I still don't get how using specific examples from a book that is held up as the basis of a religion is an attack on said religion?
Seems to me that if you're offended by things in that book, you're, in essence, offended by your own religion. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm offended when most groups are stereotyped against. One can easily > pick a few random isolated points and present it as a valid argument > against such and such. Comedians do it all the time. I just think it > was unprovoked and unnecessary. > > Maybe tomorrow we can all get along. > > . > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Judith Dinowitz > <jdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > > I would feel offended but then, it occurs to me, as it always does, that > > almost everything you know about the Bible is seen through a Christian > > light, which is really a translation of a translation of a translation of > > the written law without the oral tradition. So I can't get offended > because > > you're not talking about my book. You're talking about a book that is a > > translation of a translation of a translation, standing on its own. > > > > Also there might be Christian commentaries about it that we don't even > know. > > > > But do we really have to go and attack religion, when it's the madman who > > did this horrendous crime (murder -- last I looked, that was a no-no in > the > > Bible) that we should be attacking? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359508 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
