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Re: Religious Pron - Mesopotamia 12 - Babylonia 2(I)

Nov 4, 2022, 8:10 PM

Lol well, not exactly. As always, things are a bit more complex than they first seem. There are multiple issues here.

First, as it relates to just this verse, the oldest copy we've FOUND is in the Dead Seas scrolls.
So one might think that the oldest found would be the most accurate. But that's not always the case.

It might not be the oldest, just the oldest found so far. That's why I said "Samaritans 1", for now...

Second, the Dead Sea scrolls were actually written by a minority sect of the Jerusalem Temple, the Essenes (other sects were the Pharisees, kind of the blue collar guys; the Sadducees, sort of the white collar guys; and eventually the Zealots, sort of the camouflage guys who ended up on Masada.)

That's kind of weird in itself...that the Essenes, who lived right outside of Jerusalem in Qumran, would be writing in agreement with the Samaritans up north. Of course, that might explain why they were outside of Jerusalem and were considered a minority sect in the first place, lol.

But what I'm getting at is, how does one know to trust the Essenes? Or to trust some other sect? Or as Festus on Gunsmoke used to say "How do you know who wrote the writing wrote the writing right?"

As I've mentioned before, every text, in every religion, is another man's interpretation of God's message. Unless it comes to you directly, it's filtered through someone else, and so you have to ask "Do I trust them?" Whether it's Moses, or the Buddha, or Joseph Smith.

So "oldest" doesn't mean only, or first, or even correct. It just means that's the earliest we've got, from whomever, for now.

In fact, a lot of newer translations are actually better than old ones, because we have a better understanding of history, or language, or both. For instance, for the longest time we only had the Hebrew version, in the Bible, of the siege of Lachish. Then we found the Taylor Prism and got the Assyrian version. Now, at the time, the Hebrews didn't have the Assyrian version and the Assyrians didn't have the Hebrew version. But we have both. So we have a more complete view, from both sides, than either had from just one side, when it actually occurred.

In terms of language, Hebrew is notoriously vague. Lots of words mean multiple things. Like if I say "Bring the shrimp over here", am I talking 1 shrimp, or many shrimp? And modifiers are hard to translate. Like if I say "Jack and Jill are tall and slim." Do I mean both of them are tall and slim, or Jack is tall and Jill is slim? So translations are really, really tough, and without context, even having the original of something leaves a lot of room for interpretation. So while it might seem that older is closer to the "truth", that's not always the case.

Inerrancy in the Bible is only a big deal if one makes it a big deal, imo. There are about 150 versions of the Bible, I think, and all of them go back to either the Hebrew Bible or the Septuagint, in Greek, as far as I know. So there are bound to be differences. But the overarching message is the same for all - faith. Now, the details will split folks up. And we'll get into a lot of that as we go. That's why there are denominations and sect, lol. Salt or no salt? Leavened bread or unleavened? Infant baptism or adult baptism, on and on and on. But I wouldn't call any of them "wrong."

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In fact, I had the perfect girlfriend after the children's mother 'runn me oft.' Kim was a darling country girl who looked a lot like that ugly darling chick on Andy Griffin show. She could karaoke one song, Delta Dawn because of practiced voice control and a natural, precious country accent.

She had the perfect job, imo. She worked four days 12 hr shifts one week and 3da, 12 hr shifts the next in constant rotation except for a couple holidays. Every other week she worked through the weekend so I got time off being that she was exhausted by the shift length.

She behaved as if we were exclusive but never really pushed me to any full descriptions of my weekend off from her. I had a Meucci sneaky pete, a Joss MOP inlay which were handmade with 4 true joining points in the handle and not stickers made to look like points, and break shaft for the Joss which all went into one leather carrier case. I had a couple other rare sticks but they were always put away. Who would let those sit in a case when he had every other weekend free?

Mostly I spent the weekends hanging out with my older friend Toy. Toy was a 65 yr old parkinson suffer who could steady his hand a knock a ball in about any pocket on the table. He, another friend his age swapped a 5 dollar bill for years shooting pool.

I moved back to SC from Cleveland, TN and lost contact with Toy. I searched his name on google and saw an article which reported he had been arrested for having a still in his garage and some pot plants in one of the bedrooms.

I worked hard to get over my ex but never have. I really can't imagine have true love for more than one woman. Solomon was one lustful whoremonger, that's coming from one who understand whoremongering well.

Religious Pron - Mesopotamia 12 - Babylonia 2(I)

Something weird going on, all text it hyperlinked

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Now Imma gunna read it all! thanks for posting.

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Imagine 1K of panty hose and bras hanging in the MBath.

Re: Imagine 1K of panty hose and bras hanging in the MBath.

One wife or two girlfriends is plenty.

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