http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/13/slog-bible-study-leviticus-1120-22 Comments On: Slog Bible Study: Leviticus 11:20-22 by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Beetlecat]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:15:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Matt the Engineer]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:23:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by McJulie]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:02:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by venomlash]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:18:09 -0800 The Stranger
...wonder if he has any charming recommendations about stoning women & unbelievers to death....
Posted by blackhook]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:57:02 -0800 The Stranger How did no one else get that? Christ... this blog takes itself way too seriously.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:35:29 -0800 The Stranger
@Sarah: True, it's been awhile. However, you might be surprised how few self-proclaimed Christians have any serious familiarity with the text they claim to follow...
Posted by zivilisierter Wurm]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:52:38 -0800 The Stranger two different Gods in the Old Testament.
Posted by Brooklyn Reader]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:09:56 -0800 The Stranger
@23, how would you put the Christian story on a fortune cookie? Seriously; I'm curious.
Posted by sarah70]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:04:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by zivilisierter Wurm]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:37:03 -0800 The Stranger Posted by eclexia]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:35:41 -0800 The Stranger walk on four.
Posted by Sandiai]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:46:47 -0800 The Stranger
But I'll try again:

People who won't listen: this book -- the Jewish bible -- is published as a book but it's also handwritten on scrolls. No mistakes are allowed, and the scrolls have incorporated every single word since they were first committed to parchment more than 2,000 years ago. Since Judaism doesn't demand its members be literalists (forget the ultraOrthodox, they're crazy), we aren't expected to follow every single word. We do have minds.

As far as locusts, etc., they were probably considered clean because they don't light on garbage; they eat crops in the fields. And as mentioned, since they did, in lieu of the crops, people ate the locusts.
Posted by sarah70]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:18:57 -0800 The Stranger
Here's the real problem: Nobody's allowed to edit the book anymore. Oh, you can interpret it, discuss it, concentrate on certain sections, write lengthy tomes of exposition on it, but nobody can actually go in and fix it up.

If this was an actual operations manual for anything, it'd already be on version 2013.1a.

Instead, it's just a collection of mismatched prose and poetry written centuries apart by representatives of many different cultural/spiritual communities, collected by a mix of editors with varying motivations and goals, translated too many times by people of varying skill, and monkeyed with by a patriarchical hierarchy.
Posted by Brooklyn Reader]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:51:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by floater]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:33:00 -0800 The Stranger IF UR FAITH IS BIG ENOUGH FACTS DNT COUN…
Posted by Michael of the Green]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:46:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Rob in Baltimore]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:02:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:32:35 -0800 The Stranger
Fun fact: ascariasis can provoke an allergic reaction to shrimp. Who wants to connect the Biblical dots?
Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:41:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Michael of the Green]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:36:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by melvillean]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:31:15 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:11:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Reverse Polarity]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:56:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by try this wing, it's delicious]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:43:19 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by NotSean]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:39:47 -0800 The Stranger