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Originally posted by nos482:
How do you view the bible?
As mildly amusing fiction.
There are some funny parts - as when yahweh throws a temper tantrum and decides he'll destroy the earth cuz man stopped calling on weekends. ( he shoulda picked a better long distance plan )
So he decides a big flood is the best method. He could have 'Soddom & Gomorrah'd the earth - ya know ? A big fireball, over very quickly...on to the next myth.
He need not even go to that extreme. As in the 10th plague of Egypt, he could have silently sent the Angel o death to take them all in their sleep and disposed of them mysteriously...
...ahhh but that hardly portrays the immature posturing of a good old fashioned 'spolied brat' tantrum.
...and this is -allegedly- a 'wise' god ? My primary school-aged nephews act with more reason than this boob.
This behavior sounds more like the bi-polar paranoia of a neglected & bitter old man who belonged to one of those nomadic sheep herder tribes.
"Pay some attention TO ME, Goddamnit !! ...or I'll piss down your back and tell you it's raining ".
If one became a Rabbi, you could hold the ignorant masses' attention until you croaked. How satisfying.
Still though, I'd have to say I prefer Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan... or a good salsa recipe over the bible - but even they must take a back seat to a good episode of Monty Python. They, at least, could remain internally consistant when portraying the absurd.
I've already wasted too much bandwidth on the subject.
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but thanx for asking.
regards,
jeff
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"Freedom of Religion" equates to Freedom -FROM- those religions we find unbelievable.
[This message has been edited by Jeff, 10-03-2002]
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