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Pooty
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Location: Ela stin agalia mou
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| I'm not religious, but I've been reading the Archaeological bible that I got as a gift last year. I read the archaeological stuff and skip the bible verses for the most part...I've read most of the good parts of the bible a few times - awhile back... Interesting reading. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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| nobbyken wrote: |
I have the NIV (dramatized) on MP3, it's a blast while your walking and stuff.
Sometimes brings a relevant bit to prominence, which would otherwise have been overlooked.
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Was that the Inspired by the Bible that was done by the black entertainers? I got it on CDs and found it quite easy and interesting to listen to. |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Binch Lover wrote: |
| Good on ya. You should make a start on "Grimm's Fairy Tales" next. It's a bit more realistic though. |
It's always amused me that people preach their non-religion much more so than people preach a real religion. |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| shifty wrote: |
Well, frankly I'm impressed, I thought it wouldn't be the case that you'd read it all.
The reason why I'm in the know, that a pitifully small number of Bible carriers actually read them at length is a radio program that I heard.
First year students of theology were complaining that one year is simply too short a time to digest the whole Bible. Not study, merely read and perhaps give indications of job done.
I realised that if people under pressure take an entire year, then imagine your ordinary Sunday worshipper, with no visible strictures to do likewise. Their bibles are for show only, proudly borne underarm for its pages ne'er to see the light of day.
I swear to god, in my home, there are about 7 or 8 Bibles scattered in the bookshelves. They're all virgin, yet the Bible Society piously proclaims a great need and wants donations to print yet more of them.
Well, OP, at least you're doing something to make it all meaningful. |
Thank you Shifty! That was just the pat on the back I was looking for. There's a ton of stuff that is going right by me as I'm definitely not in study mode, but it feels good to finally have a working knowledge of the story and the players. All the old literature I love assumes this knowledge of readers, plus Bible categories used to piss me off on Jeopardy. |
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shifty
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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My pleasure!! Your day to day place can of course always be discerned by the ribbon marker. And as tempted as you may be, remember that annotating is frowned upon as defacement.
Again, I doff my cap. |
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fiveeagles
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Vancouver
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