I read something I found on the Internet. I couldn't validate it in its entirety, but parts I could. The food-oriented laws of Leviticus and the abomination of homo sex are two different words in Hebrew, they were just translated to the same word in English, abomination. So, out Shellfish Defense may not be all it's cracked up to be
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Thanks! You should read the letters I linked before you ask me to contribute, not for the content but for the length. The first letter I wrote to a Georgia Attorney General candidate (Republican + Baptist = Nazi) is 1900-words long...yes, that's 1-9-0-0. He deserved every word of it. Then he pissed me off some more and I wrote him another letter a week later.
My latest "response" is about a Florida candidate for the U.S. Senate and the wacko, off-planetary statements she made in an interview at a Florida Baptist State Convention. In hers I cited a number of historical references where religion and politics didn't mix. I doubt she'd realize they were all atrocities committed by Christians against Jews.
The Sins of Scripturegodmademegay_gaSeptember 11 2006, 03:48:18 UTC
Brian, Since I posted my first comment I've been reading a book by a retired Episcopalian Bishop named John Shelby Spong. Wiki him and you'll get a good description of where he stands on the Bible. He's been calling for a 2,000 year overhaul on the Bible because humanity has changed so much the old rules and ways just don't apply.
You may find comfort in this book, which is also the subject line in my comment. I am going to post something I posted the other day in a LGBT Christian group that would also apply here. I have a chunk of it behind an LJ cut to minimize space.
If you feel the need to chat or email, please do. You'll find contact info on my LJ.
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Thanks for reading. Feel free to contribute.
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My latest "response" is about a Florida candidate for the U.S. Senate and the wacko, off-planetary statements she made in an interview at a Florida Baptist State Convention. In hers I cited a number of historical references where religion and politics didn't mix. I doubt she'd realize they were all atrocities committed by Christians against Jews.
Wayne
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Since I posted my first comment I've been reading a book by a retired Episcopalian Bishop named John Shelby Spong. Wiki him and you'll get a good description of where he stands on the Bible. He's been calling for a 2,000 year overhaul on the Bible because humanity has changed so much the old rules and ways just don't apply.
You may find comfort in this book, which is also the subject line in my comment. I am going to post something I posted the other day in a LGBT Christian group that would also apply here. I have a chunk of it behind an LJ cut to minimize space.
If you feel the need to chat or email, please do. You'll find contact info on my LJ.
Wayne Smith (no relation)
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