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Tell us your stories of churches and religion (or lack thereof). Let the smiting begin!

Question suggested by Supersonic Electronic

(, Thu 19 Mar 2009, 15:00)
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Shakespeare is a closed book if you haven't read the Bible?
Pffft. If that were true, his plays would not have their truly global appeal.

As for history - when was the Bible ever truly used as the guidebook for people's actions?

Like any large, complex religious text, it just gets used to excuse the actions - it's so large and obtuse that it's never really hard to find a quote in there to justify whatever you're doing. People throughout history have decided what to day and then justified it by interpreting the Bible as they see fit - you're better off looking at what actually happened than looking at how they excused it at the time.
(, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 21:48, 2 replies)
Ah, such pearls:
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2023:20;&version=31;
:-)
(, Tue 24 Mar 2009, 13:10, closed)
Oh this is a shame...
You probably won't like these references that I've got...because they're honest to goodness academic ones.

www.shakespearefellowship.org/virtualclassroom/StritmatterShaheenRev.htm

muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/shakespeare_quarterly/v052/52.1curren-aquino.pdf

www.shaksper.net/archives/1998/0697.html

Now go away, read your Shakespeare and your bible and learn something about the history of western literature.
(, Wed 25 Mar 2009, 17:59, closed)

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