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Re: Ten Regular Things The Bible Bans But We Still Do

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>             Re: Ten Regular Things The Bible Bans But We Still Do
>
>   From: Rick Moen <skeptix@lists.opn.org>
>
>Quoting Garrison Hilliard (skeptix@lists.opn.org):
>
>> The Bible is the most widely read book in the history of mankind, we're
>>   pretty sure. The Good Book has been the cornerstone for one of the
>>   largest religions on the planet and it deserves to be read by just
>>   about everyone, regardless of their spirituality. The Bible is
>> thousands of years old and contains numerous stories, parables, and
>>   guidelines for its followers to follow. Since this is a sensitive
>>   topic, we will outline some sections that are forbidden in the Bible
>>   but people still do in this modern era.
>
>Very good.  I assume you're familiar with Kent Ashcraft's 'Letter to Dr.
>Laura'?  http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/drlaura.asp
>
>
>I note in passing the strong Biblical prohibition against
>Linsey-woolsey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linsey-woolsey), weaving
>of linen and wool to create a composite fabric.
>
>  Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a
>  diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither
>  shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
>                                 -- Leviticus 19:19 as per KJV
>
>  Ye shall keep My statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a
>  diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed;
>  neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff
>  mingled together.              -- Leviticus 19, as per JPS
>
>
>  Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen
>  together.                      -- Deuteronomy 22:11 as per KJV
>
>  Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.
>                                 -- Deuteronomy 22:11 as per JPS
>
>
>I've contemplated using 'Lindsay Woolsey' as a nom de plume:  It sounds
>so quintessentially WASP.
>
>And I see that this was the name of one of the characters in 'Auntie
>Mame' (played by Patric Knowles in the 1958 Rosalind Russell movie), so
>I'm hardly the first person to think of that gag.
>
>The novel _Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade_ was by Edward Everett
>Tanner III of Evanston, Illinois.  I'm thinkin' he was pretty darned
>gentile, albeit of RCC antecedents rather than WASP.  Closeted gay guy,
>supremely talented writer.
>
>
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Recently, I greeted one of two Jehovah Witnesses who showed up on my  
porch with the question, "Isn't that a wool and polyester suit you're  
wearing?"
Which reminds me of a Christopher Hitchens joke. What do you get when  
you mix a Jehovah's Witness with a Unitarian?  Someone who shows up  
on your porch to annoy you for no reason.


jet foncannon <bolumanis@comcast.net>


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Re: Ten Regular Things The Bible Bans But We Still Do Rick Moen <skeptix@lists.opn.org> - 2017-02-04 01:33 +0000
  Re: Ten Regular Things The Bible Bans But We Still Do Jet Foncannon <skeptix@lists.opn.org> - 2017-02-05 14:36 +0000
    Re: Ten Regular Things The Bible Bans But We Still Do Bill Steele <skeptix@lists.opn.org> - 2017-02-11 20:58 +0000
      Re: Ten Regular Things The Bible Bans But We Still Do BillK <skeptix@lists.opn.org> - 2017-02-11 21:08 +0000
  Re: Ten Regular Things The Bible Bans But We Still Do Bill Steele <skeptix@lists.opn.org> - 2017-02-11 20:54 +0000

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