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Subject:	Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build.ancient
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:42:59 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:

The Brick Testament website has been updated today with nine new illustrated sections of The Law:

http://thebricktestament.com/thelaw

I think this is the first time that you’ve interpreted the bible in such a way that is calculated to be offensive to Christians. However, it does support the argument of Jews that Jesus isn’t the Messiah.

One thing that I do draw questions about is this page.

My sister (a devout Muslim) always points out the me that Jesus never refered to himself in the scriptures as any of the above (Son of God, God, or part of the Trinity) - only as “Son of Man”. Your picture clearly implies that Jesus did say that about himself, which may be misleading. Of course, that is exactly what Christians claim he is, sooo...

A moot point - just bringing it to your attention.

Otherwise, I love all the illustrations - and interior decorations especially. How you use the pins for floor decorations is particularly clever.

Question: How do you selectively clean off parts of a minifig faces while keeping the rest so clean?

Also.. what’s up with your brickshelf folder?

Lastly, where is this minifig torso from?

thanks.. can’t wait for more!!

-Lenny

Message has 2 Replies:

		Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
(...) Lenny, Christians would point to passages such as this from Mark 14: 61Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" 62"I am," said Jesus. "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

		Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
Hi, Leonard. (...) As I mentioned in my reply to Bruce, it wasn't meant to be offensive, but it certainly does challenge the Christian view of things. If that, in and of itself, is offensive to some people, well so be it. I think a devout Christian (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)

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		The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
The Brick Testament website has been updated today with nine new illustrated sections of The Law: (URL) For anyone unfamiliar with The Brick Testament or this section of The Bible, please take note of the content warnings for these stories before (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.town) !!

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