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Originally posted by miamitrance04 anyone that discredits the historical aspect of the bible is an idiot,

there are many many history expert idiots then. hasn't renegade already stomped you into the ground over this? i'd like to be able to do the same but i am not a glutton for punishment.

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard If one has actually read the bible and examined it in context one would find that they cannot make any blanket statements about the validity of the bible.

all i know is that its in the running for the most boring book ever written award. i particularly like the chapter of begetting!

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

Brilliant.

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Originally posted by UmmiE It's real I have one in my bookshelf.

+1
autographed too

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Many parts of the bible were written well after the lives of the apostles and disciples and such. They are stories and should be regarded as such, unless you are a strict dogmatic catholic. There are many historical truths to the stories.

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Originally posted by Fibonacci Many parts of the bible were written well after the lives of the apostles and disciples and such. They are stories and should be regarded as such, unless you are a strict dogmatic catholic. There are many historical truths to the stories.

What about the rest?

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

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Originally posted by Clovis What about the rest?

hey, dont knock the stories about rape and sodomy!

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN all i know is that its in the running for the most boring book ever written award. i particularly like the chapter of begetting!

No question, it isn't the most exciting read... that doesn't mean it's completely without merit. Even if one has absolutely now belief in the faith components of the bible it still has value as a collection of myths, history of a people and morality tales.

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down

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Originally posted by Fibonacci Many parts of the bible were written well after the lives of the apostles and disciples and such. They are stories and should be regarded as such, unless you are a strict dogmatic catholic. There are many historical truths to the stories.

You state desciples and apostles... so you're clearly talking new testament. Considering that of the eight authors of the 27 books of the new testament; three were disciples (Matthew, Peter, and John), two were Jesus' brothers (James and Jude), and one was a contemporary of Peter (Paul)... it's pretty safe to say that most of the books of the new testament were writen during their lives. I think where you may be confused here is with the Gospels, two of which were writen by persons that did not actually witness any of the events therein. Of course, many of the Old Testament books were written decades to centuries after the described events allegedly occured.

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard No question, it isn't the most exciting read... that doesn't mean it's completely without merit. Even if one has absolutely now belief in the faith components of the bible it still has value as a collection of myths, history of a people and morality tales.

oh yeah, absolutely. i can distinguish between religion and a book of historical importance and i have a secret love for revelations! its traditional fantasy at its coolest

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I love the bible, i especially like hte one where harry is in teh tri wizards tournament....... o shit wrong book... oops

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN I have 3 hobbies: gaming, DJing & correcting maladjusted fools on the internet.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Yeah, I’d like to know what horrible, scarring incident in your childhood turned you into such an ignorant, intellectual-hating philistine?

harry potter is the worst work of fantasy fiction since revelations.

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