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Subject:	Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:29:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote: > Personally, I feel that if one really wants to understand the Bible (OT for > starters), they need to study Judaism, Ancient History, Literary Criticism, > and Hebrew. Then the OT will start making sense. Seeing it depicted in LEGO > from some random English translation is hardly an impartial primer to it. It's not a primer, but it does tell the stories in plain langugage. And as far as I can tell, it's just as accurate as the Hebrew version (so the random english translation bit from your argument can be dropped). > The BT isn't serious, and if it's not serious, then it is a joke. Of course > it's a joke-- it's the Bible depicted in LEGO, for crying out loud. It's got > 1x1 red tiles of blood flowing everywhere and glow-in-the-dark Holy Ghosts > floating around! It perverts the Bible and LEGO IMO, and that is why I think > people (non-Christians mostly) find the BT so fascinating. It is something > new and twisted. So any criticism of the bible is a joke? I don't think it perverts the bible at all - it just tells the stories told within. I think people find it interesting because it makes many of the stories easier to comprehend. > But to people who embrace the OT as a part of their religion, it isn't a > joking matter. They base their lives around it, and don't usually appreciate > it when people mock them for it. It isn't very respectful or civil behavior > towards them. Aren't people who embrace the OT also people who study it? Wouldn't they have to come to terms with all of it, in order to be able to keep their belief? Or is it better if some parts are kept hidden, to reduce any possible doubt? Dan

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		Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred
(...) I think the OT is just as foreign to a modern Jew who reads Hebrew as it is to a Western American. To really understand it, one must have a knowledge of ancient Judaism and all of its culture and practices. Many of those traditions have been (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred
(...) Ah, okay; now I see where you were going with my hypothetical. With this knowledge, I think we can dispense with hypotheticals. (...) Hmmm. Right? No. Yes. Legally, of course, you have every right to do what you are doing and that is only (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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