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[Gawen]

Now there are 2 ideals that I can quite happily ascribe to with no 'woo' at all. Has anybody ever gleaned the Bible for stuff like that? The Good Bible could be the title. In fact one could do that for all holy books and create 'The guide to the good bits religions support!'

Problem with that is the "Good Bible" would be about a 1/2 page long.
The sad part is that all this is to get you to Heaven. Be good for an eternal reward; not to be good because it's the right thing to do or be in society. It totally disgusts me.
And you can't be only good, you have to have this:

Translation to English:

"Justification precedes Regeneration... fluff fluff flufff... if you're not born again... yadda yadda yadda... you need... der dee der... JESUS!"

 

[Tank]

Now there are 2 ideals that I can quite happily ascribe to with no 'woo' at all. Has anybody ever gleaned the Bible for stuff like that? The Good Bible could be the title. In fact one could do that for all holy books and create 'The guide to the good bits religions support!'

Thomas Jefferson. See "Jefferson Bible" (Published as "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth"). One of the many reason the Texas Board of [strike:mn9mgz3r]Being Wingnuts[/strike:mn9mgz3r] Education wrote this founding father out of history.

Well bugger me! I'll have to have a read of that!