM   #21 
  - yeah, just like people wiping off their bs on the way in the church....  ejpoeta   Sep-19-09 03:54 PM   #25 
  - "why doesn't a man get executed if he is not a virgin?"  Wounded Bear   Sep-20-09 01:00 AM   #49 
     - Ding, ding, ding! That's a winner!  AllyCat   Sep-20-09 01:24 PM   #96 
     - That may be the case unless he comes up with the 10,000 Coins  happyslug   Sep-20-09 11:36 PM   #117 
  - off to the Greatest with ye!  peacebird   Sep-19-09 03:14 PM   #8 
  - The Fundy term is "Proof-Texting"  Dogmudgeon   Sep-19-09 03:14 PM   #10 
  - Except that it is not an accurate summary of those verses. nt  Learning Nomad   Sep-19-09 03:16 PM   #12 
  - link?  LaydeeBug   Sep-19-09 03:18 PM   #13 
  - Maybe that its not an accurate summary because its not even a summary? Its a direct quote.  EmilyAnne   Sep-19-09 03:21 PM   #15 
  - No, it's not even cl.ose to a direct quote  Learning Nomad   Sep-19-09 03:36 PM   #22 
  - Oh well, then that makes the stoning of women okay.  Barack_America   Sep-19-09 05:28 PM   #34 
  - Wrong.  TokenQueer   Sep-19-09 05:39 PM   #36 
  - Just read the verses. If she can't PROVE her virginity and her husband "hates" her, she must be  EmilyAnne   Sep-19-09 06:56 PM   #39 
  - You are misinterpreting the verses.  girl gone mad   Sep-20-09 01:03 AM   #50 
  - That, Sir, is Nonesensical Enough To License Supposition You Have A Divinity Doctorate  The Magistrate   Sep-20-09 01:49 AM   #56 
  - "Nonesensical Enough To License Supposition You Have A Divinity Doctorate", LOL, DUzy!!!  Odin2005   Sep-20-09 01:55 AM   #57 
     - Meant In Dead Earnest, Sir, Even So....  The Magistrate   Sep-20-09 01:58 AM   #58 
  - "in her father's house" was terminology indicating a state of being  BlancheSplanchnik   Sep-20-09 09:00 AM   #67 
  - Oh my stars you believe this crap! Sick.  AllyCat   Sep-20-09 01:30 PM   #97 
  - Any way you read it, it's a paternal pile of shit  MrMickeysMom   Sep-20-09 01:31 PM   #98 
  - Umm.... you should like, crack a bible and check before saying something so dumb.  Political Heretic   Sep-20-09 11:03 AM   #79 
     - My father is an evangelical preacher, so I have cracked many bibles. You are right that its not a  EmilyAnne   Sep-20-09 01:03 PM   #92 
  - See post 3.  Barack_America   Sep-19-09 03:22 PM   #17 
  - Oh, balls  charlie   Sep-19-09 03:22 PM   #16 
     - I notice they sort of 'say it ain't so' with nothing but bullshit backing them.  LaydeeBug   Sep-21-09 09:03 PM   #130 
  - Always picking on the girls.  aquart   Sep-19-09 03:19 PM   #14 
  - patriarchal garbage... don't know how woman sit there in church and swallow that bs  Liberal_in_LA   Sep-20-09 12:32 AM   #45 
     - Amen!  redqueen   Sep-20-09 01:43 AM   #54 
  - Along the same lines:  The Velveteen Ocelot   Sep-19-09 03:22 PM   #18 
  - originally an open letter to Dr. Laura.  subcomhd   Sep-20-09 12:30 AM   #44 
  - Leviticus is fucked up. nt.  druidity33   Sep-20-09 07:21 AM   #63 
  - I can do you one better: Paul has a bad hair day;recommends castration to pro-circumcision apostles  Nikki Stone1   Sep-19-09 03:24 PM   #19 
  - Definite win.  BlooInBloo   Sep-19-09 03:37 PM   #23 
  - Good one  ayeshahaqqiqa   Sep-19-09 04:45 PM   #28 
  - Hmm... that complicates a pre-nuptial agreement  Canuckistanian   Sep-19-09 04:55 PM   #29 
  - If thy penis offends thee, cut it off  johnnypneumatic   Sep-19-09 05:03 PM   #30 
  - See post #19  Nikki Stone1   Sep-20-09 12:39 AM   #46 
  - So the right wing is a bunch of liberals?  Lagomorph   Sep-19-09 05:07 PM   #31 
  - They should really make a "Choose Your Own Bible".  Initech   Sep-19-09 05:10 PM   #32 
  - K & R  democracy1st   Sep-19-09 05:30 PM   #35 
  - Was this at a Gay Marriage rally?  ThatsMyBarack   Sep-19-09 05:42 PM   #37 
  - I think so.  Barack_America   Sep-19-09 06:49 PM   #38 
  - This and many other verses in that book ...  jimlup   Sep-19-09 10:07 PM   #42 
  - Not to mention the fact that..  girl gone mad   Sep-20-09 12:55 AM   #47 
  - Curiously, I've never met any Jews, Christians, or Muslims who advocated  struggle4progress   Sep-20-09 12:22 AM   #43 
  - Have you ever considered they only advocate the parts they want to advocate  tabasco   Sep-20-09 10:35 AM   #76 
  - The OP was pointing out the hypocrisy of the fundies who conveniently ignore  kestrel91316   Sep-20-09 10:56 AM   #78 
