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OT: Rebelious reopening of locked topic 27-Aug-2010 At 8:26:28 AM TonyB

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On the original topic ... marriage ... 5 and a half years experience and for me it's absolutely fantastic.

On the bible. A couple of thoughts. The bible does not say that Jesus died on the cross. It was Friday night and the public didn't like guys hanging around on crosses on the Sabbath ... so they used to go around with a baseball bat (yeh, the bible doesn't mention baseball I know) and break the legs of the poor unfortunates who were still alive. This would put the weight of the crucified on their arms and they would soon suffocate, then they would be taken down. The nails by the way, went through the wrists, not the palms, for all those bleeding palmers.

Anyway, imagine yourself as Jesus, with the boys approaching. What do you do, play dead ? The boys get to Jesus and can't decide whether he's dead or alive ... I mean, wouldn't you be faking at this point ? So they stick a spear through his side to see if he bleeds. If he bleeds it means he's alive and they break his legs. You know the story, he bleeds and they cut him down !!! No wonder he "resurrected" !

The OT has some interesting stuff too. Do you know why god sent "the great" flood ? It was to get rid of the Nephilites. These guys were 450ft tall giants who were the progeny of angels who came down from heaven to score with the good looking babes on earth. Anyway, God failed because the Nephilites' kids pop up later in the bible.

Not the stuff they read to you from the bible in kindergarten and the stuff that stretches belief a tad.

The message of course, is don't just blindly accept the crap you are fed by people in control or people wanting control. Question everything. Look beneath what is commonly accepted.