I don’t really feel like getting into a religious debate, but I definitely wanted to share this. Apparently there’s a book that shows all of the “dirt” behind the scriptures of the Bible. The article brought out some good points, and I thought it was interesting.
An excerpt:
For instance, in the KJV but not in the New International Version, King David, angry at a farmer, threatens to kill anyone who “pisseth.”
Every theory discussed was initially proposed by a serious scholar, often in some arcane journal. “The Uncensored Bible”’s aim is to make the theories accessible and entertaining, Kaltner says.
Was Adam’s “rib” or his side the source for Eve? Maybe not.
The original Hebrew word is “tsela,” used elsewhere in the Bible to refer to a branch or tangent extending out from a body – like a certain genital bone that all male mammals have except spider monkeys and humans. So why don’t men have a bone there now?
Pretty interesting. Read the whole article here.
Hmmm… the article gets the “pisseth” thing a little wrong. The original Hebrew uses “one who urinates against a wall” to refer to a man. David is threatening to kill every man in a certain group. And “pisseth” was probably a perfectly acceptable word back in King James’ day.
Also, I don’t really know that the Bible is hiding some “dirt” that must be exposed. It says what it means, and it uses some pretty interesting language to do it…
“Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.” -Ezekiel 23:19-21
I’m not saying the Bible is evil. It has no fear about calling things what they are – and that includes describing the rotten, putrid filth that is sin.
I realize you didn’t want to start a debate, and I don’t either. But I just thought I’d add my 2 cents to the discussion.
-Dayne