Bible

I read about this the other day and dismissed it as a joke. But no. My optimism for the future of humankind suffered yet another body blow when my suspicions were confirmed. Following medical advice from my psychotherapist, I was drawing a deep breath to begin my vicious, cathartic beration, but in my online travels I realised Mark Morford had pre-empted my tirade quite succinctly (thanks to Veronica for drawing my attention to him in one of her previous posts; he’s refreshingly snide and passionately anarchic). Enjoy, because it’s just about the only positive thing to come out of this abomination.

Jesus Doesn’t Wear Prada

The New Testament gets a “sassy” teen fashion-mag makeover. And you thought Britney was scary

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I remember writing something similar when a barrage of Bible quotes were once used against me (normally I don’t even bother, but I was feeling particularly Bibliophilic at the time). The authorship is probably dated, but it happens to coincide with Bush’s reiteration of the grossly unconstitutional (being based purely upon religious bigotry as well as ignorance and insecurity and all) policy of codifying against homosexual marriage in the US (something Bush’s #1 fan and fellow god-fearing blue-blood, Australian PM John Howard, has eye-rollingly made reference to recently), so I thought it was just as pertinent today as the absurdity mysteriously continues to be perpetuated. Links inserted by me for reference.

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…Verily I sayeth, ‘ware tequila, the foul milk of Satan…

…And The Lord said “Behold, for he who sups upon the firewater shall be consumed by the wiles of demons most horrible and base. And his punishment shall be embarrassment and a hangover most severe, whereupon he shall wish to soakest his head in a bucket of ice water for about a month”…

…The fool hath said in his heart “Lo, I’m OK to drive home”…

-Steve 23:11-13, King James Bible

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I felt I needed to point out a relatively minor matter. It’s in regard to the post two entries down, regarding the Egyptian lawyer who is planning to sue Israel over a passage in the Bible. Kimber posted some comments which I certainly agree with in principle, but I get the feeling she missed the point of why I posted that story. Now, bear in mind that I don’t for a second think that she diverges from my views, as she is obviously an intelligent and open-minded person (despite the satan worshipping and baby sacrifices… kidding! =D), but I felt the distinction needed to be made. Plus, I bit my tongue like a good boy throughout the whole ten commandments debacle, so I need to vent. And no, I’m not actually treating the matter with seriousness it doesn’t deserve (ie. any), but I don’t have anything else to write about…

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An Egyptian lawyer said today he was planning to sue the world’s Jews for “plundering” gold during the Exodus from Pharaonic Egypt thousands of years ago, based on information in the Bible.

Nabil Hilmi, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Egypt’s al-Zaqaziq University, said the legal basis for the case was under study by a group of lawyers in Egypt and Europe.

“This is serious, and should not be misread as being political against any race. We are just investigating if a debt is owed,” Hilmi told Reuters in a telephone interview.

The relevant passage from the Bible, Exodus 12 verses 35 to 36 reads: “The Israelites had done as Moses told them; they had asked the Egyptians for jewellery of silver and gold, and for clothing … And so they plundered the Egyptians.”

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Another long-winded reply which is probably wrong…

I didn’t want to risk the chance of another verbose reply causing my comment box to crash and burn or anything, so here it is.

Well, for my part, I’ll admit to getting defensive. I react better to discussions couched in terms of personal experience than absolute statements of truth. Ultimately, none of us knows very much in absolute terms. If you wish to talk about personal experience, I’m happy to do so. I don’t do conceptual clashes over “truth” and whether God “exists” (At least I’m trying to cut back.) I’m more interested in what people *do* than what they *think*.

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