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Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.

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-t - Aug 03, 2005 6:57:23 am PDT #5337 of 10002

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I believe Moses dies before the end of the 5th book he is supposed to have written, so authorship is kind of iffy.

I'd like to take this opportunity to recommend Who Wrote the Bible? to anyone that's interested in that sort of thing. Friedman traces different voices, talks about what poilitical stuff at the time of recording could have influenced different verses (a lot of fascinating stuff regarding the golden calf, for example), and shows how the tabernacle could have fit inside the temple. It's interesting. Mostly about Genesis and Exodus, iirc.

§ ita § - Aug 03, 2005 6:57:35 am PDT #5338 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Lots of debate on authorship.

And God's one of those options?

I believe Moses dies before the end of the 5th book he is supposed to have written

Well, he certainly died before the gospels, so he's off the hook there.

Cashmere - Aug 03, 2005 6:58:58 am PDT #5339 of 10002

Now tagless for your comfort.

how do we feel about someone saying "have a blessed day"?

A lady said this to me just yesterday. I assume it was given with good intent and took it so. Blessed means a lot of things, including, "to confer prosperity or happiness upon" so how can that be bad?

There are many days when I feel blessed, sans religion.

tommyrot - Aug 03, 2005 7:03:15 am PDT #5340 of 10002

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

a lot of fascinating stuff regarding the golden calf, for example

Stuff like, "Why a golden calf?"?

-t - Aug 03, 2005 7:10:49 am PDT #5341 of 10002

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Stuff like, "Why a golden calf?"?

Sort of. Why the centralization of temple offerings in Judea would have benefited from a scriptural mention of the badness of golden calves, anyway.

Also, how one thread of Genesis never mentions Isaac after the sacrificial incident.

Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2005 7:14:44 am PDT #5342 of 10002

brillig

I believe Moses dies before the end of the 5th book he is supposed to have written

And, boy, the writers of Moses!fic were so pissed.

tommyrot - Aug 03, 2005 7:15:38 am PDT #5343 of 10002

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Why the centralization of temple offerings in Judea would have benefited from a scriptural mention of the badness of golden calves, anyway.

Golden calves are bad? Well, I suppose it'd be inconvenient to, say, pay for a house with one. Plus you're pretty much forced to own a truck to cart it around in.

tommyrot - Aug 03, 2005 7:16:04 am PDT #5344 of 10002

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I believe Moses dies before the end of the 5th book he is supposed to have written

Shouldn't that be whitefonted?

Vortex - Aug 03, 2005 7:17:24 am PDT #5345 of 10002

"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Shouldn't that be whitefonted?

what, the Bible hasn't aired on the West Coast yet?

§ ita § - Aug 03, 2005 7:17:49 am PDT #5346 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Plus you're pretty much forced to own a truck to cart it around in.

But hey! Wee shiny bull testicles!

eta:

the Bible hasn't aired on the West Coast yet?

NAFDA!

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