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The NRSV Updated Edition Bible is intended to be the world’s most meticulously researched, rigorously …
It's wild to me that people like venerate these stories and derive lessons from them. I mainly just find 'em kind of hilarious. They're all so bizarre.
The NRSV Updated Edition Bible is intended to be the world’s most meticulously researched, rigorously …
One of my favorite things about Genesis so far is how any time Abraham goes to another kingdom he conceals the fact that his wife is his wife and instead says she's his sister. Then when it comes out everyone is like flabergasted, and just like "why did you do this dude? The Lord cursed us because of you!"
It has happened two times with Abraham and then again with his son Issac.
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The Noah's Ark story feels kind of like one of those PSA episodes of a tv show. Like the anti-drug/alcohol ones.
God gets mad at humans then kills off all of them, then his favorite guy Noah comes to him and makes god realize killing most of the living things off ain't cool man.
Also, there are certain aspects of the story that people have gotten from popular depictions that aren't really in the story. Like at no point does anyone that is not Noah or his family really make an appearance in the story. No one makes fun of him for building an ark or whatever, he just does it.
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Genesis 6.19: And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
Genesis 7.2-3: Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and its mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and its mate; and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.
— New Revised Standard Version Updated Bible by National Council of Churches
Only have to go a few verses for a clear contradiction.
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Genesis 6.3: Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years.”
— New Revised Standard Version Updated Bible by National Council of Churches
Wikipedia: "The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days."
Jeanne Calment was more powerful than god. woah..........
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It's very odd to me that god only prohibits eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
After Adam and Eve eat of it he's worried they'll eat of the tree of life and acquire eternal life, but prior to that he seems to not be worried about them eating of it.
You'd think that if they ate of either tree god could just remove the effects and it'd be no big deal. very odd.
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Odd place to end up. I was raised baptist and even just a few years ago I wouldn't've thought about reading the bible. I have decided that I wanna at least read the story of Moses and the Gospels though. I ended up looking into different english translations and ended up setting on the NRSVue version because it's a very recent updated translation and seems scholarly.
Very explicit book. Talks about a lot of fetishes that some people may find gross or not be into.
I think it was alright. I personally preferred the author's insights to his sex history.
Maybe I’ve forgotten him because I wrote about him; I’ve always thought that writing about someone is the kiss-off. Nabokov, in Speak, Memory, was apprehensive about writing about his nanny since he liked revisiting her in his thoughts and he knew once he’d committed her to print, he’d lose her. Some people wonder why I’ve not written about them. If they’re a current part of my life, I need to keep them on life support; my husband is Michael Carroll, whom I’ve been with since 1995. I’ve never written about him; he’s too precious to me. My recent fiction is less autobiography and more thought experiment. I assemble my monsters from stolen body parts (his nape, her stutter). Often I want to lead the reader to a better (more compassionate, more forgiving, bolder, more loving) world by picturing it as if it already existed; George Meredith called that process “moral sculpture.”
audiobook. old gay guy's sex memoir. i must consume all things gay :3
Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a …
good book. pretty tragic. i liked it better than "swimming in the dark"
Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a …
mentioned many times in "Swimming in the Dark." So far, I already like it better.
Poland, 1980. Shy, anxious Ludwik has been sent along with the rest of his university …
just kind of okay. the book isn't bad but never really felt that invested in the relationship in it.
unsure exactly when i started but i did. after reading a book on haskell, i thought it would be helpful to read a book specifically about functional application design.
i also feel like less of an imposter when i read computer science books ^~^
Poland, 1980. Shy, anxious Ludwik has been sent along with the rest of his university …
Audiobook. Gay love story that takes place in State Socialist Poland. Reason I'm reading is prolly p self-explanatory
