Baptist Church Declaired It Would Burn Bibles on Halloween - Page 2

flippyshark · 11-12-2009, 08:27 PM

I've got lots of Bibles, and I wouldn't burn any of them. There are no gods, but the critical study of these texts is very important, and also a heck of a lot of fun.

The KJV certainly makes understanding difficult on the current day layperson. I almost wonder if those churches that insist on the KJV do so because it is so much easier to make the recondite text mean anything you need it to. Translations in present-day idiom sometimes reveal the plain sense of verses that really raise the hackles on modern sensibilities. ("Slaughter everyone but keep the virgins for yourselves? It really says that?!?")

Gemini Cricket · 11-12-2009, 08:35 PM

Bibles tend to burn me.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-12-2009, 08:37 PM

My initial post was obviously facetious, I'm not a fan of book burning of any sort.

innerSpaceman · 11-12-2009, 08:47 PM

Oh really?? YOUR post was "obviously" facetious? I Like That.

Why obvious? Was it ridiculous on its face? Or is that a bit less obvious to others than it is to you yourself?

Ghoulish Delight · 11-12-2009, 08:49 PM

I see what you did there. Cute.

I don't feel like playing.

SacTown Chronic · 11-13-2009, 09:12 PM

Of course you don't.

*mumble mumble* broken-down high horse *mumble mumble*

11-12-2009, 08:27 PM	#11
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I've got lots of Bibles, and I wouldn't burn any of them. There are no gods, but the critical study of these texts is very important, and also a heck of a lot of fun. The KJV certainly makes understanding difficult on the current day layperson. I almost wonder if those churches that insist on the KJV do so because it is so much easier to make the recondite text mean anything you need it to. Translations in present-day idiom sometimes reveal the plain sense of verses that really raise the hackles on modern sensibilities. ("Slaughter everyone but keep the virgins for yourselves? It really says that?!?")
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11-12-2009, 08:35 PM	#12
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Bibles tend to burn me.
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11-12-2009, 08:37 PM	#13
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	My initial post was obviously facetious, I'm not a fan of book burning of any sort. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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11-12-2009, 08:47 PM	#14
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh really?? YOUR post was "obviously" facetious? I Like That. Why obvious? Was it ridiculous on its face? Or is that a bit less obvious to others than it is to you yourself?
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11-12-2009, 08:49 PM	#15
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I see what you did there. Cute. I don't feel like playing. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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11-13-2009, 09:12 PM	#16
SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Of course you don't. mumble mumble broken-down high horse mumble mumble __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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