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Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:18:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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Just because the OT is written in plain English doesn’t necessarily mean that
it will be plainly understood IMO.
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Any God who would be so deliberately vague (which is to say deceptive (which
is to say evil)) as to prevent easy comprehension of the correct meaning of
his One Word on Earth is unworthy of my worship.
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So any criticism of the bible is a joke?
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No, I said historical, literary, etc criticisms are good and help clarify
the Bible. Criticism not intended for deepening understanding is either
malicious or mockery or both.
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Do you accept that the examination of contradictions, shortcomings, and textual
inconsistencies qualifies as “deepening understanding?” Surely you must
recognize that an honest reader can criticize the bible in these terms without
mocking the work?
Just because some adherents don’t care for the result of honest critical
inquiry, that doesn’t mean that such criticism is malicious.
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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.
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Comprehend? Or easier to read/access, because they are too lazy or wouldn’t
bother to actually open the Bible to find the stories themselves. It’s like
a comic book version of the Bible, but with the cartoonist being an atheist.
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Well, don’t assume that an atheist will automatically mock the bible. I may not
believe that the book was inspired by a deity, but a secure believer should
hardly consider a differing viewpoint to be mocking.
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Frankly, for
Christians, the action mostly occurs in the Gospels of the NT. The OT is
considered important, but more as a history of the relationship of God and
People of God, the Israelites. There isn’t much in Leviticus to which a
Christian (or any Westerner) can relate. Though Leviticus and Song of
Solomon are a part of the Christian Bible, they certainly don’t carry the
importance of a Gospel, or even a Pauline epistle. This is not any set
policy, just my observations to which I bet many Christians would agree.
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Leviticus is still commonly invoked to condemn homosexuality or excesses of
alcohol consumptions. I note with interest once again that condemnations of
shellfish consumption are less common, as are entreaties not to touch
menstruating women. Hmm...
And the Lord said, Thou Shalt pick and choose which parts of My Word be valid,
as dictated by convenience and political efficacy.
Dave!
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