Slog - Comments on In Bible News http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news This post is not about Obama vs. Clinton. It's not about Olympia. It's not about Sound Transit. It's not about the civil rights movement. It's not about cloning. It's not about Dr. J. And it's not about Ahmet Ertegun. It's about the Bible! Check out this list of the top-10 bizarro Bible stories. For example, there's (Matthew 21:19; Mark 11:13-14) the time Jesus gets mad at a tree (#4 on the top-10 list) ... and (1 Kings 18:25-27) the time David goes on a murderous spree, killing 200 men and collecting their foreskins as booty (#6).... Copyright 2008 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:31:25 -0800 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:03:05 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by max solomon that just makes me love jesus more.

anyway, my fig tree only bears one crop, so fuck fig trees.

haters.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921454 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921454 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:43:01 -0800 Comment by Greg There's a reason why they don't teach these ones in Sunday school. I wonder how many of them are covered in The Sins of Scripture.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921461 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921461 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:52:26 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton Ok, so it wasn't about all those things but it did have a bit of religion bashing.

But religion deserves it. Nice post Josh.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921475 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921475 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:58:14 -0800 Comment by infrequent eh, they taught those in my sunday school.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921486 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:03:33 -0800 Comment by Fred Phelps GOD HATES FIGS!

]]> Fred Phelps http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921492 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:10:22 -0800 Comment by dickhead Now I know if I'm ever in a pinch with my father-in-law I can use my massive foreskin collection as a get out of jail free card. I knew I kept those things for something.

]]> dickhead http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921507 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921507 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:20:09 -0800 Comment by infrequent if you think the stories by themselves are strange, you should hear the poor sunday school teacher's attempt to make those passages relevant to modern life.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921522 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921522 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:25:55 -0800 Comment by cognitive dissident For more biblical nonsense, check out The Skeptic's Annotated Bible for an even larger assortment.

]]> cognitive dissident http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921541 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921541 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:41:45 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 @8 they also have a Q'uran and book of Mormon

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921554 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:49:17 -0800 Comment by Gitai These are leaving out my favorite story. Dinah, Jacob's daughter, is raped by Shechem. He decides he likes it so much that he asks Jacob to marry her. He says, "Sure thing, but I can't allow my daughter to marry into an uncircumcised people." Shechem obliges, and all the men of his city get circumcised. On the third day after, which is supposed to be the most painful day, his two sons go into town and slaughter all the men, who are too weakened to fight back.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921574 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:02:05 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Um. Wow. TMI. What's next, Inquisition Pr0n?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921598 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:13:49 -0800 Comment by ellarosa touche @5! excellent.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921631 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921631 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:31:16 -0800 Comment by K Ken's Guide to the Bible will save any believer's (and soothe any non-believer's) soul.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921635 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921635 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:34:45 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore i see they included my favorite, the talking jackass. why doesn't ken hutcherson ever bring that one up?

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921660 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:48:44 -0800 Comment by Greg Barnes John Shelby Spong's book on the Resurrection hypothesizes that the fig tree (and the triumphal entry/Palm Sunday) stories actually probably took place near Sukkot, not Passover --- figs are in season near Sukkot, which makes Jesus's anger more understandable, and cutting down palm branches is, of course, widely done at Sukkoth time (to build the shelters).

Under this hypothesis, the story would have to have been moved to Passover time, probably to line up with Jesus's crucifixion, but this presents the problem that figs are out of season, which Mark points out but doesn't bother to explain (possibly because he couldn't).

]]> Greg Barnes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c921665 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:50:36 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Awesome! I love this stuff...

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c922747 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c922747 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:30:18 -0800 Comment by banjoboy Wow, story 9 is soooo demeaning to People of Size. At last, a Bible story for Dan!

]]> banjoboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c923370 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c923370 History Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:04:51 -0800 Comment by Vince Now you know what they did before television.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c924337 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/in_bible_news#c924337 History Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:03:05 -0800