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themovielife 
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 Topic: I am reading the bible.Posted: 18 June 2005 at 4:45am |
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As ironic as it sounds I am.
Now as I read further and further, I am wondering why so many people are buying this. I can't make since of how any of it can be true. 004:015 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. |
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 4:55am |
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Dont bother with most of the other books from the era then
 The bible, in my opinion, is not to be taken literally. Its was written by MAN, that always must be remembered. You take the message from it, not the story. |
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 10:38am |
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That means, the guy who killed Cain will have seven times the punishment for what he did. Therefor, he's screwed.
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 11:17am |
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 11:28am |
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 11:53am |
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It's a bit like Easop's Fables.
You are meant to learn a lesson from the story, and hopefully use that lesson and it's meaning to make yourself a better person. Unfortunately, most people these days have no desire at all to become a better person. Nowadays, it's the "If it feels good, do it", "Looking out for #1", "As long as it doesn't harm anyone else", "It's not my problem, so I'm not getting involved" code of conduct from the "ME Generation" that is driving us full tilt down our current societal path. If you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem, and the purpose of the Bible, IMHO, was to help create problem solvers, not problem makers. It's more part of the modern mythology than you might think. Look at Star Wars, for example. If you follow the way of the Force and deny the Dark Side, then good will prevail, allowing peace and prosperity to propogate. WWOWD? (What Would Obi-Wan Do?) Edited by hwayhzrd |
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 11:54am |
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Yeah, I never got how people could believe so fervently in some old
book a bunch of old guys wrote and a bunch of corrupt
priests/politicians edited that they would base their whole life on it.
Personally I see religion as just another way to control people.
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 11:57am |
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Don'tcha just love people who are so vigilant in their search for enlightenment?
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 12:03pm |
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The bible confuses me, so i just obey the ten commandments as best i can and go on my merry way. And im getting back intoo going to church even though i dont know what hes talking about. 9th grade english has taught me nothing...
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 12:42pm |
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i managed to get through 7 years of religion class without reading the bible. but from what they said it sounds to confusing for me |
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Yea, I had to go through 3 years. I HAD to read though because we had to read 2 chapters a night and there was a 3 question quiz on the reading every day. The quizes alone made up 50% of your class grade. |
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 1:53pm |
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Here is a little known fact. The bible, has been edited to kingdom come. Literaly. Right now, there are around 40 unpublished books of the bible. Who is to say what they say. I think they are the missing years of Jesus' life. But who is to say.
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 1:57pm |
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yea...theres all this stuff about these un used books of the bible...didnt they find a crap load of em in some cave in the middle east in the early 90's??
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 2:01pm |
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Yep, they are called the dead sea scrolls. Right now the Holy See is trying to get rid of one of the current books published today. Its called "The Song of Solomon" Its a love story.
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 2:57pm |
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Of course the Bible is hard to understand, it's the word of God.
That's why there are many sources out there to help people understand
its meanings. Such as bible commentaries, bible dictionaries,
bible study classes, etc. Don't just read something and after
thinking for 2 seconds say, "I don't understand it, it's stupid and
written by old people who want to control us." That is the
stupidest thing I have ever heard. How about trying to understand
something before completely bashing it.
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 6:22pm |
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What you're referring to there is Kosher law.
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 6:35pm |
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Now I'm not to enlightened on the dead sea scrolls but the reason many books are not part of the bible is because of the "cannon" This is the criteria that has to be met before a book can be considered a book of the bible. If you do a search for it on google you can find some of the criteria needed. |
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 6:57pm |
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its not really beleiving as so having faith
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Thank you. I did a search, pretty neat stuff, but the missing books im refering to are the peices of the bible that were removed, since they are holy books the catholic church couldnt snuff them out completely. They remain safe as can be in hermeticly sealed rooms in the vatican vault. |
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Posted: 18 June 2005 at 7:23pm |
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I've been born and raised a Roman Catholic, baptised, had my first confession and communion, been confirmed, etc... But have never believed in Jesus or God. This being said, I think the bible, once people stop trying to push fairy tales on me, and start taking it for the moral lesson, is a great book. And what you were sayign about corrupt politicians etc. There was actually a part of the bible dealing mainly with these people. The Revelations was a highly political book. In a recent discovery of a copy of Revelations, outdating the previous oldest copy by a couple hundred years, it says that the number of the beast is actually 616 as compared to 666, and many researchers are now saying that the beast is not actually referring to Satan, but Caligula, a roman emperor known for persecuting christians, and that numbers were used to refer to political figures so that the authors could not be prosecuted. Edited by SuperXero |
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