scumble on 28/1/2004 at 10:13
The only thing that ever scared me was the spider dragon from space 1999.
Plus seeing "Bible" and "history" too often in the same sentence irks me.
*Zaccheus* on 28/1/2004 at 11:49
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Originally posted by scumble Plus seeing "Bible" and "history" too often in the same sentence irks me.
Yeah, especially when people keep putting the word "not" inbetween the two words.
;)
MechLean on 28/1/2004 at 13:06
Perhaps more people should read the history of the bible.
You find out about stories like the adventures of the Holy Superboy hidden away in the Aprocrypha (those stories that the church found a bit too weird to re-publish, and likes to pretend don't exist).
Like when a young Jesus kills village children because they were pissing him off, and gets a life lesson from his father that this is not the proper way to solve his problems.
Now THAT's the kind of story to tell your kids.
:)
By the way, I'd have to say the the epics of Gilgamesh beat the bible stories hands down. Better life lessons with more entertainment. ;)
Insertnamehere on 28/1/2004 at 14:11
As a kid, I loved to read about Mayas and Aztecs:ebil:
'And then the evil eyeball -sucking brain-eating bloodthirsty entrail-loving god Poxoatlipatlpetlhuapixlipoxlisnotl demanded the bloody sacrifice of 100,000 humans, so the aztecs, said': 'well, sure, why not, otherwise it will be no more pulque for us' so they went to the nearby city state of Xochotitlitlitilicán and captured 100,000 humans, tore their heart out and so the sun was able to come up again.
Alas, Cortés came and put an end to it. Luckily, the Inquistion came!:D
buglunch on 28/1/2004 at 14:22
Thank you, Monkeysee, for existing!
*Zaccheus* on 28/1/2004 at 14:48
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Originally posted by MechLean Perhaps more people should read the history of the bible.
You find out about stories like the adventures of the Holy Superboy hidden away in the Aprocrypha (those stories that the church found a bit too weird to re-publish, and likes to pretend don't exist).
For starters, there are two sets of Apocrypha: Those between the Old Testament and the New Testament (included in the Septuagint), and those containing some nutty accounts about Jesus which even the early church could not take seriously.
the_grip on 28/1/2004 at 16:05
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I'm still trying to figure out how Noah got two of every animal on the ark.
Also consider that perhaps the flood covered the area of the world occupied by humans at that time (i.e. the near east, although that could be debatable) and not the *entire* world. In that case, there could be fewer species. If my memory serves correctly in my studies of the account of the flood, it was God who brought the animals to Noah, so the reader naturally assumes that God knew what he was doing (i.e. the animals that were brought certainly would fit, albeit probably with quite a smell :) ).
*Zaccheus* on 28/1/2004 at 16:16
the_grip, I would say that the bible is quite clear that the whole earth was covered with water, even the highest mountains, not just the known or inhabited world.
But you are right that it was God who brought the animals in, and that shows quite a level of involvement.
scumble on 28/1/2004 at 16:16
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Originally posted by *Zaccheus* Yeah, especially when people keep putting the word "not" inbetween the two words.
;)
Well, I probably asked for that one. The giant bees and rivers of milk
do seem a little unlikely...
At least I think giant bees came up somewhere.
the_grip on 28/1/2004 at 16:28
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the_grip, I would say that the bible is quite clear that the whole earth was covered with water, even the highest mountains, not just the known or inhabited world.
Definitely could have been... i'm not arguing against it (and i'm no Hebrew scholar). My impression of the main point of the passage is that every human being was killed by the flood, minus Noah and his family. i know there is tons of historical debate about the flood (and other literature that surrounds it, i.e. Gilgamesh), but i've always stuck to the main point being that the flood killed everyone (again, minus Noah and his family) and the rest is just the surrounding details.
