In last week’s reading of the Hebrew scriptures…

I opened my Bible early one morning last week and read: No one whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall bet admitted to the assembly of the Lord. That’s an unusual way to start the day, even for me. I did not reflect long on that, because I have a vague …

In last week’s reading of the Hebrew scriptures…

It’s still a slog, and I’m in Deuteronomy, the Second Law Book, and things aren’t getting any happier as I trace the steps of the Israelites as they seek to follow Scary God into Canaan. (As a reminder, I, the fundamentalist with Mad Bible Skills, have started re-reading the Bible, from Gen. 1, using a guide …

In last week’s reading of the Hebrew scriptures…

(As a reminder, I, the fundamentalist with Mad Bible Skills, have started re-reading the Bible, from Gen. 1, using a guide I loaded onto my phone. Obviously, people read the Bible and find different things. Here’s what I found last week:) Moses was continually being told by God to rein in the Israelites, who couldn’t seem to …

In last weeks’ reading of the Hebrew scriptures…

So what I’m seeing in Numbers and Leviticus is a God who is inordinately devoted to detail — from the many and varied ways an  unclean person (pretty much, any person with any discharge, and my apologies if you’re reading this over a meal) can be punished/shunned to precisely how to cover the Ark of …

In last weeks’ reading of the Hebrew scriptures:

I am into Leviticus, and the beginning of the book and at the end of Exodus there’s a lot of very specific rules as to sacrifices. In fact, though my inclination is to skip over some of the stuff about goats without a blemish, it struck me that the priests had to be pretty deft …

Donald Trump doesn’t know his Bible

“Protect Christianity?” From what? From people who don’t know to say “Second Corinthians,” as opposed to “Two Corinthians.” To which I say “Two Peter 2;16.” The verse has (in the King James version, anyway) the phrase “dumb ass” in it. Glory! And thanks, Sherry, for the head’s up.

In last weeks’ reading of the Hebrew scriptures:

I started this as a comment to something Leftover said, but here goes, anyway: (As a reminder, I, the fundamentalist with Mad Bible Skills, have started re-reading the Bible, from Gen. 1, using a guide I loaded onto my phone. Obviously, people read the Bible and find different things. Here’s what I found last week:) A man named …

So I’m reading my Bible. Again.

I started after the first of the year. I mean, I never actually stopped reading it, but it was more targeted reads, looking for something specific. Now? I’m just reading Though no serious Biblical scholar would do this I started with Gen. 1. I’m up to chapter 40 or so, and I am finding things I …

Is it the Bible? Or the Qur’an?

In a blind test, some people had trouble deciding. And thanks, Thomas and Leftover, for the help.

The Bible? Or the Qur’an?

Take this quiz and see if you can pick which verses come from which sacred text. And no peeking! Allah/God is watching! And thanks, DickG., for the link.