frozenman on 28/1/2004 at 00:17
Hypocracy? What kind of government is that?
MsLedd on 28/1/2004 at 00:21
I remember being frightened as a child by the story of Jonah and the whale, though the swallowed-by-a-whale part in Pinnochio never bugged me... Perhaps because I felt that the bible stories were "real" and I know that Pinnochio was just a story. The other one that freaked me out as a kid was the story of Jesus' temptation in the desert by Satan, though I think this had a lot to do with the image coupled with the tale in my picture bible.
Not sure what my point was here, but there ya go. ;)
Uncia on 28/1/2004 at 00:42
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Originally posted by MsLedd Perhaps because I felt that the bible stories were "real" and I know that Pinnochio was just a story.
I trust we all know better now. ;)
theBlackman on 28/1/2004 at 00:42
Somehow, with all my years of catechism, parochial schooling (yeah the nuns with rulers on the knuckles are for real), I never took all the bible reading, examples of Noah, Job, Lot and the rest any more seriously than the fables of Aesop, The Brothers Grimm, or Hans Christian. And I had 12 years of it. :D
I guess I just lucked out. The Bible is a good story, the old testament is an interesting history of the generations of Isreal before JC, and the new testament a good example of how 20 different writers saw, or heard the same thing. But history, with all its foibles non-the-less.
DarkTiamat on 28/1/2004 at 00:58
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Originally posted by frozenman Hypocracy? What kind of government is that?
All of them! ^_^
the mighty parthos on 28/1/2004 at 01:23
I'm still trying to figure out how Noah got two of every animal on the ark.
I can understand he didn't have to take turtles or fish or other seaworthy animals.
But, the rest....:confused:
icemann on 28/1/2004 at 01:31
You could pretty much paint any story, as an "evil" story if you look at it from a COMPLETELY different way than what it was intended. And if those kids were picturing all the bodies "bobbing up and down in the water" when it wasn`t even mentioned in the story then they must be pretty fucked up (in the head) kids. At that age everythings all rainbows and happy joy joy blah blah.
The over examining of things to find hidden meanings only happens once you become an adult.
Uncia on 28/1/2004 at 01:54
Eh, kids love gruesome stories. The ickier and darker they are, the more they love them, just look at how popular Roald Dahl's stories are. I adored that kind of stuff as a kid, anything that made me go "yuck" was worshipped.
There's this collection of kids books that is dedicated to various themes, with the book practically a comic book [very pleasant to look at, explained in an amusing manner]. One of them was dedicated to death and had cartoony drawings and descriptions of postmortem cannibalistic societies, medieval torture methods and various diseases... Class that. Still my favorite book of the lot. :)
Death doesn't become an issue until you grow more of a social conscience.
*Zaccheus* on 28/1/2004 at 01:59
Regarding the 'traumatisation' aspect ... I never let my cat watch Tom & Jerry.
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Originally posted by the mighty parthos I'm still trying to figure out how Noah got two of every animal on the ark.
I can understand he didn't have to take turtles or fish or other seaworthy animals.
But, the rest....:confused:
Actually for some animal species there were more than two on board, which makes things even more difficult.
But this was GOD's idea. If he can create a univers with things like black holes and quantum mechanics, I'm sure he can somehow sort out enough space for them all.
Not to meantion food, water, and excercise areas.
Apart from that, it's possible that Noah took very young (i.e. small) animals on board.
Also, there may have been fewer species back then.
Agent Monkeysee on 28/1/2004 at 02:18
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Originally posted by *Zaccheus* But this was GOD's idea. If he can create a univers with things like black holes and quantum mechanics, I'm sure he can somehow sort out enough space for them all.
Not to meantion food, water, and excercise areas.
I imagine he could also create a parable that gets his point across.
