[Brother Phil (Quarantined)]

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Why would God dictate the Bible to scribes in english? That makes no sence what so ever. King james is famous for hiring scribes to directly translate the Bible from the origional Hebrew. . . Who do you think wrote the bible? Anyways the Councils of Nicaea happened in 325 AD and 787 AD. So if the King James Version was first published in 1611, there was 824 years between the long and tedious altercation in Nicaea and the translation of these texts to English. There is no possible way that the bible could go back to its "pure" form mysteriously in these 824 years.

God NEVER dictated the Bible. The Bible is a collection of works that have been compiled over the years. These works dictate the lives of all Christians and are vital to the american way of life. That being said these works were still written by MEN (and maybe even sometimes women). If you dont believe me please revert back to some of the extremely sexist arguments that have been made in almost every single forum. The council of Nicaea purged the bible of any references to women haveing any sort of social status. . . this is because the leaders of Rome (mainly Constantine I) did not want any sort of competition for their power. They believed that if they got rid of all references to women having social class they could squash the growing threat of a women's rebellion or any insubbordination. There are no pure forms of the Bible left! The only ones wich are nearly complete are on Papyrus Scrolls under lock and key in a musem in the middle east.

One more thing Jesus was Jewish... why would the bible ever be written in origional form in English?

[SUV]

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Like all texts, it is a construct of the biases of the hegemonic power structure of the time. That's why we should follow the inner light given to each of us by Mother/Father God.

Oh! "Hegemonic!"

Hegemonic my fundament, you awful old girly-man! What, did you get tired of hugging trees and now you're molesting shrubbery, too?

Go hump yourself a nice piece of topiary, you Depraved old silly!!!

[Brother Phil (Quarantined)]

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The Bible also says to sacrafice Goats for your sins... why dont you fallow that one too?

Look the bible is the single most influential piece of literature in western culture. It has been used by corrupt memebers of the Clurgy as well as the Royalty to suit their own purposes. Its not really that big of a secret...

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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Like all texts, it is a construct of the biases of the hegemonic power structure of the time. That's why we should follow the inner light given to each of us by Mother/Father God.

Back to the OP, I think that public libraries perform a wonderful service in terms of providing an outlet for information that is not filtered through the corporate establishment.

You limp-wristed egghead! Who do you think "filters" your salary as a communist professor? Who do you think "filters" the hippie micro bus you drive, the tofu you slurp, the birkenstocks you wear? The same corporations that support our Godly GWB, thats who! The same American corporations that support our troops in iraquistan, who make sure your students have enough cheeseburgers to eat and enough laptops to plagiarize their assignments with.

The same corporations that tithe heavily and support the Godly work we do here at LBC. Get on your knees and thank Jesus for those corporations, you sniveling little pinhead.

[hellion]

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We call them "Lezbertarians" and we never underestimate their ability to influence children. You know your child is in trouble when your local library's shelves are stocked with books about homosexuality and witchcraft, but not a single Bible. And lately, it seems like these Pubic Libraries have become porn downloading depots to boot!

Perhaps we might come up with a few ideas on how to better protect our children from lezbertarians??? Thanks, CONCERNED MOTHER GLENDORA

Umm...most kids don't go in libraries. And I've seen a lot of good literature in there. I found the Satanic Bible in Walden Books! That's actually very interesting. And it's not mind numbingly boring, like the christian bible. See there are bibles in there.

But infortunatley, they don't allow books on witchcraft (such as The Book of Shadows, Nocturnicon, and Magick after Dark) in public school libraries. Those are interesting whether you're into magick or not. Well, some of them.

And porn? No, I believe that's just in adult bookstores.

[SUV]

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You! Hellion! What happened to your avatar?

You might as well go ahead and post it back up before Pastor does - and gives you a really big Chastising for losing it, too!

[Brother Phil (Quarantined)]

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Agreed! Almost all Libraries in the Country have a religion section divided into all of the major religions of the world. In the Christian Section you can read/ check out a bible in any translation you wish.

I don't undersand your argument at all. Most parents just want their kid off of the strets or our of drugs and alcohol. You are actually making a fus about children being in Libraries. Libraries are open doors to knowledge and understanding to all facets of knowledge. It is a center for learning and growing in knowledge. Most parents would kill for their child to voluntarily spend time in a library.

Also due to the fact that america was founded by prudes there is censor ship in all areas of american life. THe last place that you will find pornography is in a library where children can have access to it.

[Brother Phil (Quarantined)]

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Your argument had absolutely no point!

[Brother Temperance]

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The Bible also says to sacrafice Goats for your sins... why dont you fallow that one too?

Because the Son of God has already been sacrificed for our sins! Is Jesus not good enough for you or something?

[Brother Phil (Quarantined)]

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He is way too good! THat is not what i was saying at all. What i was saying was if we are going to take every word in the bible as absolute LAW, then why dont you still sacrafice goats. Why dont you do some of the many thousand of things that are listed in the bible that are not still in practice today?

[Brother Temperance]

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He is way too good! THat is not what i was saying at all. What i was saying was if we are going to take every word in the bible as absolute LAW, then why dont you still sacrafice goats. Why dont you do some of the many thousand of things that are listed in the bible that are not still in practice today?

If a practice is specifically mentioned as being abolished - for instance, the dietary laws, or the custom of animal sacrifice - in the New Testament, then we do not follow it. If there is no mention of something being abolished, then we see no reason to assume that it has been.

[Brother Phil (Quarantined)]

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So what you are saying is that it has to be speciffically mentioned in the bible to be right... or real?

[Brother Temperance]

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So what you are saying is that it has to be speciffically mentioned in the bible to be right... or real?

No, I am saying that if something is specifically commanded in the Bible, I assume that God wants me to do it unless I have a VERY good reason to think otherwise.

[Brother Phil (Quarantined)]

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What counts as a VERY good reason? Be careful brother temperance you are no in the zone of making Christianity fit you!! Gaasp! We wouldnt want all of your buddies to think that you sold out!

[Brother Temperance]

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What counts as a VERY good reason? Be careful brother temperance you are no in the zone of making Christianity fit you!! Gaasp! We wouldnt want all of your buddies to think that you sold out!

And you are no in the zone of being unable to communicate coherently. If the Bible says something, that is a VERY good reason to do so, all other reasons are inadequate.