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Some answers to your questions; Why general: because I posted a general question. Why post the link: because by saying that there’s an issue in Brickshelf would cause people to flood over there to see what's amiss. (By saying there’s a fire in (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Your statement is true, to an extent, but you are in essence claiming that because the bible didn't describe one particular thing that existed, the absence of a description of any other particular thing can be excused. Sort of, but in doing so (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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i can see where your coming from, its just that they seem to be competing with their own product, you know the figures of jackstone. and dont worry about that misquote thing, i havent been doing this forum thing for very long and i can see i read it (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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snip (...) It's true that the Bible doesn't sugar-coat it's heroes. David, the man after God's own heart, is an adulterer and a murderer. God anoints Samson with incredible strength, even though he frequents prostitutes. God does destroy the entire (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) None of the chapters discuss the dodo bird, elephant, polar bear, passenger pigeon, asparagus, etc. That's hardly a realistic measure of contradictions to reality. :O) (...) Job 40:15-24 However, since you asked so nicely. I came across this (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You've missed the serious disharmonies because you didn't WANT to see them. I can't really blame you, because I remember how nice it felt to believe that there was a loving God who was watching out for me and would take me up to heaven when I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's funny, that's what they did in the movie -- emphasized/distorted events from the book that amplified Harry's questionable moral character. The zoo scene is actually one example of this -- in the book, Harry just 'disappears' the glass (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am the first to admit that I have selectively chosen which stories from the Bible, and in certain cases which parts of which stories to illustrate on The Brick Testament. But I do not agree that my editing of passages from the Bible is (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "Global", in the Ancient World, was a far more restrictive concept; I'm sure you'll agree that any experience lived by an entire region would probably have been considered "global" for many years, until news from distant lands became (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The very first two chapters talk about the dinosaurs, it just doesn't mention them by name....matter of fact it mentions very few animals by name, but that doesn't mean they weren't part of creation. jt (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Which chapter of the Bible talks about the dinosaurs? (...) Some people find that little omission to be contradictory to reality. :) Just curious, A.B. (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, there are two major types of contradiction to consider: those between two or more passages of the bible (such as the number of kinds of animals on the ark--2 or 7 of each?); and those between the bible and reality (such as the fact that (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Dude, you really need to go back and check out the references. I mean, he skips and chooses. Even on the quick "Jesus and the Poor" he leaves out Jesus' explanation of why the woman poured oil on Him. In other words, he eliminated "the basic (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) most level-headed, progressive community in the land, a number of local politicians have determined that the absence of prayer from schools is one a key reason for the decay of society. To this end: (URL) course, Pennsylvania's neighbor to the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That was going to be my point as well. I would argue that every translation including the first one (ie, from the "mind of God" to the "hand of man") automatically (though not necessarily intentionally) reflects some of the biases of the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah. Okay. Well, I found it funny for a related reason--mostly that James had the translation slanted in a way to extol monarchy and, some suggest, Catholicism (James having been a closet Catholic as he was). That's ironic for a lot of the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, if it was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me;-) -John (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) An interpretation they share with many detractors of the Bible. (...) I've not read it, so I don't know anything about it's stance (pro-Bible or anti-Bible), but you might want to check out a book called _The Harlot by the Side of the Road: (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There are those Christians who think that the KJV is the only valid translation, and that all more recent translations (NIV, NASB, RSV, etc) are suspect. Some of them elevate the KJV so much that it seems they even find the original Hebrew, (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're right on this point. My apologies. (...) Yes, it is this sort of interpretation... Bob says, "I would like to explain why I don't think you should kill Johny Walker." Newspaper Story: Bob says, "I would like to... kill Johny Walker." (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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