Texas State Board of Education approves Bible course for high schools

[Lair]

Hezekiah got fucked.

[s0urce]

bob dylan put it nicely:

This is the story of Hezekiah Jones...

Hezekiah Jones lived in a place... in Arkansas.
He never had too much, except he had some land,
An' he had a couple of hogs and things like that.
He never had much money
But he'd spend what he did make as fast as he made it,
So it never really mattered that he had much money.
But in a cupboard there, He kept in the cupboard... he kept in the cupboard books,
He called the books his "rainy season."

The white folks around the county there talked about Hezekiah...
They... said, "Well... old Hezekiah, he's harmless enough,
but the way I see it he better put down them goddam books,
Readin' ain't no good, for ****** is ******."

One day the white man's preacher came around
Knockin' on doors, knockin' on all the doors in the county,
He knocked on Hezekiah's door.
He says, "Hezekiah, you believe in the Lord?"
Hezekiah says, "Well, I don't know, I never really SEEN the Lord,
I can't say, yes, I do..."

He says, "Hezekiah, you believe in the Church?"
Hezekiah says, "Well, the Church is divided, ain't they,
And... they can't make up their minds.
I'm just like them, I can't make up mine either."

He says, "Hezekiah, you believe that if a man is good Heaven is his last reward?"
Hezekiah says, "I'm good... good as my neighbor."

"You don't believe in nothin'," said the white man's preacher,
You don't believe in nothin'!"
"Oh yes, I do," says Hezekiah,
"I believe that a man should be indebted to his neighbors
Not for the reward of Heaven or fear of hellfire."

"But you don't understand," said the white man's preacher,
"There's a lot of good ways for a man to be wicked..."

Then they hung Hezekiah high as a pigeon.
White folks around there said, "Well... he had it comin'
'Cause the son-of-a-bitch never had no religion!"

[Aptyp]

LOL, no one should take bible seriously, but it's a good read.

I'd rather read bible than anything by Kate Chopin.

[Farbin Kaiber]

And Sabbath starts friday night, as when that commandment was written, it was give to jews, and therefore it's Saturday, not Sunday.

6pm would me nice start line for the summer, in the winter however, if it gets dark at 5, it's 5.

I just went back and saw I typed the wrong day, I meant Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown.

[Aptyp]

And Sabbath starts friday night, as when that commandment was written, it was give to jews, and therefore it's Saturday, not Sunday.

6pm would me nice start line for the summer, in the winter however, if it gets dark at 5, it's 5.

[Aptyp]

I think you missunderstood my simple statement.

YES, we should kill EVERYONE who make me work on the sabbath, from dawn to dawn.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Yes we should kill every one who make me work on Sabbath.

So kill everyone that makes you work after after 6pm on Saturday?

[Farbin Kaiber]

Prolly NIV or something. New American Standard, or some silly picture bible.

[Aptyp]

Yes we should kill every one who make me work on Sabbath.

[speedhop]

That's a bit dramatic, but interesting verses none-the-less. I wonder which Bible he took the verses from.

[ragged325]

If a bible class included the following information, I'd be all for it:

http://www.livevideo.com/video/9488439688774942A05DD7B637AA1A5E/proving-that-the-bible-is-repulsive.aspx

A thoughtful person who thinks about God cannot help but notice the amazing contradictions. They are everywhere you look.

Here is one very simple example. On the day Moses comes down from Mount Sinai with the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments, he discovers that the Israelites have created a golden calf. To punish the people, Moses gathers a group of men and takes the following action in the book of Exodus, Chapter 32:

Then he [Moses] said to them, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.' " The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.

So... one minute we have God carving into stone, "Thou shalt not kill." Then the next minute we have God telling each man to strap a sword to his side and lay waste to thousands. Wouldn't you expect the almighty ruler of the universe to be slightly more consistent than this? 3,000 dead people is a lot of commandment breaking. Obviously that is a total contradiction. The reason why you find contradictions like that in the Bible is because God is imaginary.

[Aptyp]

The context of your statement following his, seemed like pity.

[Turf1600]

Never said I felt sorry for you. I said I felt sorry for turf1600, someone I consider a friend via the net.

If I feel sorry for a man that fell off his bike as I drive past in the intersection, am I placing my actions of a "belittle" upon him? I simply feel for a person in a specific situation in relation to the reality of my experience. Nothing more.

Nothing to feel sorry about. I made this decision for myself. As a kid I tried multiple churches and demoninations. To be honest each one disgusted me more than the last. The worst, most judgemental people I've ever met I met in church. all of that is moot anyways - when it comes down to it I just don't believe in any of it. I'm a natural born skeptic and religion has never been logical enough for me to buy.

[Aptyp]

By the way, the few times that i have gone to religious temples (and I've been to nearly every denomination, and orthodox temples (3/8 it), synagogues (1/2 it), and mosques (what do you know 1/8 it). All those places always made me feel good. It's true. Something about those places uplifts your spirit, gives you that extra breath. But it's not religion. I have been to many castles (born in Eastern Europe) and I got that same feeling walking through dungeons. Biltmore Estate, here in Asheville, NC, gave me that same feeling. Niagara falls did too.

I think it very reasonable for people to think "God" when they see something so much greater than we are. And that can be faith. And there you'd be agnostic, because you're looking at something in awe, not knowing why. Religion twists that awe, in the most disturbing manner, to make people fall in line, and believe what the guy next to you believes in. That is the problem.

Also, knowing schools, related to my previous post. They will most likely edit bible, just like they did "The Count of Monte Cristo" (they took hashish and prostitution out of our copies).

[Farbin Kaiber]

this has become bickering about small details.

Farbin, the statement that you feel sorry for us, is exactly why "we" don't like religious pricks. You can't belittle others, because you feel enlightened somehow. That is the reason why so many people are taking shots at religions.

the fact that Christianity is bull shit is proven and documented, and it still remains the greatest scam in history. Lucky for Judaism, a whole lot of stuff was burnt, otherwise it would be right there with Christianity. Every other major religion also falls short.

Faith is great, but it doesn't make you better than others, and it certainly doesn't make you more knowledgeable.

I'm sorry for you as well.

Never said I felt sorry for you. I said I felt sorry for turf1600, someone I consider a friend via the net.

If I feel sorry for a man that fell off his bike as I drive past in the intersection, am I placing my actions of a "belittle" upon him? I simply feel for a person in a specific situation in relation to the reality of my experience. Nothing more.