The bible..
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- gramme0
"Reading this so called 'Holy' tome is really heavy going, an edited version with commentry proving or disproving the validity of the stories with current evidence would be more appropriate for reading in schools. Full of slaughter, evil laws, sexual deviance and mindless violence, as this book stands it is boring, repetitive and difficult to fathom out. "
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wunderbra
(Oct 12 07, 04:03)Editing it would create a version that is not the word of God, since such editing would be human-driven and not God-driven.
Evil laws? Which of God's laws are evil? This person seems to be woefully lacking in discernment. I'd be interested to know what they consider "good" laws.
The "mindless" violence portrayed in the Bible is never God-ordained. Those passages are patently obvious in their simple presentation of life as it happened. God often and severely punished people who committed senseless violence. Ditto w/ sexual deviance. We do happen to live in an imperfect world, you know. I wonder if this person, based on their little Biblical synopsis, reads anything besides nursery rhymes or limits their movie-watching to Disney cartoons.
And yes, it is difficult to fathom. Parts of it are thus far unfathomable. I would even agree that parts are boring. But there are interesting gems that present themselves upon repeated reading, study, and research into context and history. Some of the most beautiful and celebrated poetry is in the Bible (Song of Solomon, the Psalms, Proverbs, Lamentations, even the oft-dry book of Numbers).
For historical proofs of many Biblical events, go pick up a set of Encyclopedia Brittanica. Or look it up online.