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Old 10-28-2000, 10:53 AM
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I'm not really sure if this belongs here, in IMHO, or in GD, so I'll leave it up to Manny's magnanimity...

For shits & giggles, I'm trying to compile a canonical list of all the wacky things that the Bible proscribes or permits, eg: homosexuality, slavery, pedophilia, polygamy, pi=3, women wearing pants, etc. Though I've got quite a bit of good stuff already, any help would be appreciated. I'm not necessarily interested in endo-biblical (?) theological contradiction; I'm looking more for humorous anachronism. Oh, and please provide chapter, verse, and version; I can get the quote myself, as I work in the (sigh) religion department at the library and have got bibles out the wazoo... obviously, I'm trying to fight the fundies who so rudely interrupt me with reference questions while I'm dicking around on the SDMB. Might even publish a Chick Publications type comic book...

Hopefully, Satan will be all over this one... well, both of them, actually.
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Old 10-28-2000, 10:57 AM
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You could start with the Eight Commandments, no wait, Nine Commandments, that's it.
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Old 10-28-2000, 11:00 AM
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Those were commandments?

I always thought they were suggestions. damn.

yup, I'm going to hell, see y'all there!
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Old 10-28-2000, 11:13 AM
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and (I) have got bibles out the wazoo...
Doesn't the Bible say this is a no-no, too?
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Old 10-28-2000, 11:21 AM
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You could start with the Eight Commandments, no wait, Nine Commandments, that's it.
Huh. My commandments go to eleven!

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Old 10-28-2000, 12:08 PM
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I guess I'm going to hell because I don't give a damn about quoting chapter and verse. That just ruins The Book for me.
Religion is in the heart, not the quote.
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Old 10-28-2000, 12:13 PM
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Yes I am.

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Old 10-28-2000, 01:54 PM
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You could start with the Eight Commandments, no wait, Nine Commandments, that's it.
You mean these fifteen, **crash** errrr, oh, I mean these TEN, these TEN commandments!?
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Old 10-28-2000, 02:52 PM
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I'm not really sure if this belongs here, in IMHO, or in GD, so I'll leave it up to Manny's magnanimity...
Sorry, black, you drew the comics on this one, so it's off to MPSIMS. Try it again in GD and someone might bite.
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Old 10-28-2000, 02:55 PM
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You mean these fifteen, **crash** errrr, oh, I mean these TEN, these TEN commandments!?
Or, as God was once rumored to say, "Look, I can't dumb it down any farther than this!"
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Old 10-28-2000, 02:56 PM
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I'm too damn lazy to go to hell, I'm gonna wait for hell to come to me!
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Old 10-28-2000, 03:02 PM
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I've been told I'm going to hell for what I did [url="http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33578"]in this thread[/i].

I'll see everyone down there! Save me a seat and some marshmallows.



BTW - this is post number 1800 for me. Yay!
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Old 10-28-2000, 03:03 PM
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Here it is with the link working. Dammit.

I've been told I'm going to hell for what I did in this thread.

I'll see everyone down there! Save me a seat and some marshmallows.



BTW - this is post number 1801 for me. Yay!
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Old 10-28-2000, 03:55 PM
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Old 10-28-2000, 05:01 PM
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I'm already there, thanks for asking.
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Old 10-28-2000, 05:12 PM
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It's called junior high school...been there, done that.
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Old 10-28-2000, 05:14 PM
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yes I am..thank you for asking.
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Old 10-28-2000, 07:07 PM
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Why, as a matter of fact, I am going to hell.

Upon my demise, I have requested that an apple be placed in my mouth, with stuffing jammed up my ass, and my dead, lifeless, basted body be shrouded in aluminum foil (With holes poked in it. I don't want to steam.)
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Old 10-28-2000, 07:14 PM
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For shits & giggles...
I rarely shit while I am giggling and rarely giggle when I shit. In fact I don't think I have ever done either while doing one or the other, or something like that.
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Old 10-28-2000, 08:03 PM
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And, of course, never whistle while you're pissing.
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Old 10-28-2000, 09:09 PM
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Hmmm...well, I um, see, I well, uh-no, wait...
DAMMIT, I'm boring!,
Oh, no wait!
I don't believe in the infallibility of the Pope so it's Hell for me!
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Old 10-28-2000, 09:28 PM
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Old 10-28-2000, 10:26 PM
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Are you going to hell?
In a handbasket, hon - wanna come with?
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Old 10-28-2000, 11:55 PM
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I was going to Hell, but I missed the off-ramp.
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Old 10-29-2000, 12:13 AM
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Am I going to hell? I don't know. Why? What have you heard?
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Old 10-29-2000, 08:23 AM
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surprise, surprise!!!

If the only offenses are those in the OP, I'm NOTgoing to Hell!!!

I'll miss you guys.
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Old 10-29-2000, 01:16 PM
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Re: surprise, surprise!!!

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If the only offenses are those in the OP, I'm NOTgoing to Hell!!!

I'll miss you guys.
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Old 10-29-2000, 03:30 PM
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There is a deep, primal flaw in the theory behind this thread.

The people who know the Bible well enough to create the list won't think "going to hell" is a fit subject to inspire "shits & giggles" (if , indeed, they have ever "giggled"--or taken a shit either for that matter ) . And the people who live for shits & giggles won't recognise a Bible if you smack 'em on the nads with it.

Before you ask--they don't shit, they just explode when they reach 45.
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Old 10-29-2000, 11:08 PM
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Lets see
I’m an atheist (fundamental atheist, I believe the Bible is 100% incorrect, even the spelling)
Therefore I believe there is no hell
Therefore I wont be visiting such a place
Therefore When I die I must be going to heaven
Result.
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Old 10-29-2000, 11:23 PM
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Leviticus 19:19 [paraphrased, as I don't have my Bible here at work] "Do not wear clothing of two different types of cloth"

lessee here.... *checks shirt tag* "65% cotton, 35% polyester." Yep, I'm damned.

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Old 10-30-2000, 12:46 AM
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I think the book's already been written
X-rated Bible

My tent has mildew, I'm doomed!

I Samuel 18:26-27 And when his servants told David these words, it please David well to be the king’s son-in-law: and the days were not expired. Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s sonn-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
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Old 10-30-2000, 01:23 AM
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A quick whipping using google yielded the perfect page for you ;j

an annotated bible full of all the chapters and verses you need
or even the holey bible

and, the infidel is also pretty sharp
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