The Book of Joshua is the follow-up act to our departed hero Moses. Josh is the man to lead the Israelites into their promised land and, with the assistance of the God-box (ark of the covenant), will boot out the current inhabitants. In this book I learn that Jews were every bit as merciless as [...]
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Joshua (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Posted in Bible, Religion on December 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Deuteronomy – Part 2 (More laws and Yahweh’s love)
Posted in Bible, Religion on December 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last last post on the first part of Deuteronomy was rather long (sorry), and this one is similar (sorry again). There is just so much bullshit in this book that it is hard to know what to skip over and what to note. I tend to err on the side of verbosity, or so I’m [...]
Deuteronomy – Part 1 (It’s the Law, man)
Posted in Bible, Religion on December 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Next up on my personal tour of Hell is the Book of Deuteronomy. This is essentially a rehashing and expansion of the laws of God as (supposedly) handed down to Moses. It comes across as sort of a meld of a State of the Union address with a valedictory address. Most of the information is [...]
Numbers – Part 2 (Jewish Desert Storm)
Posted in Bible, Religion on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And now for the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey might say. The Book of Numbers had been pleasantly surprising in the amount of insanity and surreal stupidity up to this point. However, the remainder of the book has, on the whole, been less exciting – though there are a few unusual events causing [...]
Numbers – Part 1 (Count ‘em up, Move ‘em out – Rawhide!)
Posted in Bible, Religion on October 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well, I’ve been off work this past week burning up some use-it-or-lose-it vacation time. With lots of projects around the house in need of attention I am taking the only reasonable course of action – spending time blogging. Yeah, I suck, but so what.
Leviticus – Part 2 (Abounding in abominations)
Posted in Bible, Religion on October 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’ve gotta finish up the Book of Leviticus and move on, so what follows is roughly the last 10 chapters. Without further delay, let’s jump in and wrap this puppy up.
Leviticus – Part 1 (Rites, Rituals, Rubbish)
Posted in Bible, Religion on October 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m finally back at this Bible-reading endeavor once again. My normal job has been placing huge demands on my time which has made it difficult to find quality time to read the Bible and write posts. (Is reading the Bible bullshit ever considered quality time?!) However, I’m re-dedicating myself to the effort because I just [...]
Exodus – Part 2 (Bad weather and the Testament)
Posted in Bible, Religion on October 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In my last Bible-read post we had Moses duke it out with Pharaoh, then haul an unruly hob of Hebrews out of Egypt into the Sinai wilderness. When last sighted the seething mob was encamped in an area known as Rephidim. Three months (or years?) after leaving Egypt they end up at the base of [...]
Exodus – Part 1 (Moses vs Pharaoh)
Posted in Bible, Religion on October 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I am finally into the second book of the Bible – Exodus. I’d been kinda looking forward to this one because I thought it would have some more interesting stories and fodder for commentary. My expectations were partially realized. There is, of course, the battle-royale between Moses/God and Pharaoh, with all Magic Castle stuff. Then [...]
Genesis – Part 2 (..the end of The Beginning)
Posted in Bible, Religion on September 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’m back, finally. Life and work have been getting the best of me lately. As seems to happen every damn year I get up to my eyeballs in projects and other shit that has to be done before the end of the year. What I wouldn’t give to have the Earth move into a farther [...]
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