Official USMB Bible Poll

[KittenKoder]

You know something Jillian, MOST faiths and philosophies believe in reincarnation....

Christians - the belief you've got to be "born again".

Jews - definitely believe in reincarnation. There was a rabbi who could look at people and tell how many lives they'd lived before.

India - whole philosophy is based on it.

Tao - same thing with karma.

It's only the brainwashed ultra fanatics that tell you there is no such thing.

Hey now, I don't believe in reincarnation.

 

[ABikerSailor]

You are aware, that the Bible preceded the Aztecs, no?

I mean, given that on Monday we hit 5769 years.

Ijit...

Not only that, but isn't that the date that the Torah was handed down on Sinai?

 

[ABikerSailor]

Hey now, I don't believe in reincarnation.

Why not? The egyptians did.

 

[jillian]

You know something Jillian, MOST faiths and philosophies believe in reincarnation....

Christians - the belief you've got to be "born again".

Jews - definitely believe in reincarnation. There was a rabbi who could look at people and tell how many lives they'd lived before.

India - whole philosophy is based on it.

Tao - same thing with karma.

It's only the brainwashed ultra fanatics that tell you there is no such thing.

I was never taught reincarnation as part of judaism. But it is likely that as jews moved east from Judea many ended up in India and the surrounds. This would have led to a blending of the belief systems and an "easternization" of the religion.

 

[KittenKoder]

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Sun of God

Good link, but I said it once already, almost all old christian art was done by pagans of differing religions, and within the art of the destroyers is hidden the culture of the pagans they attacked. We are a far smarter type of person than they gave us credit for. Look at many of the 'saints' to, there are many more of our symbols and stories. we even worked a few of our tales into the bibull, well, in the NT anyway.

 

[ABikerSailor]

It is. I can't remember the rabbi's name, but he was famous for being able to tell how many lives someone else had lived.

Matter of fact, there is a story where he was talking to someone and asked him why he was still having the same problem when he'd already been laying in so many graves.

 

[jillian]

Not only that, but isn't that the date that the Torah was handed down on Sinai?

I'm not sure. I think that's simchat torah, but wouldn't swear to it. But that's also when the torah readings start again.

sorry.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Damn....ain't it nice that Always a Bitch has decided to go?

 

[xsited1]

Then you should vote fiction.

That would ordinarily be true, but the Bible is composed of many individual books.

 

[IndyVoter&Rockr]

The bible is a collection of books. Some of the books are obvious fiction such as Job, which is stated is a poem. So there is no way to call the whole bible Fact or Fiction, but if I had to choose I would say fact. The new testament is definitly fact, besides revalations. Most of the Old testament chronicles is fact along with alot of the Torah.

 

[jillian]

The bible is a collection of books. Some of the books are obvious fiction such as Job, which is stated is a poem. So there is no way to call the whole bible Fact or Fiction, but if I had to choose I would say fact. The new testament is definitly fact, besides revalations. Most of the Old testament chronicles is fact along with alot of the Torah.

The old testament IS the Torah.

 

[IndyVoter&Rockr]

The old testament IS the Torah.

Only the first five Books.

 

[Shattered]

I'm going with fiction, simply because it's written by man. Anything written by man is subject to personal interpretation of anything misunderstood, and simple human error.