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Does the Bible Command Bikini Waxing?
So, want to tweak a religious friend or relative? Next time you need to get them a gift, give them this:
The Uncensored Bible: The Bawdy and Naughty Bits of the Good Book
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In this unexpectedly delightful (if juvenile) little book, two Bible professors and a journalist unpack some of the more outrageous interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, focusing on juicy tales of sex, dysfunctional families and body parts. What if Eve was not made from Adam's rib bone but, as one biblical scholar has suggested, his penis bone? (Don't laugh this theory away until you've read the chapter.) Despite taking on serious questions of biblical interpretation and Hebrew translations, the authors maintain a tongue-in-cheek demeanor as they address questions like Did Abraham pimp Sarah? Did Ruth and Boaz have a roll in the hay on the threshing floor? and Was Joseph a cross-dresser? (Answers: yes, maybe, and probably not.) One chapter proposes that the assassin Ehud (Judges 3) escaped King Eglon's rooftop after murdering him by slipping down through Eglon's latrine. Some of the authors' conclusions are a stretch, but it's always in good fun. This is perfect bathroom reading, and PW means that in the best possible way.
More at the Amazon page for the book.
Jim Downey
(Via Time.)
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Moving to agnosticism by focusing on religious untruth.
If bible thumpers would seriously study where it came from in addition to the stuff noted in the article, we might all be better off. Lewis Black (Jew) has pointed out that christians have taken his scripture and called it old and claimed there's a new version with a better main character... (paraphrase of Mr. Black)
I have thrown out a lot of info I used to believe about the bible before I became an agnostic. I went so far as to get to formal degrees in biblical study before I realized I had enough solid information to downgrade the bible to a human creation with no transcendent connection. In fact, the apt. paul may have been the first "modern" christian not Jesus or the 12; And there's no sign, even in the bible, that he thought was writing divine scripture as he sent letters to 1st century churches. Unbelieable what many believe. Peace, Gus
A matter of religious difference.
If you ask most Jews, they will tell you that the Pentateuch was written by men. Not sure who, and they will laugh at the Christian Bibles that credit Moses as having written it, especially since he dies about halfway through. Very interesting, the different perspective from the one you describe.
does the bible command bikini waxing?
Let's hope so!
No Thankee
From as far back as I can remember, the ickiness of mixing sex with religion has made me throw up a little. Like, any sort of "romance" movie or novel involving a "handsome priest" struggling with his temptation for some woman....eewwwww. Yeah, I was indoctrinated into the Catholic cult, which I fled at the age of 15. In my all-girls high school, we had this hideous older priest who used to give - I kid you not - sex talks (oh, I can barely type it) to us that used to make my stomach turn over. I'm talking about a 65-year-old supposed virgin giving "advice" to 14, 15, 16-year-old girls.
I know this is only tangentially on-topic, but the idea of any biblical sex antics being amusing eludes me.
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