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02-18-2009 , 11:55 AM
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cut out all those really dull bits about "so and so begat so and so and did live to be four thousand and ninety eight etc. etc."
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02-19-2009 , 08:16 AM
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And in the Old Testament. On a side note, it is interesting that the entire Bible lacks humor in any form, not even a hint. At least, not intentional humor. There are portions of the Bible that make good comic book material suitable for eight year olds.

-Zeno
you're missing the deep ironies in Exodus and Leviticus


example:
"Thou shalt not kill"
"Thou shall not suffer a witch to live"


MAKE YOUR MIND UP, BIG FELLAH!
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02-19-2009 , 08:58 AM
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you're missing the deep ironies in Exodus and Leviticus


example:
"Thou shalt not kill"
"Thou shall not suffer a witch to live"


MAKE YOUR MIND UP, BIG FELLAH!
Actually this is not a contradiction. The Hebrew word being translated as "kill" is ratsah, which refers only to unlawful killing - not capital punishment, for instance. The Bible does occasionally use ratsah in contexts referring to blood vengeance - but in context it seems pretty clear that the intended meaning in the commandment was "murder", not "kill".
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02-19-2009 , 10:54 AM
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They don't have to change anything about the Bible, the only thing that they should do is label the entire book as fiction.
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02-19-2009 , 05:43 PM
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if 2p2 is gonna have zeno moderate this forum, might as well have notready also moderate, just to make things fair.
It's okay, it's okay, I'm here and I'm a closet theist.
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02-19-2009 , 07:27 PM
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And in the Old Testament. On a side note, it is interesting that the entire Bible lacks humor in any form, not even a hint. At least, not intentional humor. There are portions of the Bible that make good comic book material suitable for eight year olds.

-Zeno
That's not true. When reading the NT in the original Greek that are actually a lot of word plays and things that would be considered humorous.
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