OK, now that’s really sick. I can get a kick out of some of this Biblical humor, but that one’s just wrong. Scott should do something about Samson’s stupidity. I’d like that one.
Actually, the bible is myth. That is, a compilation of the stories of one pre-scientific people; their best stab at explaining things that can actually only be known by studying nature. They didn’t, thereby producing a corpus of literature that, as does every other corpus, reflects their times, their sociology, their psychology. Occasionally interesting, sometimes uplifting, often nauseating, never factual except by accident.The real problem is the people who do not understand this (and have never read other myths, or compared the bible to them), and who take (some of) these myths as factual, and despise those of us who don’t. Those people divide into three classes, those who profit from the belief, even though they know or suspect that it is false (charlatans), those who maintain that it’s true, in spite of evidence to the contrary (loons), and those who don’t know and haven’t studied, but who go along for political or social reasons, or simply because they were born into a certain religion and/or denomination (ignorati). This last group, unfortunately, is the target group for the depredation of the first two groups.
@Yowhassup, @Night-Gaunt, @markjoseph125, et al:I have often heard people make this claim about ancient texts, which are commonly referred to as mythology, whether they are Sumerian, Greek, Hindu- or, as is often caimed- the Bible. I often wonder though, just how much serious scientific study such detractors have spent on these texts. You deride the Bible. Have you spent time researching the stories in it? Are you archaeologists that have spent a lifetime studying the historically accurate parts of it?Remember too, that much of the Bible- as well as many other texts of antiquity- are also poetic. The fact that all the details in similar accounts of an event vary is not proof that they are wrong or imaginary- on the contrary, if all eye witness accounts of an event are identical, they are suspect. The truth lies in placing all accounts side-by-side and winnowing out the variables. What you are left with is the truth. Much like the fact that the account of the Great Flood is recorded not only in the Bible, but also is recorded in some form or other in the folklore of every tribe and tongue around the world. It is also evident geologically. Did the Great Flood happen exactly the way it was described in each case? Not at all likely, but one thing you can be absolutely sure of, from a forensic, SCIENTIFIC stance- it did happen. The same holds true of many, many stories in the Bible, the Illiad, the stories of Mt. Olympus, the Sumerian texts, etc, etc.I wouldn’t be too hasty to cast aside the Bible as myth, if you haven’t actually done due diligence. I would hope that you will have at least read it, if you feel you have the authority to critique it.
Pharmakeus Ubik over 7 years ago
Not as good as the Sampo, but she’ll do in a pinch.
Coyoty Premium Member over 7 years ago
She’s a well-seasoned woman.
pategar over 7 years ago
The real story of Lot’s daughters, the cave, and the wine, is much sillier than this lame gag.
SHAKENDOWN over 7 years ago
Where are the Saltines?
bubujin_2 Premium Member over 7 years ago
She was always known as someone who was salt of the earth.
bookworm0812 over 7 years ago
OK, now that’s really sick. I can get a kick out of some of this Biblical humor, but that one’s just wrong. Scott should do something about Samson’s stupidity. I’d like that one.
Michael Matchinsky over 7 years ago
Salt used to be worth more than gold in that part of the world.
morningglory73 Premium Member over 7 years ago
Aw common, no one can turn into a pillar of salt. That’s a metaphor or something, a fairy tale or a proverb.
BubbleTape Premium Member over 7 years ago
hey, back then, salt was valuable.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
The Bible, in all its variations, is just a series of stories told for the stage. You can act them out.
markjoseph125 over 7 years ago
Actually, the bible is myth. That is, a compilation of the stories of one pre-scientific people; their best stab at explaining things that can actually only be known by studying nature. They didn’t, thereby producing a corpus of literature that, as does every other corpus, reflects their times, their sociology, their psychology. Occasionally interesting, sometimes uplifting, often nauseating, never factual except by accident.The real problem is the people who do not understand this (and have never read other myths, or compared the bible to them), and who take (some of) these myths as factual, and despise those of us who don’t. Those people divide into three classes, those who profit from the belief, even though they know or suspect that it is false (charlatans), those who maintain that it’s true, in spite of evidence to the contrary (loons), and those who don’t know and haven’t studied, but who go along for political or social reasons, or simply because they were born into a certain religion and/or denomination (ignorati). This last group, unfortunately, is the target group for the depredation of the first two groups.
blunebottle over 7 years ago
@Yowhassup, @Night-Gaunt, @markjoseph125, et al:I have often heard people make this claim about ancient texts, which are commonly referred to as mythology, whether they are Sumerian, Greek, Hindu- or, as is often caimed- the Bible. I often wonder though, just how much serious scientific study such detractors have spent on these texts. You deride the Bible. Have you spent time researching the stories in it? Are you archaeologists that have spent a lifetime studying the historically accurate parts of it?Remember too, that much of the Bible- as well as many other texts of antiquity- are also poetic. The fact that all the details in similar accounts of an event vary is not proof that they are wrong or imaginary- on the contrary, if all eye witness accounts of an event are identical, they are suspect. The truth lies in placing all accounts side-by-side and winnowing out the variables. What you are left with is the truth. Much like the fact that the account of the Great Flood is recorded not only in the Bible, but also is recorded in some form or other in the folklore of every tribe and tongue around the world. It is also evident geologically. Did the Great Flood happen exactly the way it was described in each case? Not at all likely, but one thing you can be absolutely sure of, from a forensic, SCIENTIFIC stance- it did happen. The same holds true of many, many stories in the Bible, the Illiad, the stories of Mt. Olympus, the Sumerian texts, etc, etc.I wouldn’t be too hasty to cast aside the Bible as myth, if you haven’t actually done due diligence. I would hope that you will have at least read it, if you feel you have the authority to critique it.
lucyjane over 7 years ago
Come on….. you guys sure know how to suck the laughs out of 1 and Done. :(