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- From: pcrayne@halcyon.com (Peter C. Crayne)
- Subject: Re: Violence in the bible?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.214650.8703@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:46:50 GMT
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- Hi all. I am posting without first reading the FAQ! At least nobody on
- this newsgroup is likely to tell me that I'll be smitten down with flame
- for it. :-) (Except virtual flame, perhaps).
-
- Anyway, I was recently discussing religious matters with a friend who is
- semi-religious. I havn't decided whether I'm a weak athiest or an
- angnostic. I was relating the story of some prophet or other who, after
- communing with god in the wilderness comes back into town, wherupon he
- is teased by children. The prophet calls upon god to punish them, and
- god send wild animals to kill them, and they are devoured.
- My friend claims "I've read the whole bible and that story isn't in it".
- I am pretty sure it is, but I'm not really qualified to dispute him. I
- don't seem to have a bible anymore, and rejected church & sunday school
- at an early age. My bible knowledge is therefore fairly thin.
- Can anybody nail this one down for me?
-
- TIA,
- -Pete
- pcrayne@halcyon.com
- Did you ever notice that a cold pancake feels a lot like what clammy,
- dead skin probably feels like?
-
-