tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post1152346927609163180..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: POLLSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-37250152101938975302014-07-24T13:25:11.207-04:002014-07-24T13:25:11.207-04:00Have you ever watched one of those evangelical eve...Have you ever watched one of those evangelical events held in a conference center? It is a sociological sight to behold. The audience is usually dolled up in its Sunday best and throughout, people sit with Bible, pens and highlighters. Everytime the speaker mentions a passage, the room murmers with the sounds of the faithful checking to see whether the passage is read correctly and whether the context is correct and whatever one does. It may not be that all evangelicals or fundamentalists read the Bible, but surely more than half have. That's what I've seen in any case. Now, if reading requires informed, sceptical and critical analysis, then maybe not. But, there is an important sense in which many of the evangelicals have read the book. Try searching YouTube for "evangelical services" and many include the weekly reading of some section of the Bible.Andrew Lionel Blaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976034095806583387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-88665787139369844522014-07-24T13:19:55.692-04:002014-07-24T13:19:55.692-04:00If we had more university teachers like this, thou...If we had more university teachers like this, though, then people would know more about what's in the Bible:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bar3GOzDNzgMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446428606119200980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-43767784520496770932014-07-24T11:37:33.851-04:002014-07-24T11:37:33.851-04:00Quite true, Chrism but I would hate to have to cou...Quite true, Chrism but I would hate to have to count on that!<br /><br />I think Matt and Robert Vienneau must be right. Do they really READ the Bible? Still and all, I kind of wish the Good Book had said something specific about social media.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-17914204512785150222014-07-24T11:22:00.710-04:002014-07-24T11:22:00.710-04:00Not all those substances those 1/11 drivers are on...Not all those substances those 1/11 drivers are on necessarily make them drive worse :)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-10702245151055660592014-07-24T10:59:41.257-04:002014-07-24T10:59:41.257-04:00I too cannot believe that anybody who believes the...I too cannot believe that anybody who believes the bible is literally true has read the bible. Much is explicitly metaphorical. Think about the poetry is psalms. Or sayings about how our fathers have drunk sweet wine and our teeth rot. This is a metaphor for children being punished for the sins of their parents.Robert Vienneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00872510108133281526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-68085824853303242172014-07-24T09:20:36.466-04:002014-07-24T09:20:36.466-04:00Most people do ignore the bit about not wearing mi...Most people do ignore the bit about not wearing mixed fiber fabrics, or women being "unclean" and needing to be kept away during their periods, though. Or perhaps they think that's done away with by the "new law" that Jesus brings in, though few people have any real idea how that's supposed to work- which parts are in and which out.<br /><br />I suspect that most people who give an affirmative answer to this question, 1) don't really know what it would mean for the Bible to be "literally true" and 2) don't really know most of what's in the Bible. They read bits and pieces, but not all and most not carefully.<br />(This is in addition to your remarks, which I'd agree with.) Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446428606119200980noreply@blogger.com