A plea for help
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I take the bus most days, coming home from school (this laptop is heavy! I'll walk to the boat, but not from, not when it's dark) and I often see religious scrawlings on the ads lining the inside of the bus, generally of the theme "Believe in God's love or you'll burn forever in Hell". I really don't understand this, it certainly doesn't bring anybody closer to God... do they believe that He smiles on those who graffiti in His name?
Anyway, in a nice change from the bland, today's scribblings were all about homosexuality. Most of it had been thoughtfully crossed out by some other bored bus rider with a black marker (yay!) but s/he had missed the line at the top which quoted, or attempted to quote, from Leviticus.
I would never demean myself in such a way as writing on public property like that. However, I would like to have some handy notecards with other bible verses, including other, more relevant commandments, such as "judge not" and "don't eat that shrimp". I know they exist, I just don't know where. I will certainly amuse myself later by looking up the relevant passages myself, but because I'm so terribly lazy, I wondered if anybody with any Biblical knowledge could point me towards appropriate Biblical passages...?
Anyway, in a nice change from the bland, today's scribblings were all about homosexuality. Most of it had been thoughtfully crossed out by some other bored bus rider with a black marker (yay!) but s/he had missed the line at the top which quoted, or attempted to quote, from Leviticus.
I would never demean myself in such a way as writing on public property like that. However, I would like to have some handy notecards with other bible verses, including other, more relevant commandments, such as "judge not" and "don't eat that shrimp". I know they exist, I just don't know where. I will certainly amuse myself later by looking up the relevant passages myself, but because I'm so terribly lazy, I wondered if anybody with any Biblical knowledge could point me towards appropriate Biblical passages...?
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Date: 2004-03-31 04:36 pm (UTC)Jed Bartlett: Chapter and verse. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions while I have you here. I'm interested in selling my youngest daughter into slavery as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. She's a Georgetown sophomore, speaks fluent Italian, always cleared the table when it was her turn. What would a good price for her be? While thinking about that, can I ask another? My Chief of Staff Leo McGarry insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly says he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself or is it OK to call the police? Here's one that's really important because we've got a lot of sports fans in this town: touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean. Leviticus 11:7. If they promise to wear gloves, can the Washington Redskins still play football? Can Notre Dame? Can West Point? Does the whole town really have to be together to stone my brother John for planting different crops side by side? Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads? Think about those questions, would you?
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Date: 2004-03-31 07:05 pm (UTC)Chapter 3 verse 2: "And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about."
5:7: "And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder."
But the Skeptics Annotated Bible (http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com) is a great site. the Brick Testament (http://www.thebricktestament.com) is also pretty fantastic, not to mention absolutely hilarious.
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Date: 2004-03-31 04:36 pm (UTC)Jed Bartlett: Chapter and verse. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions while I have you here. I'm interested in selling my youngest daughter into slavery as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. She's a Georgetown sophomore, speaks fluent Italian, always cleared the table when it was her turn. What would a good price for her be? While thinking about that, can I ask another? My Chief of Staff Leo McGarry insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly says he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself or is it OK to call the police? Here's one that's really important because we've got a lot of sports fans in this town: touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean. Leviticus 11:7. If they promise to wear gloves, can the Washington Redskins still play football? Can Notre Dame? Can West Point? Does the whole town really have to be together to stone my brother John for planting different crops side by side? Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads? Think about those questions, would you?
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Date: 2004-03-31 04:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-03-31 04:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-31 07:05 pm (UTC)Chapter 3 verse 2: "And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about."
5:7: "And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder."
But the Skeptics Annotated Bible (http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com) is a great site. the Brick Testament (http://www.thebricktestament.com) is also pretty fantastic, not to mention absolutely hilarious.