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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:07 PM Original message |
Okay, so I started researching the Bible, and I'm more confused than ever.... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. It makes more sense if you read it to the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas" |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Ha! Sound advice, indeed.... : ) n/t |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's a very good summary of the issues |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. There are, probably, but they're the ones that just don't get hired. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Jesus read King James only. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And if English was good enough for Jesus |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I agree that taking the text literally isn't exactly reasonable. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's a best seller. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I always wondered if the fundies think the Bible |
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Mamacrat (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. I agree |
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Towlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. (1) If you're in doubt, use the Web to read a few different translations and compare them. (more...) |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. The answers that you get will depend on whom you ask |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Yah, but Michelangelo could have put horns on Mary's |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. I like the Harper-Collins NRSV Study Bible |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Hee! Isn't that the part that was discarded? (I don't know, |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. As Far as a Translation, |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. GREAT info, thanks... but - but - : ) .... |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. They didn't even get the Ten Commandments right. |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. actually, it depends on who's Commandments you're reading |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I wasn't talking about the translations of the bible (though they are convenient)... |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Not really |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. Most top university divinity schools use: "The New Jerusalem Bible" |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. First of all... |
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The Shape (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Question |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well... |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Bored today, so continuing a bit more... |
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The Shape (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Thanks |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Links... |
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The Shape (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Awesome |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. I also have started researching the Bible... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't think you're being naive at all |
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KGodel (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. You're wasting your time |
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KGodel (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Waste of Time |
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bulldogge (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
31. Another |
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Jeffersonian Dem (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. I agree with Jefferson. The Bible was (and still is) corrupted. |
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