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[William769]

The Bible allowed Polygamy!

[ismnotwasm]

1. And bride buying and incest and

Ah well you can see where this is going

[William769]

2. If I could find just one person that took the Bible (the whole Bible) literally

They would have my respect. I may disagree with them but they would have it. At least they no matter how misguided, at least believe in something. People that cherry pick deserve no respect.

[snooper2]

5. The Fred Phelps Klan

[ismnotwasm]

7. I've read it a couple of times

I was horrified. If taken literally it's a long horror tale. some of the most oft quoted, beautiful passages, when put in context, are very disturbing.

I totally understand why people prefer to see it as largely allegorical.

Cheery picking moral judgments with it however, especially given how and why certain books were included, how certain passages referred to the religious politics of the time, how even interpretation of particular words is debatable, is reprehensible, and yeah I'll say it, evil.

[csziggy]

16. I've only read it once but listened to my parents are they studied it

They had several different versions, various translations, and a number of annotated copies of the Bible. For a while, they would take the different versions and compare the same passage in each. It was interesting to listen to their discussions about what the variations meant. My parents were not particularly religious though Mom was brought up in a family with a lot of Baptist ministers in the family tree. They just liked to study different subjects over the years.

Part of their discussions included which books were included in the different versions - they included the King James version, the Koran, the Talmud and the Latter Day Saints versions in their collection as well as some of the alternate translations that were printed in the 1960s. But they also brought in versions of the excluded books and discussed them.

I think their dedication to trying to understand the foundation of their belief helped me define why I could NOT believe in Christianity! It also made my parents less reliant on other peoples' (including Mom's Baptist minister brother and their pastor) and more cynical about believing the Bible as a literal truth.

[ismnotwasm]

17. I can relate

I am, like others before me, endlessly fascinated by the book of Job. I like to read books about the bible and religious texts--it's very compelling study.

[murielm99]

34. At one time, I shared your fascination

with the book of Job. It is an interesting allegory.

[ismnotwasm]

44. I read Carl Jung's "Answer to Job"

That got me started. He deliberately waited he was an old man to write it.

[murielm99]

46. I studied Job in college,

and later reflected on it and reread it outside a formal setting.

He waited until he was old to write it? Now that I am old, I think I will read it. TY for the inspiration.

[ismnotwasm]

48. You are welcome!

He's got the chutzpah to analyze the Old Testament God's evolution into the New Testament God. Good stuff.

[Behind the Aegis]

21. Same here!

When I was taking comparative linguistics in college, I read how things were mistranslated or misunderstood and given the number of times and languages the Bible has been translated/interpreted really makes things muddy. It is like an eons long game of "telephone."

[ismnotwasm]

22. Yes, exactly

It's crazy how much was twisted for political/religious purposes.

[Behind the Aegis]

24. I don't think many even realize how much of the Bible is political.

The fact there were "books" and passages 'left out' of the Bible, words altered to address the topics of the day (King James comes to mind), and just piss poor understanding of certain words and phrases. Just the very fact it was written by man (general) shows it's flaws!

[murielm99]

38. Not just King James.

The many references to witchcraft were left in to not only to satisfy him, but to squelch whatever was left of paganism. Can you imagine little James growing up, being told over and over, that his mother was a witch and a whore? A lot of it had to do with her being Catholic.

Also, when I studied Old Testament prophets in college, I learned for the first time just how political the prophets of the Old Testament were. The king had his prophets. The temple had theirs. They were political advisors, and there were often factions within the community of prophets who were jockeying for power and at odds with each other. We didn't learn any of that in Sunday School!

[jwirr]

18. William one of the things the rw churches pride themselves in it reading the Bible literally. They

do not see any of it as allegories etc. Word for word and they get to interpret the word.

[daleanime]

33. ......

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. ...

[William769]

4. So much for knowing what they so believe in.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Exactly.

Never heard the term "biblical marriage" in real life either.

[William769]

8. They also can't understand that Jesus has two dad's

That one always get's them foaming at the mouth.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. So THAT's where the Holy Ghost fit in!

[William769]

12. You chose that wording exceptionally well.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. He was always sort of out...there.

[ismnotwasm]

20. I like to parse out the love story between Jonathan and David

Before David was King. It's should be one of the greatest love stories of all time-- but your literalists are strangely silent

[Behind the Aegis]

10. All we need now is Oprah to have them on her show (one time event) to start yelling...

...and YOU get a concubine! And YOU get a concubine! And YOU get a concubine!

That would be funny.

[Hiraeth]

15. That is funny. Someone should make a gif with Oprah saying that. Too funny!

[zappaman]

11. Well...

The arrow is pointing to the right, it's red and her smile looks phony.
Don't get me started on her hairstyle!

[William769]

13. How dare you forget the shoes!

[ismnotwasm]

19. ...

[Behind the Aegis]

29. You forgot the tree!

Clearly, she is pandering to the environmentalists!

[daleanime]

36. I hope you forgot something....

but somehow I doubt it.

[zappaman]

37. You're right, I forgot about the phony facade of the house behind her.

Obviously fake!

[daleanime]

42. Please give people a warning....

need my hip waders for this one.

[sheshe2]

23. Screw them!

LGBT. These letters stand for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender." They also stand for "love, grace, beauty, and truth." The challenges of, and the solutions to, creating a different world are intertwined in these two representations of these four letters. Peace, hope, faith, and dignity are the winners and losers, depending on whether or not ignorance, prejudice, closed-mindedness, and fear take part in the battle.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-mott/lgbt-what-does-it-really-mean_b_3971192.html

William~

[Rex]

25. Hehe...one of their signs has the word TITY in it!

[MrScorpio]

26. So did Lot and his daughters nt

[Jamastiene]

31. That always get me.

They use that story to hate gay people an awful lot, but they don't breathe a word about Lot and his daughters. Apparently, that is ok to them.

[7962]

27. What the hell have they got against Britney Spears??

The sign in the backround is bashing her for some reason

[Behind the Aegis]

28. They aren't bashing her per se.

They are pointing out that one of her marriages lasted a few hours (days, I can't remember) and how is that "promoting the sanctity of marriage."

[7962]

45. Ok, I see. And it was about 50 hrs, I think. Always wondered if she paid her friend....

She married a childhood friend in Vegas and the next day, after sobering up I suppose, got an annulment

[napkinz]

30. Biblical Marriage ...

[KansDem]

32. I'm sure you've seen this, but it seems appropriate to post it here...

[3catwoman3]

35. Masterfully...

...done!

[yellowcanine]

43. I love Betty Bowers.....

Telling it like it is since the Immoral Minority crowd raised their self righteous banner.

[William769]

47. Perfect! Got to love Betty Bowers.

[napkinz]

49. Betty Bowers!

[AtheistCrusader]

39. Nothing.

It's spelled right and all. No problem there.

Something wrong with the bigoted jackalope that's holding it up though.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

40. Yep

More the merrier I guess.

[hifiguy]

41. How do people this IMPOSSIBLY stupid

remember which shoe goes on which foot in the morning?