  - Can't fit "Deuteronomy" on a bumper sticker - too many letters.  ddeclue   Sep-20-09 12:58 AM   #48 
  - How about... "Deuuuter..."  MrMickeysMom   Sep-20-09 01:37 PM   #100 
  - I told a neighbor that was spouting off  busybl   Sep-20-09 01:07 AM   #51 
  - My grandmother used to say this all the time, but I never knew what it meant, and apparently never  lib_wit_it   Sep-21-09 02:33 AM   #122 
  - Did you know there are those that wants to make that law? Christian Reconstructionism  Shallah Kali   Sep-20-09 01:27 AM   #52 
  - why are they called Christians?  busybl   Sep-20-09 01:44 AM   #55 
  - That always puzzles me too  dmr   Sep-20-09 02:28 AM   #62 
  - I call them "Old Testament Christians" because they follow the OT  Catshrink   Sep-20-09 10:39 AM   #77 
  - I don't think so. The Old Testament is only a fraction of Jewish teachings and laws.  1monster   Sep-20-09 11:56 AM   #87 
  - That reminds me of this:  MessiahRp   Sep-20-09 01:19 PM   #95 
  - Lots of good stuff in Matthew  FreedomFlower   Sep-20-09 11:54 PM   #119 
  - These insane Bible quotes should be on billboards across the country and we should  Quixote1818   Sep-20-09 02:24 AM   #61 
  - Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Also, hows about highlighting the lines in all the hotel room  lib_wit_it   Sep-21-09 02:36 AM   #123 
  - I would totally contribute to that bold endeavor!  Veruca Salt   Sep-21-09 01:39 PM   #128 
  - Send this to all Republican fundamentalists  The Wizard   Sep-20-09 08:20 AM   #64 
  - "Stone Bristol Palin"  johnfunk   Sep-20-09 09:30 AM   #69 
  - I hardly think it's fair to stone only the child and not the mother who failed to fulfill her  lib_wit_it   Sep-21-09 02:44 AM   #124 
     - A fundie wrath TWO-FER!!  johnfunk   Sep-21-09 08:29 AM   #126 
  - The original "Saw"  Ezlivin   Sep-20-09 09:47 AM   #70 
  - This is what happens when you give a little power to some primitive, nomadic Semite males  bertman   Sep-20-09 10:02 AM   #71 
  - Quote this Bible  Catshrink   Sep-20-09 10:03 AM   #72 
  - Inaccurate summation ignoring the context of the passage AND the parts skipped  happyslug   Sep-20-09 10:14 AM   #74 
  - Longwinded and equally irrelevant  Analyticalist   Sep-20-09 11:56 AM   #88 
  - Do you have a flagman 50 feet in front of you when you drive???  happyslug   Sep-20-09 11:49 PM   #118 
  - A Pretty Weak Apologia, Sir  The Magistrate   Sep-20-09 10:25 PM   #113 
     - I see you agree with me.  happyslug   Sep-20-09 11:33 PM   #116 
        - Not Really, Sir  The Magistrate   Sep-21-09 12:14 AM   #120 
  - This is a ridiculously underused technique for getting RWers to shut the hell up for two seconds. /m  lib_wit_it   Sep-20-09 10:25 AM   #75 
  - What about the New Testament? Jesus said people should hate their parents.  pauldp   Sep-20-09 11:04 AM   #81 
  - True, Sir: A Real 'Family Values' Type, Our Jeshua bar Josef....  The Magistrate   Sep-20-09 11:24 AM   #83 
  - KandR for Bible quotes!  Dystopian   Sep-20-09 11:20 AM   #82 
  - Sigh, but I guess the male non-virgin got a pass, hmmm?  1monster   Sep-20-09 11:36 AM   #85 
  - All stems from when we went from Hunter-Gatherer to Agricultural  Taverner   Sep-20-09 11:39 AM   #86 
     - Not quite true, women GAINED power when people turned to farming  happyslug   Sep-20-09 04:35 PM   #110 
        - I thought ag rev and herding were at least a few thousand years apart  Taverner   Sep-20-09 04:38 PM   #111 
        - The issue is mucky, seem to occur at the same time, but varies  happyslug   Sep-20-09 10:50 PM   #114 
        - You Miss A Couple Of Major Elements Here, Sir  The Magistrate   Sep-20-09 09:18 PM   #112 
           - The big example is the American Indians  happyslug   Sep-20-09 11:14 PM   #115 
              - Who Have No Relevance, Sir, To the Cultural Pool We Are Discussing  The Magistrate   Sep-21-09 12:27 AM   #121 
  - Haven't you heard?  Analyticalist   Sep-20-09 12:04 PM   #89 
  - Excellent...Pick and Choose is always best against fundy haters...  LeftHander   Sep-21-09 07:39 AM   #125 
  - Cafeteria Christianists. It is to laugh...  johnfunk   Sep-21-09 08:51 PM   #129 
  - K&R  Soylent Brice   Sep-21-09 08:36 AM   #127 
  - Old Testament Law is for Jews  greenham622   Sep-22-09 02:15 AM   #131 
  - Now THERE's a death panel.  JHB   Sep-22-09 02:59 AM   #132 
 

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