Well, big duh!

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This is really a very silly quiz. I don't mind that it is multiple choice because how else could we have quizzes that are easy to take and score instantly? But when choices include "pizza" or "San Francisco" it really robs the quiz of any meaning. I knew all the answers though I would quibble quite seriously with one. Wisdom literature and poetry are overlapping categories and the Protestant divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures are highly arbitrary and misleading. I never use them, preferring the Jewish distinction among Torah, Prophets, and Writings. And yes, I could click "yes" on the question whether I have read every word of the Bible. At least three times, most of it many times.

You know the Bible 100%!

Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!

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How many people are aware that Thomas Cranmer's desire in liturgical revision included a norm of all Christians reading or hearing read most of the Bible in the course of the Daily Office and Communion services? It is very Anglican to be immersed in Scripture. Granted, I was raised a Baptist and learned the Bible through a very different process, for which I am and always have been grateful. Part of my gratitude, though , is knowing the Bible well enough to note when it is being misused.

OK, enough. I'm ranting again and politics has had me doing too much ranting today.

h/t to Diane who get me started on this one.

Hugs to all who will accept them.
--the BB

Here's a film I look forward to seeing

Though I suspect watching it may be painful.



for the BIBLE tells me so, the movie


From the movie's website:

Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families -- including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.

Bearsy Bob says check it out.
[Any old fans of Joe Bob Briggs and his movie reviews out there?]
--the BB