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[–] 18823592? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

really, literally vomited? i have considered "seeing how the enemy thinks" but haven't finished the OT yet (read the NT first, when i returned to scripture few years back). koran, talmud, torah -- would it help or harm me to absorb the knowledge in those books?

after i posted the above comment, i highlighted a piece of text and searched on it, and turned out it was from Amos. which i might not have gotten to yet...

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[–] 18828321? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

No, not literally vomited. That's just hyperbole. But, the Koran is as boring as fuck and worse than just boring, it's mind numbingly stupid. Read all the Talmud? No, I don't have that many years in my life but it's worth reading it if someone posts and excerpt. Reading the KJV of the bible is fine but it's worth noting that it's a translation that misses out on cultural context so I like to read up on what scholars have to say. One of the more interesting books I think is the book of Job. Then reading commentary on the book, rereading it and thinking about it. Most interesting aspect is when God compares the building of the pyramid to the creation of the world.

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[–] 18831772? ago 

i intend to learn greek and hebrew so that i can read the originals. but i've got some recovering to do from these concussions. am learning guitar which is helping my recovery i believe.

i have read that Job is the oldest book, but when i stated that here a few months ago someone asked for sauce and i couldn't find it. hmm.

i bought a Bible which has 26 translations, but it's large and heavy and i found it difficult to manage, physically. so i got the KJV on the kindle. i agree, it's better to have a larger perspective on how things were happening back in the day -- like the "turn the other cheek", i have read that if a peasant struck back at a roman soldier after being struck a single time, it was a crime; but to strike back after two blows, you were defending yourself. hence the "turn the other cheek" -- not to meekly accept the punishment, but, to help arrange circumstances where you can return justice without fear of reprisal. no idea if it's true or not as i absorbed that a while back...

God bless!