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rjx (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:39 PM Original message |
I'm a non religious person that needs help with the bible |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't bother, the bible will support what ever you want it to. |
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deakonblues2k (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Honest Opinion |
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Mick Knox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Heres one of the problems you are going to run into.. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. based on quotes which other people have posted |
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deakonblues2k (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. What exactly is the act of homosexuality? |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. I graduated from a hardcore fundamentalist school..... |
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F.Gordon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. A scholar? |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Sorry. |
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F.Gordon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. No problem |
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southerngirlwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Talk to me in the summer. |
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F.Gordon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Well, hang in there. Take care. |
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BigDaddyLove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. While I cannot help you with your Biblical quest......... |
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thebaghwan (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Very interesting question. I think you ought to just read it yourself |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Don't have a web site, but... |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. There's always the skeptics bible |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. Read everything you can by Joseph Campbell |
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lastknowngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. If you want to understand the basis and foundation of religions |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. NO! Not Campbell! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Why not Campbell? Hes great and a scholar, and a fabulous |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I agree. He makes it accessible. I love Gimbutas too. |
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sangha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 01:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
51. If you think Campbell is fluff |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ned Flanders sums it up |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah, don't bother... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. You do not want to do that. |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. They cut their hair with metal, too. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Bible Quiz at the Betty Bowers website |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. You only need the one book |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. kind of a futile endeavour |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. Check this site out |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Good site!! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. I approach the Bible from an anthropological point of view. |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. here's the real deal |
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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. Good luck. I have eleven bibles (yes, have pretty much read them all), |
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DieboldMustDie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. There are 10 Bible translations... |
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dae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. www.sojo.net is a very socially liberal christian group called |
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rjx (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. Thank you everyone |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Isaac Asimov wrote an entertaining guide to the bible |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I remember reading it a long time ago. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. www.skepticsannotatedbible.com |
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pacifictiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. I was forced into regular bible study |
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kichigai usagi (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. Don't bother.. |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. I got the stuff you need...here's a guide from gay evangelicals |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. I don't think I saw this mentioned, & it's worth saying...the bible isn't |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Translation Recommendation |
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legin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. I think this was the one I read |
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legin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 11:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. There is some textual analysis of the four gospels |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 12:11 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I've got a copy of Q - |
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legin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 12:41 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Thanks Snow |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
47. Here's a good site for studying the Bibile |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
50. I became a nonfundie Christian a few years ago |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
52. Bible Gateway on the internet |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
53. "The Book" - the Bible in Plain English |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. But the King James version was in plain English! |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. LOL! The ones that always freaked me out |
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CityZen-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
54. RJX Try This |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
57. Help please...! |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. Everyone should be familiar with the bible |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
59. Bible |
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