Spirituality, Religion, it's all bullshit....

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

Ok, nice find there Lisa!!

Now, that isn't what the bible, or any religious orginization I know of that believes in the bible, teaches as to the requirements to get into heaven. Any time I have seen someone espouse a belief like that it is as someone who doesn't take the requirements from the bible but rather what they think a loving God would do. Someone who is more spirutual about their beliefs on God and not a "follower" of the bible so to speak. So...... Morgan.. if you could please elaborate I would greatly appreciate it...

OK, I believe this is the question you mentioned in the other thread. *sigh* Once again, I have to confess to doing nothing more than harassing sarettah. It wasn't a comment on the Bible, or religion, or anything other than his intensity with his "bullshit" comment that drew a lot of people in.

Oh, for fuck's sake, sarettah...enough already!! My chain is curled up and safely put away and no longer available for the yank session you've got going.

"Thread title is based in fact, not belief"

Yeah, baby, sell those facts...pass that collection plate...sell those bibbles....

*That's* why I spelled it "bibbles." I was teasing sarettah, not making fun of the Bible.

My humor fell flat, as it is oft to do lately.

I, personally, DO NOT believe that the Bible or the requirements of christian behavior espouse the ability to purchase your way into heaven, especially by giving to a church or television program. (What's the "camel, eye of the needle, rich man" quote?) I apologize to anyone who was offended by the mistaken impression I was mocking the Bible. The directives on what God would like from His children contained in the Bible are pretty much the directives contained in everybody's "Big Book."

I still have - and always will have - the Bible given to me as a child. It's a Catholic Bible, and therefore different than the King James Bible used by others...and much different than the flat out silly ones that are supposed to be "easier to understand." (I actually read one where "Ruth went in to make...pancakes... ) It's not my "instructions for life," it's a momento of my childhood.

Did I elaborate sufficiently, TE? If there are more questions, fire away.

[Trev]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

OK, I believe this is the question you mentioned in the other thread. *sigh* Once again, I have to confess to doing nothing more than harassing sarettah. It wasn't a comment on the Bible, or religion, or anything other than his intensity with his "bullshit" comment that drew a lot of people in.



*That's* why I spelled it "bibbles." I was teasing sarettah, not making fun of the Bible.

My humor fell flat, as it is oft to do lately.

I, personally, DO NOT believe that the Bible or the requirements of christian behavior espouse the ability to purchase your way into heaven, especially by giving to a church or television program. (What's the "camel, eye of the needle, rich man" quote?) I apologize to anyone who was offended by the mistaken impression I was mocking the Bible. The directives on what God would like from His children contained in the Bible are pretty much the directives contained in everybody's "Big Book."

I still have - and always will have - the Bible given to me as a child. It's a Catholic Bible, and therefore different than the King James Bible used by others...and much different than the flat out silly ones that are supposed to be "easier to understand." (I actually read one where "Ruth went in to make...pancakes... ) It's not my "instructions for life," it's a momento of my childhood.

Did I elaborate sufficiently, TE? If there are more questions, fire away.

What bible did you have as a child, was it the RSV or the NAB?

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Trev

What bible did you have as a child, was it the RSV or the NAB?

OK...I'm looking at the "St. Joseph Textbook Edition, Confraternity Version." I can't find either of those letter groupings on it anywhere. It was published in 1963. They were given to us because the monks ran an entire "oops" edition, and the pages that were left out/printed wrong/whatever had to be printed and added, so they gave them all out to Catechism kids.

[Trev]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

OK...I'm looking at the "St. Joseph Textbook Edition, Confraternity Version." I can't find either of those letter groupings on it anywhere. It was published in 1963. They were given to us because the monks ran an entire "oops" edition, and the pages that were left out/printed wrong/whatever had to be printed and added, so they gave them all out to Catechism kids.

St. Joseph Textbook Edition, if it was after 1946 then it should be RSV (Revised Standard Version). Though it is available in NAB (New American Bible) now.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Trev

St. Joseph Textbook Edition, if it was after 1946 then it should be RSV (Revised Standard Version). Though it is available in NAB (New American Bible) now.

I read some of the front pages and it's revised all over the place, but doesn't seem to say "Revised Standard Version" on it anywhere. It certainly isn't the "New" anything.

It has more than its share of Mass cards for people for whom I still grieve, though. My scapular used to be in it, but that got lost in a move.

Originally Posted by sarettah

Straight out escapism all around me.

I'll wager you get a lot of that.