Even if you don't believe, the Bible makes a rather intriging read.
A few months ago I picked up my copy and flicked to a chapter which I have no hope remembering now. In it, it describes a group of people finding a man picking up logs on a Sunday. As this classifies as work, he had to be punished. Which was - believe it or not - death. Who gave the verdict? God himself. I am not joking. Who knows? Maybe the guy was collecting wood to build a fire for his cold family. Seems harsh, yes?
Any regular readers who know the chapter name and verse number for this little story?
Minister Masket wrote:Even if you don't believe, the Bible makes a rather intriging read. A few months ago I picked up my copy and flicked to a chapter which I have no hope remembering now. In it, it describes a group of people finding a man picking up logs on a Sunday. As this classifies as work, he had to be punished. Which was - believe it or not - death. Who gave the verdict? God himself. I am not joking. Who knows? Maybe the guy was collecting wood to build a fire for his cold family. Seems harsh, yes? Any regular readers who know the chapter name and verse number for this little story?
or maybe he was preparing a ceremony for all his satanist friends
According to Leviticus, if you raped a girl you had to pay her father a dowry and get married to her and you could never divorce.
Also, irony: Moses, who was saved from a pharoah who was killing all male children to ensure docility in the slaves, ended up killing all the males of some tribe that he ambushed. This was in like chapter thirty-something of Deuteronomy or one of those books near the start. I'm very sure it was before Judges.
My set is a bone coat-of-arms and chandelier! How cool is that?
Minister Masket wrote:Even if you don't believe, the Bible makes a rather intriging read. A few months ago I picked up my copy and flicked to a chapter which I have no hope remembering now. In it, it describes a group of people finding a man picking up logs on a Sunday. As this classifies as work, he had to be punished. Which was - believe it or not - death. Who gave the verdict? God himself. I am not joking. Who knows? Maybe the guy was collecting wood to build a fire for his cold family. Seems harsh, yes? Any regular readers who know the chapter name and verse number for this little story?
that would be a really funny story, since the sabbath isn't on, y'know, sunday....
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Arbustos wrote:How about saying the Old Testament, especially the Pentateuch, is brutal, not the entire Bible...
Because jeffrey dahmer was only evil while he was killing and eating people. And that was hardly any of the time. Aside from that he was a charming young man.
Anyway he said the bible, not the entire bible. The Pentateuch is in the bible. It's the action-packed beginning.
Arbustos wrote:How about saying the Old Testament, especially the Pentateuch, is brutal, not the entire Bible...
Because jeffrey dahmer was only evil while he was killing and eating people. And that was hardly any of the time. Aside from that he was a charming young man.
Anyway he said the bible, not the entire bible. The Pentateuch is in the bible. It's the action-packed beginning.
The "Bible" implies the entire thing... not just a certain chapter or group of books.
Arbustos wrote:How about saying the Old Testament, especially the Pentateuch, is brutal, not the entire Bible...
Because jeffrey dahmer was only evil while he was killing and eating people. And that was hardly any of the time. Aside from that he was a charming young man.
Anyway he said the bible, not the entire bible. The Pentateuch is in the bible. It's the action-packed beginning.
The "Bible" implies the entire thing... not just a certain chapter or group of books.
But it's in the bible. Therefore the adjective 'brutal' applies just as much as 'wise', 'peaceful', whatever else you want. Or do the nasty bits not count?
Arbustos wrote:How about saying the Old Testament, especially the Pentateuch, is brutal, not the entire Bible...
Because jeffrey dahmer was only evil while he was killing and eating people. And that was hardly any of the time. Aside from that he was a charming young man.
Anyway he said the bible, not the entire bible. The Pentateuch is in the bible. It's the action-packed beginning.
The "Bible" implies the entire thing... not just a certain chapter or group of books.
But it's in the bible. Therefore the adjective 'brutal' applies just as much as 'wise', 'peaceful', whatever else you want. Or do the nasty bits not count?
Is cutting off a guys ear brutal? How about tying a whip and chasing people off for selling birds.
2 guys were living peacefully on a plain under the sun. One day, one of them killed the other with a bloody nailed stick, finishing him off by bitting him with a snake. He also placed caterpillars in his wounds.
I'll say that was brutal, even if the first part was peaceful. Makes sense? yes it does.
And I'll gather wood on sunday anytime......Cause if I ever have to gather wood, it's for an emergency anyway.
Minister Masket wrote:Even if you don't believe, the Bible makes a rather intriging read. A few months ago I picked up my copy and flicked to a chapter which I have no hope remembering now. In it, it describes a group of people finding a man picking up logs on a Sunday. As this classifies as work, he had to be punished. Which was - believe it or not - death. Who gave the verdict? God himself. I am not joking. Who knows? Maybe the guy was collecting wood to build a fire for his cold family. Seems harsh, yes? Any regular readers who know the chapter name and verse number for this little story?
that would be a really funny story, since the sabbath isn't on, y'know, sunday....
Now we all know that the Biblical Sabbath was Saturday and that it was changed to Sunday (apparently to apease the still majority pagans) by Constantine and ever since has been the Christian day of worship. Given this why dont Fundamentalist Christians worship on Saturday as opposed to the arbituary day that has no biblical foundation. Im not asking this to be provocative,I am simply puzzled because it doesnt add up when you consider that large parts of the Old Testament are accepted without question.
Arbustos wrote:How about saying the Old Testament, especially the Pentateuch, is brutal, not the entire Bible...
Because jeffrey dahmer was only evil while he was killing and eating people. And that was hardly any of the time. Aside from that he was a charming young man.
Anyway he said the bible, not the entire bible. The Pentateuch is in the bible. It's the action-packed beginning.
The "Bible" implies the entire thing... not just a certain chapter or group of books.
But it's in the bible. Therefore the adjective 'brutal' applies just as much as 'wise', 'peaceful', whatever else you want. Or do the nasty bits not count?
You're assuming I'd call the Bible peaceful, or even describe it with any adj. like that... I don't. It's just a book or collection of books in and of itself. Parts of it are brutal or wise, but not as a whole.
