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We could do this with a shared Google Docs folder. I'd have to stick the Project Guttenburg license info back into my files but that's easy.
May 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We could do this with a shared Google Docs folder. I'd have to stick the Project Guttenburg license info back into my files but that's easy.
I think that's a really neat idea. I've got several public domain works saved as PDFs that are already offset for printing (32 pages or 8 sheets per section). That said offset printing in Word is pretty easy. I can tell you how to do it if interested.
May 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I think that's a really neat idea. I've got several public domain works saved as PDFs that are already offset for printing (32 pages or 8 sheets per section). That said offset printing in Word is pretty easy. I can tell you how to do it if interested.
I do not, but if you can tell me what text you want done, I can get it ready for you.
May 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I do not, but if you can tell me what text you want done, I can get it ready for you.
Wow that's incredible! Incredible use of plates for that look, I wonder how many were involved?
May 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Wow that's incredible! Incredible use of plates for that look, I wonder how many were involved?
I love this design. A great combination of classic guiding and modern imagery!
May 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I love this design. A great combination of classic guiding and modern imagery!
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Matthew 5:22.
Matthew 5:22.
April 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Matthew 5:22.
Matthew 5:22.
Jewish people have maintained a tradition of scholarship for 3000 years and didn't require their strongest academics to be celibate. No surprise they rank higher on IQ tests. With the caveat that IQ tests don't measure all kinds of intelligence.
April 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Jewish people have maintained a tradition of scholarship for 3000 years and didn't require their strongest academics to be celibate. No surprise they rank higher on IQ tests. With the caveat that IQ tests don't measure all kinds of intelligence.
All excellent questions, and one of the reasons I don't believe the Bible is infallible. It's relevant in the context of resistance because other people do (sadly) think that.
April 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
All excellent questions, and one of the reasons I don't believe the Bible is infallible. It's relevant in the context of resistance because other people do (sadly) think that.
I will have to look those up. Most of studies involved the cannon in its current form. I'm less familiar with the apocryphal works (if that's even the right word).
April 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I will have to look those up. Most of studies involved the cannon in its current form. I'm less familiar with the apocryphal works (if that's even the right word).
I think Hitler probably believed a little of it, but you're right, Trump is stupid enough to believe his own stupid ideas.
April 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I think Hitler probably believed a little of it, but you're right, Trump is stupid enough to believe his own stupid ideas.
I judge people on how they treat others, not by their conformity to doctrine a bitter disgruntled monk made up.
April 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I judge people on how they treat others, not by their conformity to doctrine a bitter disgruntled monk made up.
Sometimes they change the order of events too. Shakespeare did the same. It's because both cultures viewed history as a morality play and wrote their narratives accordingly. The gospels are most like a biopic that presents a sliver of a person's life to explore and illustrate their character.
April 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Sometimes they change the order of events too. Shakespeare did the same. It's because both cultures viewed history as a morality play and wrote their narratives accordingly. The gospels are most like a biopic that presents a sliver of a person's life to explore and illustrate their character.
Quick note from my nerdiness: the earliest Christians were fiercely monotheistic Jews and they most likely wouldn't have believed in the divinity of Jesus. John's gospel is the one that teaches the concept the most clearly and it's also the latest one written. I think those are connected.
April 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Quick note from my nerdiness: the earliest Christians were fiercely monotheistic Jews and they most likely wouldn't have believed in the divinity of Jesus. John's gospel is the one that teaches the concept the most clearly and it's also the latest one written. I think those are connected.
I think so too, this is fun! Sorry the character limit is requiring separate responses.
April 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I think so too, this is fun! Sorry the character limit is requiring separate responses.
Nazism might have collapsed without a charismatic leader, but dictators don't come from thin air. Trump and Hitler are both the results of society as a whole leaning towards authoritarianism and the commodification of the press. Sadly, Trumpism wouldn't die if he had a stroke tomorrow.
April 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Nazism might have collapsed without a charismatic leader, but dictators don't come from thin air. Trump and Hitler are both the results of society as a whole leaning towards authoritarianism and the commodification of the press. Sadly, Trumpism wouldn't die if he had a stroke tomorrow.
One reason I think it's important to read it. So you can show people what's actually in there, regardless of your goal in so-doing. It's also why atheists often know the Bible better than (some) believers.
April 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
One reason I think it's important to read it. So you can show people what's actually in there, regardless of your goal in so-doing. It's also why atheists often know the Bible better than (some) believers.
I guess that depends on what your theory of atonement is. Penal subsidiary atonement is relatively recent. The moral influence theory is a lot older, as is Christus Victor.
April 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I guess that depends on what your theory of atonement is. Penal subsidiary atonement is relatively recent. The moral influence theory is a lot older, as is Christus Victor.
The word "gay" is not in the Greek text. The 1st century had no concept of sexual orientation. The word "homosexual" did not occur in any English translation until the 1940s. Did God's word change, or did the cultural bogeyman of the day?
April 27, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The word "gay" is not in the Greek text. The 1st century had no concept of sexual orientation. The word "homosexual" did not occur in any English translation until the 1940s. Did God's word change, or did the cultural bogeyman of the day?
That's really cool that you have that heritage, it's something to be proud of for sure! I never knew either of my grandfathers, I think they served but I don't think either was sent overseas. My dad was born in 1947.
April 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
That's really cool that you have that heritage, it's something to be proud of for sure! I never knew either of my grandfathers, I think they served but I don't think either was sent overseas. My dad was born in 1947.
Yeah. 66 of them for the Protestant cannon. A few more for Catholics (I'm not as familiar with the Catholic Cannon). There's a theory that Hebrews might have been written by Priscilla, which is why her name was left off.
April 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Yeah. 66 of them for the Protestant cannon. A few more for Catholics (I'm not as familiar with the Catholic Cannon). There's a theory that Hebrews might have been written by Priscilla, which is why her name was left off.
That is certainly true, sadly. A natural outgrowing of Protestantism. The Bible can't actually be made to mean anything if you use good exegetical practice (most Christians don't) but even that leaves a lot of ground open.
April 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
That is certainly true, sadly. A natural outgrowing of Protestantism. The Bible can't actually be made to mean anything if you use good exegetical practice (most Christians don't) but even that leaves a lot of ground open.
Agree but Denmark was able to save her Jewish population non-violently. Civil Rights became a reality in large part due to civil disobedience. In a world where nukes exist, I am not sure that a handgun in the hands of a citizen is going to do very much. The state has a monopoly on violence.
April 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Agree but Denmark was able to save her Jewish population non-violently. Civil Rights became a reality in large part due to civil disobedience. In a world where nukes exist, I am not sure that a handgun in the hands of a citizen is going to do very much. The state has a monopoly on violence.
Believe it or not I agree with you on that. But the Bible is at play in our society. People want to set up a theocracy based on the Bible. Being able to quote their own scriptures back at them is one of the few things I've found effective.
April 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Believe it or not I agree with you on that. But the Bible is at play in our society. People want to set up a theocracy based on the Bible. Being able to quote their own scriptures back at them is one of the few things I've found effective.
Of course politics was involved. Politics is involved in anything humans do. I think the doctrine of hell developed as a control mechanism too, it isn't taught in any kind of clarity in either Testament.
April 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Of course politics was involved. Politics is involved in anything humans do. I think the doctrine of hell developed as a control mechanism too, it isn't taught in any kind of clarity in either Testament.