what bothers me about christmas?

[cimorene]

well, among other things...


kairakume: the main thing is that everything in the Bible is the Word. i don't know yet the full extent of what all these caps mean, but i'm sure i'll crawl towards a linear progression of thoughts.
cim thing: it's supposed to mean it's the word of god.
cim thing: it isn't the word of god.
cim thing: it's the writings of old men who were trying to control other people, in many cases power-hungry and in almost all cases misguided, i'd say.
cim thing: if there were a god, i don't find it likely he'd pick a bunch of assholes at that particular time to tell a hugely inconsistent pack of mostly useless stuff to which frequently goes against the laws of all kinds of things including but not limited to physics and common sense.

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Re: I was once told...

[cimness.livejournal.com]

yes. those three particularly. a large part of the old testament is awfully chilling even as literature, though. and of course, greek wasn't the *original* language--it was aramaic, no? it's been translated, and edited by zealous catholic higher-ups, for a very long time. that accounts for a lot of the confusion, but the messages still, in large part, are attributable to the original text, i believe.