On Sat, 17 May 2008 16:20:00 -0700, ZnU wrote
(in article <znu-9045F6.19200017052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> In article <0001HW.C454B0860016D4DAF01846D8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> George Graves <gmgraves2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 May 2008 15:36:05 -0700, John Slade wrote (in article
>> <s5JXj.1838$l97.1618@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
> [snip]
>
>>> Yea like the sayings in the Christian Bible. I suppose any preacher
>>> or average joe that says, "It's easier for a camel to pass through
>>> the eye of a needle that it is for a rich man to get into heaven.",
>>> must be a muslim because that is obvious a middle eastern saying.
>>> Oh and BTW anything taken from the Bible is a middle easter saying
>>> because just about everyone in The Bible came from Africa and the
>>> Middle East. **** these people are just so silly these days. Damn
>>> do they give courses in how to be ignorand and stupid in high
>>> school these days?
>>
>> You should know about stupid, Slade. And by the way, the characters
>> in the Bible are ALL from the Middle East.
>
> Come on George, you know that's not true. People form the Middle East
> are scary swarthy fellows who want to carry off our women. Everyone
> knows Jesus was a Western European with blue eyes who spoke in
> old-timey English, God's own language.
>
> [snip]
>
>
I'm sorry, you're right. How could I have been so narrow-minded ;->
However, I do want to make this point. Have you ever tried to read one of
these modern Bible translations? They're AWFUL. They strip the Bible of
every
shred of it's poetry and grace, leaving nothing but heavy-handed preachy
prose that reminds me of a modern movie script. I don't see how anyone
could
prefer:
"God loved the world so much that He gave-up his only Son to be crucified,
and those who believe in HIm will live forever."
To
"And God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son and
whosoever
shall believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life."
Now, I don't believe in the Judeo-Christian religion any more than I
believe
in the Greek gods or the Norse Gods or any others, but the "old-timey
English" of the King James version is at least pleasant and uplifting to
read.
It's like rewriting Shakespeare into modern street- American English.
Jeeze
what a horrible thought!
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