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On 26 Nov 2003 17:44:01 GMT, bIX (Bill) wrote:

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In other words, you have to fantasize in your own imagination
'what you think it said', or 'what you wish it said'.
Kind of like a manual for a Japanese VCR.
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One needs to understand the history of the period in order to
understand the writings that come from that period. This is true
for all ancient text, not just the Bible.

That's right ! What we need is to burn all copies except
those in Latin, and rely on a religious hierarchy to tell us what God
told us to do ! Then if we don't do it, they can burn us alive for
our own good, and the good of our eternal souls, because they love
us !

Latin is a re-write just as the German, English, or any other...
Actually, perhaps we should just keep the ancient Hebrew,
Aramaic, and Greek texts, and burn the rest...? 8^)

Yeh, that's the ticket !
Oh wait, what shall we call these leaders ?
I have it ! We can call them Mullahs and Ayatollas !!

The difference between Judeo-Cristianity and Islam, is
really a simple one, but quite profound. Christians
are saved by faith, and their discipline comes from
within themselves, while Moslems are saved by their
works, and their discipline comes from without/others.

Hmm. Just who are you including under 'Christians'?

"Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is
wholly inadequate for the government of any other." -John Adams

"Without Personal virtue, a society can be ruled only by fear and
coercion, a truth tyrants understand only too well." -C.W.Colson

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bill
del X's 'n i's 4 rpleyes

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Larry
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