The Bible

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » March 28, 2006 7:09 pm

LIPH wrote:
UAHparrothead wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:
ph4ever wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:hmmmmmmm
WOW!!!!!
i sensed that there was some jesus talk goin on
He's got the radar on
or the tin foil hat

it keeps the mind control rays out

sy · Post by sy » March 28, 2006 7:10 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Soraya wrote:Several years ago I met a friend of a friend that was going to a 'bible' college. He was upset that part of his requirements included learning Hebrew, Latin and Ancient Greek (didn't seem to include Aramaic.)

He said, in all honesty, "If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it is good enough for me. I don't know why I have to learn the language of heathens."

I thought he was joking...when I realised that he wasn't I almost feel off my chair. My friend then stepped on my foot under the table to keep me from saying something that she would probably have regretted.
Guess there's no accounting for stupid, pig-headed people no matter their religious affiliation...

It's almost embarassing that people like that exist

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » March 28, 2006 7:13 pm

sy wrote:
It's almost embarassing that people like that exist

i agree, why would someone go to a bible college?

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 28, 2006 7:15 pm

tommcat327 wrote:
sy wrote:
It's almost embarassing that people like that exist
i agree, why would someone go to a bible college?

evidently to find out that Jesus spoke English..

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » March 28, 2006 7:20 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:
sy wrote:
It's almost embarassing that people like that exist
i agree, why would someone go to a bible college?
evidently to find out that Jesus spoke English..

ahhhh, i see

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » March 28, 2006 7:27 pm

i'd rate the bible right there with greek mythology. good stories of fiction intended solely to scare people into behaving a certain way. with just as much proof of being real

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » March 28, 2006 7:29 pm

tommcat327 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:
sy wrote:
It's almost embarassing that people like that exist
i agree, why would someone go to a bible college?
evidently to find out that Jesus spoke English..
ahhhh, i see

especially since i think english didn't exist as a language yet.

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » March 28, 2006 7:31 pm

tommcat327 wrote:i'd rate the bible right there with greek mythology. good stories of fiction intended solely to scare people into behaving a certain way. with just as much proof of being real

i was going to make the comparison to aesop's fables....

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » March 28, 2006 7:36 pm

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:i'd rate the bible right there with greek mythology. good stories of fiction intended solely to scare people into behaving a certain way. with just as much proof of being real
i was going to make the comparison to aesop's fables....

similar but people werent fanatical in their belief of those. people lived there lives by belief in zeus exactly the same way as they do now with jesus.....and mohammed for that matter.

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » March 28, 2006 7:39 pm

sy wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
Soraya wrote:Several years ago I met a friend of a friend that was going to a 'bible' college. He was upset that part of his requirements included learning Hebrew, Latin and Ancient Greek (didn't seem to include Aramaic.)

He said, in all honesty, "If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it is good enough for me. I don't know why I have to learn the language of heathens."

I thought he was joking...when I realised that he wasn't I almost feel off my chair. My friend then stepped on my foot under the table to keep me from saying something that she would probably have regretted.
Guess there's no accounting for stupid, pig-headed people no matter their religious affiliation...
It's almost embarassing that people like that exist

Please, please tell me that he was just starting bible college.

And Tommcat- the rays feel good.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » March 28, 2006 7:39 pm

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:
sy wrote:
It's almost embarassing that people like that exist
i agree, why would someone go to a bible college?
evidently to find out that Jesus spoke English..
ahhhh, i see
especially since i think english didn't exist as a language yet.

not in any form we'd even begin to recognize.... the Celts populating the British Isles spoke ancient gaelic at the time

AlbatrossFlyer · Post by **AlbatrossFlyer** » March 28, 2006 7:42 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
AlbatrossFlyer wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:
sy wrote:
It's almost embarassing that people like that exist
i agree, why would someone go to a bible college?
evidently to find out that Jesus spoke English..
ahhhh, i see
especially since i think english didn't exist as a language yet.
not in any form we'd even begin to recognize.... the Celts populating the British Isles spoke ancient gaelic at the time

didn't english come after the germanic barbarians overran england and blended with the native gaelic?

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » March 28, 2006 7:42 pm

Coconuts wrote: And Tommcat- the rays feel good.

ya think so? they gave me blurry vision

UAHparrothead · Post by **UAHparrothead** » March 28, 2006 7:47 pm

tommcat327 wrote:
AlbatrossFlyer wrote:
tommcat327 wrote:i'd rate the bible right there with greek mythology. good stories of fiction intended solely to scare people into behaving a certain way. with just as much proof of being real
i was going to make the comparison to aesop's fables....
similar but people werent fanatical in their belief of those. people lived there lives by belief in zeus exactly the same way as they do now with jesus.....and mohammed for that matter.

Zeus never wanted a direct relationship with humans, unlike the God of the Juedo/Christian/Muslim Scriptures. The New Testament tells of a God who seeks a direct relationship with humanity. The Greeks seem to view their gods and goddesses as dieties that did not commune with humanity, expect for their own selfish desires.

Although, there are many tele-evangelists who think differently, I don't see the Bible as a collection stories meant to scare people into submission, but stories of God and his relationship (both in positive and negative contexts) with humanity, from creation to the redemption of humanity by the death and Resurrection of Jesus. But unfortunatly, fear sells, or rather fear makes people reach in their wallets and it also maintains loyalty, not to God, but to a particular church leader without question.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » March 28, 2006 7:48 pm

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:didn't english come after the germanic barbarians overran england and blended with the native gaelic?

Yes. English is a mutt language, but mostly Germanic, with plenty of borrowing from other launguages.

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » March 28, 2006 7:50 pm

UAHparrothead wrote:Zeus never wanted a direct relationship with humans, unlike the God of the Juedo/Christian/Muslim Scriptures. The New Testament tells of a God who seeks a direct relationship with humanity. The Greeks seem to view their gods and goddesses as dieties that did not commune with humanity, expect for their own selfish desires.

Although, there are many tele-evangelists who think differently, I don't see the Bible as a collection stories meant to scare people into submission, but stories of God and his relationship (both in positive and negative contexts) with humanity, from creation to the redemption of humanity by the death and Resurrection of Jesus. But unfortunatly, fear sells, or rather fear makes people reach in their wallets and it also maintains loyalty, not to God, but to a particular church leader without question.

so you believe in Zeus?

a1aara · Post by **a1aara** » March 28, 2006 7:50 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:
a1aara wrote:Is it true that the Vatican have 3 or 4 books from the bible locked away from the world? Why? What are they trying to supress? I have heard several different theories.
Those are the books that tell of Jesus' rebellious college years.

John Prine wrote a great song about that...."Jesus....The Missing Years"

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » March 28, 2006 7:51 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
AlbatrossFlyer wrote:didn't english come after the germanic barbarians overran england and blended with the native gaelic?
Yes. English is a mutt language, but mostly Germanic, with plenty of borrowing from other launguages.

either way, whoever invented english should have tried a little harder. what a retarded language in comparison to others

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » March 28, 2006 7:55 pm

tommcat327 wrote: so you believe in Zeus?

There is a group known as Hellenic Reconstructionists that have do, and seek to recreate, as much as possible in the modern day, the religion of Ancient Greece.

tommcat327 · Post by **tommcat327** » March 28, 2006 7:58 pm

Soraya wrote:
tommcat327 wrote: so you believe in Zeus?
There is a group known as Hellenic Reconstructionists that have do, and seek to recreate, as much as possible in the modern day, the religion of Ancient Greece.

more wackos

religious people scare me in general