Comments on: The Year of Living Biblically

By: Friendly Atheist » The Year of Living Biblically (Ask Away)

Friendly Atheist » The Year of Living Biblically (Ask Away) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:38:45 +0000

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By: gsb

gsb — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:14:25 +0000

ZZ Top is not in the Bible

I’ll not accept the revelatory nature of any Bible that does not have ZZ Top in it.

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By: Mriana

Mriana — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:25:17 +0000

Oh, Ok, it’s squeezed into a list of nutty things – ZZ Top beard. I skimmed that part, sorry Hemant. ZZ Top is not in the Bible, but yes, I guess one could call the beard that.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:45:12 +0000

The author is a humor writer, so I don’t think he worried too much about splitting hairs over whether something was allowed, commanded or just suggested or modeled by characters in the bible. It’s supposed to be funny, not an academic study.

By: Mike C

Mike C — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:00:40 +0000

Oh wait, Leviticus 11:22 says that you are allowed to eat crickets (among a few other insects). However, I think being allowed to eat something is a little different than being commanded to eat it.

By: Mike C

Mike C — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:58:46 +0000

In the Publishers Weekly quote…

and I think the Bible mentions John the Baptist eating locust. I don’t remember anything about crickets per se.

By: Mriana

Mriana — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:20:16 +0000

OK maybe I’ve missed something in my studies, but I don’t remember there being anything about eating crickets in the Bible. Now I do remember a plague of locus, which I guess if push came to shove you could eat them, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

Where does it say anything about eating crickets in Hemant’s post even?

By: Mike C

Mike C — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:05:40 +0000

I’m not sure all of those are actual commands. Like the thing about eating crickets. Just because someone in the Bible did it once doesn’t mean it’s a prescription for everyone.

I think it was in response to ddwriter’s comment on stoning saucy children. Either that or it was in response to my comment about the Bible and women. Either way, even the the works attributed to Paul could use some critical scrutiny. 1 Corinthians 7:4 Ephesians 5:22 for example.

No, my comments weren't in response to you or to writerdd. I was just commenting on the eating crickets thing in the original post. I'm not sure that's an actual command. I think you were reading too much into my comment.

By: Mriana

Mriana — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:50:16 +0000

That is Elija or Elisha, not Joshua. I can’t keep my characters of the Bible straight. *Mriana bangs head on desk*