[duckstab]

"All Bibles are translations of translations of no longer existing original writings and, unavoidably, reflect the politics and religious prejudices of the organization paying the cost of the translation.

Today, many narrow-minded people wield the Bible as some sort of razor with which to slash their enemies. Allowing those people to decide what is important in the Bible is dangerous to the freedom of individual thought. Though some of the Bible is abysmal and boring, much of it is entertaining and important reading."
-Uncle Willie (http://www.residents.com/app/notes/wormwood.html - Read it, it's very interesting)

The above is from the liner notes from an album by the Residents entitled Wormwood: Curious stories from the Bible.

I think it really does sum up the bible quite nicely. The above link provides an interesting read, it shows the flaws and the double standards which riddle the bible.

Example: Cain and Abel are brothers, two of the many children of Adam and Eve. Cain is a farmer and Abel is a herdsman. When they make their sacrifices to God, He only accepts Abel's meat offering, rejecting the grain of Cain. Well, Cain makes a meat offering by then killing Abel. Cain is upset about it but God is so impressed that He puts a mark on Cain to protect him from anyone who might try to avenge Abel's death.

Cain goes off, gets married, and becomes a successful businessman.

Look it up:

(http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Genesis+4)


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[This message has been edited by duckstab (edited 17 July 2000).]