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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:22 PM Original message |
Fundies have forgotten when Abraham was tested! They would have failed |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. I always hated this bible story when I was a kid |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. That story always scared me |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Sounds like it would win a poll |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I was raised on fire and brimstone preaching |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Holy Moses!!! |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. She's lightened up to a degree now |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I don't know. Who was it, Ezra?, sending a bear to tear 42 kids |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I always thought that was SUCH a fucked up story |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. The story is a mythological explanation for why |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. This little story does a lot of work for us skeptics |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Oh, I appreciate your comments. I am not an old testament |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yep |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The reason |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I always thought the story was about faith! |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I understand |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. I remember this story confusing me. It never scared me though. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. One major problem... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Doesn't change the meaning of the passage, you have to be |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. In the Islamic tradition |
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ktowntennesseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Didn't scare me, but it bothered me, even more as I got older. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. God in the old testament was so hard and demanding. I think some |
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ktowntennesseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The Old Testament is the story of the ancient Hebrews, |
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globalvillage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I like your interpretation. |
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ktowntennesseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Thanks, and welcome to DU, globalvillage! |
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Toby109 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. You should listen to some of Bill Hicks |
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montieg (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Bob D.: "God said to Abraham, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-05 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-05 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
26. Mmmmm |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Why would I want to fear god? Why would god want me to fear |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I don't know |
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