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It's been a while since we discussed who wrote the bible,

grumblebee — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 19:48:41 -0800

It's been a while since we discussed who wrote the bible, so I offer these links to the Straight Dope's site: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5.

By: hotdoughnutsnow

hotdoughnutsnow — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 19:51:52 -0800

Dear God, don't know if you noticed, but... your name is on a lot of quotes in this book, and us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look... -XTC I think this settles it, it was crazy humans.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:02:43 -0800

These articles were serially linked over the last week or so at Fark, of all places. Worth linking here anyway, perhaps. And that is one great song, hotdoughnuts, which I haven't heard in years.

By: skyline

skyline — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:29:35 -0800

The Book of Enoch (Hanokh) isn't mentioned in there, but its legitimacy was verified by the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls. Very, very creepy stuff.

By: geoff.

geoff. — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:31:22 -0800

Lest we not forgot about the Holy Writings of Ine.

By: MrBaliHai

MrBaliHai — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 20:48:08 -0800

I think this settles it, it was crazy humans Well, if Andy Partridge says so, it must be true!

By: tolkhan

tolkhan — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 21:06:27 -0800

its legitimacy was verified by the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls its legitimacy? what do you mean? how so?

By: skyline

skyline — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 21:20:27 -0800

It was rediscovered in an Ethiopic library sometime in the 1700's, but whether or not it was really a part of the bible had been disputed. (I see that it sounded like I thought the Dead Sea scrolls proved that the stories really took place; sorry.)

By: tolkhan

tolkhan — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 22:31:10 -0800

ah, that's what threw me.

By: skyline

skyline — Sat, 12 Jan 2002 23:18:54 -0800

That part wasn't proven until The Prophecy II came out.

By: Samsonov14

Samsonov14 — Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:09:10 -0800

Oh please. Every fourth grader knows that C.S. Lewis made all this stuff up long ago. And yes, I'm not an idiot, I realize that the copyright on the Chronicles of Narnia was circa 1950. But everybody knows that carbon-dating stuff is unreliable. Bother all of you. Let's not mess around with this "People Wrote the Bible" business. It's all nonsense anyway. Sincerely, Eustace

By: grrarrgh00

grrarrgh00 — Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:44:15 -0800

Call me a cornball, I love the Sarah McLachlan version of "Dear God."

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Sun, 13 Jan 2002 09:34:29 -0800

No one who loves anything by Sarah should be called a cornball.

By: gd779

gd779 — Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:46:19 -0800

Suggestion: Read through the old thread on this topic (grumblebee's firs link). Then read through this thread. What a difference a year makes! Ignore the sound file embeded in the first thread, of course.