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At 08:07 2/2/05 -0800, Doug & Cindy wrote:
I am curiouse as to why you would quote Job from
the bible since you obviousely do not beleive
what the bible says?
Greetings, Doug and Cindy!
I don't know which article you're thinking of, but
I can offer an answer which maybe covers whatever
it was you saw.
I accept many of the things that are in the
classical Christian mythologies, just as I accept
a great many things in other such writings, myths,
and legends. Whether I believe precepts within
such works or not depends upon evidence, absolutely,
but when, for example, Job demands that it's not
acceptable to lie for Jesus, I can accept that
admonishment as reasonable for a number of reasons
without having to believe in the Jesus mythos or
the Job mythos.
Since I'm not a cultist of any kind, I can review
the symbology behind the myth of Job informing
believers not to lie for their father figure since
the basic core truth of the myth is that lying for
a greater ideal negates the moral high ground
that's being sought, first off, and secondly when
the lie is exposed, it reflects negatively upon
the father figure or the mythos which the liar was
attempting to bolster with his or her lie.
The moral code works for non-cultists as well as
for believers. I'd never fudge the results of a
scientific inquiry into physics, for example, for
the same reasons why Job doesn't want people to
fudge for Jesus.
I appreciate your inquiry and I hope that I've
answered you in a way that answers your question.
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