Joseph‘s story continues… Ten of his eleven brothers travel to Egypt to buy food to get them through the famine. Incidentally, something has occurred to me: in the tales of Joseph, God seems to be more bothered by getting Joseph into a position of power than in either preventing/alleviating the famine or in making the Israelites get [...]
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The Bible – Joseph is an Evil Genius
24 July 2010, 7:20 pm
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Tagged atheism, Bible, Book of Genesis, Doctor Doom, Egypt, God, israel, Jacob, Joseph, Lex Luthor, old testament
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The Bible – St Augustine on Science and Scripture
14 July 2010, 4:36 pm
Another little aside from our regularly scheduled programming. I found this from somewhere – I think it was Twitter or my RSS feed but can’t find the link – if it was via you, please step forward to claim your cash prize (please note: “cash prize” may be moon-speak for “link back”). The quote was [...]
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Tagged atheism, atheist, Bible, Christian, christianity, Holy Scripture, Perspectives, Religion & Spirituality, Religious text, st augustine, Young Earth creationism
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The Bible – Sod ‘Em
27 February 2010, 7:16 pm
Genesis 19 is a fun little tale, full of reversals and surprises. It begins with two angels going to visit Lot in Sodom. Lot welcomes them in and offers a good foot washing and feeding session. As is polite and in custom with receiving visitors. Especially angels. Shortly after they arrive, the local men turn [...]
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The Bible – Short Back and Sides
23 February 2010, 9:26 pm
For the people who follow Judaism, Genesis 17 I would imagine is very important. In this new chapter a lot happens. God decides to rename a few people, probably to keep things consistent further on in the book. Abram and Sarai get a great new makeover and emerge as Abraham and Sarah. This happened while [...]
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The Bible – The Adventures of Abram
15 February 2010, 8:34 pm
We’re back and we get more Abram goodness. Genesis 14 opens with a war (always a page turner). Amraphel, King of Shinar; Arioch, King of Ellasar; Chedolaomer, King of Elam; and TIDAL KING OF NATIONS!! (Sorry about the capslock issue there, I think a name like that just deserves them). Anyway, it’s all a bit [...]
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The Bible – Short and Important Stories
9 February 2010, 9:32 pm
11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. For such a long book, I am often surprised to see that the things I learned as a child – and I thought these were the really important stories – are often really really short. [...]
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