03 Aug 08
You freakin' ignorants. Your feverish need to feel cool and "different" makes you mock something just for the sake of it, ignoring its intrinsec value.
For believers, the Bible is simply majestic. For non believers (at least for those mature ones, i.e. those without the I-am-so-look-watch-me-mock-religion facade), the Bible is damn interesting: It has everything! Battles, intrigues, sex, fantasy, politics, culture, comedy, etc. Man, it's like hundreds of books in one!
Together with El Quijote and a few other classics, the Bible is a must read before leaving this life, I would say.
04 Aug 08
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Originally posted by SeitseI've read the Bible. I wouldn't be a good atheist if I didn't read the Bible, Torah, and Qur'an.
You freakin' ignorants. Your feverish need to feel cool and "different" makes you mock something just for the sake of it, ignoring its intrinsec value.
For believers, the Bible is simply majestic. For non believers (at least for those mature ones, i.e. those without the I-am-so-look-watch-me-mock-religion facade), the Bible is damn interesting: It has ever te and a few other classics, the Bible is a must read before leaving this life, I would say.
EDIT: I'm ignorant? I cite your anti-Arab posts in the Israel's 60th thread in Debates.
04 Aug 08
Originally posted by SeitseGot to agree with you there, my man, there's something in there for every taste, from philosophy to sado-masochism.
For believers, the Bible is simply majestic. For non believers (at least for those mature ones, i.e. those without the I-am-so-look-watch-me-mock-religion facade), the Bible is damn interesting: It has everything! Battles, intrigues, sex, fantasy, politics, culture, comedy, etc. Man, it's like hundreds of books in one!
04 Aug 08
Originally posted by scherzoYou're so-so. Get through the Vedas, the Upanishads, take in the Mahabharata for kicks ... take a deep breath and get started on the Confucian Analects ... ingest the Zend Avesta ... don't leave out the Cloud of Unknowing ...
I've read the Bible. I wouldn't be a good atheist if I didn't read the Bible, Torah, and Qur'an.
But surely you can be a good atheist without having read any religious texts whatsoever.
04 Aug 08
Originally posted by shavixmirI must disagree and agree.
The wheel of fortune trilo... quar...cin... thousandology.
Cause that's what it feels like if you try to read that crap.
However, the bible is a close second.
The first 4 books were epic. The first book was absolutely brilliant. But there was a steady decline in quality and focus from 5 to 10.
10 was diabolical. But 11 picked up and got me interested again.
Its all moot though. Jame Oliver Rigby (Robert Jordan) has since passed away and the series will be finished in the next book by his family and a collective effort.
04 Aug 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageI've stayed in so many hotel rooms I've even set Gideon traps to find out who the little bastards are...
Bet you haven't read it.
It's a pity a potentially interesting thread has probably already been sabotaged by a lame attempt to be controversial. The Bible has some good bits, some dull bits, some mad bits, and some fictional bits. The Book of Job is a philosophical fiction; it's actually quite good.
And as I pointed out: The wheel of whatever is even worse.
So, don't come around here knocking my door and trying to be... be... be...
Well, you're very lucky I lost my train of thought there.
04 Aug 08
Originally posted by RDMI didn't know writer's could bore themselves to death by actually writing that which usually only kills.
I must disagree and agree.
The first 4 books were epic. The first book was absolutely brilliant. But there was a steady decline in quality and focus from 5 to 10.
10 was diabolical. But 11 picked up and got me interested again.
Its all moot though. Jame Oliver Rigby (Robert Jordan) has since passed away and the series will be finished in the next book by his family and a collective effort.
It's a funny old world.
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Originally posted by shavixmirPint-sized Zaccheus scrambling up a tree to catch a glimpse of JC is a comedy situation.
Alright. I'll take the bait.
Crack one joke out the bible.
Go on. Make me laugh big boy.
Job is a tour de force of black comedy.
The way Isaac tricks his dad is pretty comical.
Lot's daughters mounting their pa always made me laugh.
Balaam and his ass is a funny episode.
There's humour everywhere, man.
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Here's a funny murder scene: Eglon stabs the King of Moab.
With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out.
(Douay-Rheims Bible)
Wouldn't be out of place in Pulp fiction.
I Kings 18:27
And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
Sarcastic as no1marauder.
04 Aug 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageNot one quotation and not so much as one smile...
Pint-sized Zaccheus scrambling up a tree to catch a glimpse of JC is a comedy situation.
Job is a tour de force of black comedy.
The way Isaac tricks his dad is pretty comical.
Lot's daughters mounting their pa always made me laugh.
Balaam and his ass is a funny episode.
There's humour everywhere, man.
04 Aug 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageYeah... quite Bill Hicks it is not, though.
Here's a funny murder scene: Eglon stabs the King of Moab.
With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out.
(Douay ...[text shortened]... e is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
Sarcastic as no1marauder.
However, given that it's thousands of years old...
Homer was funnier.
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Originally posted by shavixmir'I was wrong, the Bible has got humour in it, and I am a lazy, ignorant, prejudiced sack of lard'. Thanks, Shav.
Yeah... quite Bill Hicks it is not, though.
However, given that it's thousands of years old...
Homer was funnier.
What are Homer's funniest moments?