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moropusOur city library has a program where if you have a ebook reader or said program on your laptop, will let you check out ebooks for 2 weeks. They stick it on there, and 2 weeks later it goes away in a puff of logic.
Anyway, some bimbo on Fox News interviewed a very nice man who wrote a book about the historical man Jesus. Except she didn't. She just kept rattling on about, you are a Muslim, why would you even write this? And he kept saying, I've been studying religions all my life, I'm a college professor, its my job, and she sat there like a Fox News idiot making a fool of herself. It seems she doesn't know Islam considers Jesus a great prophet.
Some dude I know showed me the vid, which has about gone viral by now.
So I checked out the book. And its awesome as a history. Its not really about religion, except where it has to be, which totally freaks people out. I sat up all night reading it I'm reading the end notes and about to start over.
I don't care if you think Jesus was a nice guy, an escaped mental patient, a faith healer, or a seditionist, you should real this.
He does mention some of the other gospels that never made it into the ole canon, and points out a great holy war between Paul, Paul's ego with James and Peter on the other side that's mostly right in the Bible and tells you right where to find it.
Actually, I think he ought to send the silly bimbo a thank you card because if she had not made such an ass of herself trying to mock an educated Muslim man for writing a book about Jesus, I doubt half as many people would be reading it. His personal beliefs don't come into it, except for the introduction.
Anyway, some bimbo on Fox News interviewed a very nice man who wrote a book about the historical man Jesus. Except she didn't. She just kept rattling on about, you are a Muslim, why would you even write this? And he kept saying, I've been studying religions all my life, I'm a college professor, its my job, and she sat there like a Fox News idiot making a fool of herself. It seems she doesn't know Islam considers Jesus a great prophet.
Some dude I know showed me the vid, which has about gone viral by now.
So I checked out the book. And its awesome as a history. Its not really about religion, except where it has to be, which totally freaks people out. I sat up all night reading it I'm reading the end notes and about to start over.
I don't care if you think Jesus was a nice guy, an escaped mental patient, a faith healer, or a seditionist, you should real this.
He does mention some of the other gospels that never made it into the ole canon, and points out a great holy war between Paul, Paul's ego with James and Peter on the other side that's mostly right in the Bible and tells you right where to find it.
Actually, I think he ought to send the silly bimbo a thank you card because if she had not made such an ass of herself trying to mock an educated Muslim man for writing a book about Jesus, I doubt half as many people would be reading it. His personal beliefs don't come into it, except for the introduction.
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Date: 2013-07-31 02:40 pm (UTC)I love how libraries do that. Because of course there's no such thing as Calibre - or printers or screencap either for that matter.
Ours has a similar arrangement for audiobooks which last time I checked was still tied up with that stupid Overdrive system. It sort of worked in Windows (of course), barely worked on the Mac - and Linux - well forget that. I guess you can't blame the libraries too much - they have to do their bit to keep all those I.P. lawyers in the style to which they've become accustomed.
Anyway I've heard the author's name before and it's got me curious. It's not something I'll show to any relatives - particularly if it makes any pretence at being factual. Heh.
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Date: 2013-07-31 11:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-07-31 11:31 pm (UTC)I studied Systematic Theology and Old and New Testament at university while I was cogitating training for the Catholic priesthood back in my late teens. I dodged a bullet there but it was a useful grounding. It would be interesting to revisit that without the biases of religion or rabid atheism muddying things the way they tend to. So I'll track this book down I think
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Date: 2013-08-01 10:45 pm (UTC)