The Year of Living Biblically

Dec 29, 2009 18:01

Once in a while I'll do a book review. Actually, this may have occurred only twice before in this entire journal, but today I've finished a book I'd like to share with you all. By author A.J. Jacobs, it's a funny but introspective book where he tries to follow all of the Bible's commandments for a year. That's 731 of them, not the OG 10 ( Read more... )

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become a pastafarian. pavelthegeek January 1 2010, 02:03:05 UTC
problem solved :)

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Re: become a pastafarian. madcow23sg January 2 2010, 17:20:54 UTC
Because a flying spaghetti monster is so much easier to swallow =D

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great post! anonymous January 1 2010, 22:35:08 UTC
You could also be a Unitarian! They believe in the kinds of things you mentioned, but without the Bible's pesky obey your husband, do things only for God, and thou shalt fear hell and the constant temptations of satan. My favorite UU principle has always been a "respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part," here are the others: http://www.uua.org/visitors/6798.shtml.

-Carolyn

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Re: great post! madcow23sg January 2 2010, 17:21:28 UTC
You should obey your husband! I can't believe you got me to click on the UUA website =D

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