My apologies

[armoire_man]

The Bible was my atheist family's version of the Necronomicon. It sat there, blackly, on the shelf, and we never opened it. It simmered with the growling power of the Old God. Open it, and the words therein would stab our minds with shrieking madness from beyond the grave

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[noveldevice]

It is not uninteresting in parts. I find it interesting to read for the bits so clearly left out. I don't get the evangelical "woo, the Mystery of the Word of God" thing--if it were really meant totally and completely for the people today, and their god is indeed triple-O, wouldn't it have been written in clear and unambiguous English? But, you know, to each their own.

[eniastoa]

"triple-O" ?

Reading the whole sentence, iI find the implied attitude of keeping the plebs' hands off the mystery amusing.

[noveldevice]

"Triple-O"--shorthand for "omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent." The last one's a bit silly, but I suppose the shortener needed it for the alliteration. I believe I first heard it in philosophy class.

I'm afraid I don't understand your statement. I wasn't aware that I was implying an attitude, a mystery, or any particular concern. I have no dog in this fight, as armoire_man is well aware.

[eniastoa]

Ah, sorry, no, not your attitude, but the one of those brimstone preacherfold to whom you alluded who would have the plebs believe that the Word of the Lord is too mysterious for them, unless it be reduced to some sort of literalism -- but funny how they can't seem to agree on what to call out let alone what its supposed literal eaning might be. Myself, I find mystery intriguing, and that sort of attitude just laughable.

[bureinato]

I'm enjoying the "bevis & butthead" version. I do regret not taking Bible as Literature in college. It's the one class I wish I'd taken that I didn't, more than even printmaking.

[noveldevice]

You wouldn't have enjoyed it much--mine had four people (including me) who did the reading, and thirty who signed up thinking it was going to be a bible study they got college credit for.

The second week two people walked out in the middle of lecture, and we hadn't even gotten past Genesis.

[lynedd]

*laughing* I dunno, I expect I'd have enjoyed it immensely. Particularly when folks walked out.

[bureinato]

That class had a fairly good reputation on my campus. The main trouble came when a bible as literal person insisted derailing the class.

[cardigirl]

I'm probably dating myself but I always got a kick out of Malcolm McDowell's Alex of Kubrick's Clockwork Orange getting off on the ultra-violence of the Bible forced on him to, in theory, recivilize him.

[armoire_man]

I gotta see that...I never have. And yet it stared at me at the library's DVD section a couple days ago. So obviously, between that, and you mentioning it, the Lord wants me to see it.

hey

[solemnis]

You alright? The internets miss you. Come back.

[itchyglow]

come back to us.

[armoire_man]

No worries, dude. I'm just really sick of my LJ right now. Maybe next month.