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Christianity is also man made.
Only if you believe the entire Bible is false. And that is certainly a choice that anyone has the right to make.
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#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
Christians, in particular, would believe Christianity man made. After all, God became incarnate and fully human!
There is a good reason why scammers always filter out for religious affiliation first before spending a lot of of time on their victims. Gullibility is a desirable property in marks.
Can you expand on the claim and warrant you're making there?
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You seriously want examples of atrocities from the Bible? How about the law that homosexuals should be stoned to death? Or that rape victims should be either killed or forced to marry the rapist? The command that slaves should obey their masters?
Yes, reference for us when Jesus did those things.
The grandparent just talked about atrocities in the Bible not specifically about Jesus. Jesus just condoned these things, but didn't kill anybody personally. (Unless you believe Jesus = God.)
The worst thing Jesus did was saying you didn't have to wash your hands before eating, which have probably killed millions of innocent people due to diseases and infections. But I'm sure he did this only out of ignorance and not malice.
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#134Society is going backwards. Entering the dark ages soon.
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, In Somalia we do read the Quran. In fact, virtually every child memorizes it from cover to cover before starting school. But if you mean understanding what it says, then you have a point.
What a complete waste of time. If you're going to be forced to cram a book that size it would be great if it contained knowledge rooted in science. Think about it: you could start today and within two decades you'd have a generation of actual scholars. Somalia would leap ahead.
I don't consider it a waste of time. In fact, I am reading it right now. And yes, I do plan to start coding when I finish my recitation today :)
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
The problem (which Shakespeare also has[1]) is that there are numerous versions of the texts in their original languages, with no particularly definitive or even consistent editions of the Old Testament in Hebrew or the New Testament in Greek AFAIK. Not to mention, the original Mosaic writings have been completely lost to time, having been written in Ugaritic and not Hebrew. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_te…
The gold standard for the Greek text of the New Testament is the critical edition ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novum_Testamentum_Graece ) published by Nestle-Aland.
True, but that raises the question as to what to do with the various footnotes other variant-related snags. It's just not particularly suited for something like an API for verses.
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
At least in the old testament verses range from sentences to paragraphs, have any interesting examples of a non-sentence verse ?
Sure - take a look at the first chapter of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. The sentence: Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. is divided into three (!) verses. That sort of thing is pretty common with the periodic st…
Corinthians is not part of the old testament so I'm afraid its versing might not be per the union standards.
It is currently versed as:
Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom.
But we preach Christ crucified - A stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Alternatively it could have been:
Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom - but we preach [the words of] Christ crucified !
A stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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#138One of the most interesting things to happen to the scriptures is their balkanization into verses. We generally don't atomize other writings that way, and when folks read the scriptures as a series of disconnected logical propositions all sorts of wackiness ensues. What would it look like to have an API for the collected works of Jane Austen that returned snippets (some of which are not even complete sentences)? How…
Shakespeare comes to mind for balkanization.
The First Folio followed the KJV by a dozen years, and the two dominate English.
In contrast to Jane Austen, both the KJV and the Folio are collections of other works.
Thus they may lend themselves ore than novels to being served frgmentally.
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is a good reason why scammers always filter out for religious affiliation first before spending a lot of of time on their victims. Gullibility is a desirable property in marks.
Can you expand on the claim and warrant you're making there?
Sure:
https://marginalie.hypotheses.org/181
It's been discussed on HN a couple of times as well (though not that particular link as far as I know).
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#140BTW, the publishers of the ESV host an official API (although the terms of use are somewhat restrictive): https://api.esv.org/
NET as well: https://labs.bible.org/api_web_service