Subject:
|
Re: New Stories from the New Testament
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.debate
|
Date:
|
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:38:50 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
742 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.build.ancient, Markus Wolf writes:
> Hey Brendon,
Ok, this was my first problem with your post. Let's keep this kind of talk
in off-topic where it belongs. :)
Now on to my main points.
> It's a riot how you pick and skip and choose your verses.
He presented an artistic interpretation that skipped around the text that it
was based on. I think we should allow this since he isn't claiming that his
work is an unabridged replication. This happens thousands of times over as
books are turned into movies and painters create life-like scenes based on
real events.
> Yours is a great study in creative and selective censorship
I would say that the Bible itself does this quite a bit. Are we to believe
that the birth of Jesus is worth noting in several chapters of multiple
books but the next ten years was insignificant. Oh, and then the next ten
after the temple visit? If you want to call ommission of details
censorship, then I think that you're saying that the Bible censors much of
the life of Jesus.
> against the Royal Book and it's Author.
The Royal Book? That seems a little ridiculous to me. The Bible is just
the paper. Many Christians believe that Jews focus on the letter of the
laws themselves more than the meaning, I'd say you're doing the same. This
is just my opinion, but I think calling the Bible the "Royal Book" and
opening that book only when you want to dispute another persons
interpretation is a little silly.
Oh, and by "it's Author" I assume you are referring to God. I don't think
that any of the depictions of God in the good Rev. Smith's work show God
unfairly. Whatever his motives may be, I think he's doing a great job of
depicting God as He is presented in the books.
> I'm looking forward to finding time when I can compare and contrast
> your other forgetful stories to "the rest of the story."
That seems like a great use of your time. Maybe you can teach some kids in
your neighborhood to read while you're doing the research. Heck, even
better would be for you to build the rest of the scenes out of Lego and put
them up on your own web space to show us all what we're missing.
> There are legitimate humorous and difficult scripture that deserve
> examination but you're simply dishonest and deceptive.
You forgot "evil." Sheesh, "dishonest and deceptive"?!? I hope you really
teach BPS not to share his views of the Bible anymore. I mean, if you can't
get it exactly right to everyone's liking, you shouldn't even present the
Bible at all, right?
> Great Lego work.
> Clever sense of humor.
Now that's more like it.
> ...I noticed that you neatly neglected the passage where Jesus healed the man
> who's ear Peter cut off,
I notice that you took the time to mention the incompleteness of BPS's
selections of scripture, but you convieniently failed to critize that Jesus
only mentions one line from Psalm 22 when he's on the cross. Surely he
should have recited the entire 31 verses if he wanted to get his meaning
accross (no pun intended.)
Lighten up and get back to building. :)
Ben Roller
|
|
Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: New Stories from the New Testament
|
| (...) Herein perhaps lies part of the problem IMO. BPS has taken a subject that is for many a serious one, and while folks with a good sense of humor can brush it off, some might find it offensive. For instance, I personally find those holocaust (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: New Stories from the New Testament
|
| (...) 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)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: New Stories from the New Testament
|
| Hey Brendon, It's a riot how you pick and skip and choose your verses. I actually picked up the Bible for myself and looked up your references. It's cute how you skipped over the passage in 1 Corinthians 11:13-16 where it says that we should judge (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
|
47 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
