Comments on: And By “Seriously”, I Mean, “Don’t Laugh In Their Faces” http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/09/05/and-by-seriously-i-mean-dont-laugh-in-their-faces/ The Blog Of An Open Source Librarian, In Which There Is No Shushing Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Keith http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/09/05/and-by-seriously-i-mean-dont-laugh-in-their-faces/#comment-2279 Keith Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:05:36 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/09/05/and-by-seriously-i-mean-dont-laugh-in-their-faces/#comment-2279 Agreed, though I'm also disinclined to give leeway to people who, from the start, dismiss whatever I have to say simply because i don't believe in their failry tales. I'm a n immoral, godless heathan and nothing I say is worth hearing. That's the beginning of their argument. Agreed, though I’m also disinclined to give leeway to people who, from the start, dismiss whatever I have to say simply because i don’t believe in their failry tales. I’m a n immoral, godless heathan and nothing I say is worth hearing. That’s the beginning of their argument.

]]> By: Bryan http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/09/05/and-by-seriously-i-mean-dont-laugh-in-their-faces/#comment-2221 Bryan Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:11:18 +0000 http://sanchezkisser.com/blog/2006/09/05/and-by-seriously-i-mean-dont-laugh-in-their-faces/#comment-2221 I come from the other direction: I was fine with Christianity until I started studying the Bible. At that point I noticed that there was a lot of "picking and choosing" going on depending on the the "flavor" of Christianity you supported, and the Bible had more "authors" than an encyclopedia. The other problem is that I have an excellent memory and reading the Bible from start to finish highlights the duplications and variants. Then you start "processing" what you have read and you quickly decide that G-d does not like people and seems to enjoy massacres. The Book of Job is not a flattering chapter in a deity's CV. The ending is a load of BS - "Job is made whole". Good for him; he won his law suit; but what about all of the people, including family members, who were killed early on in the Book? Knowing too much just pisses you off at the people who think this is a good idea and a pattern for a "moral life", following a mass murderer. I come from the other direction: I was fine with Christianity until I started studying the Bible. At that point I noticed that there was a lot of “picking and choosing” going on depending on the the “flavor” of Christianity you supported, and the Bible had more “authors” than an encyclopedia.

The other problem is that I have an excellent memory and reading the Bible from start to finish highlights the duplications and variants.

Then you start “processing” what you have read and you quickly decide that G-d does not like people and seems to enjoy massacres. The Book of Job is not a flattering chapter in a deity’s CV. The ending is a load of BS - “Job is made whole”. Good for him; he won his law suit; but what about all of the people, including family members, who were killed early on in the Book?

Knowing too much just pisses you off at the people who think this is a good idea and a pattern for a “moral life”, following a mass murderer.

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