The #Bible has been removed from libraries in Utah after a parent used a new law that permits the removal of "pornographic".
The parent argued that the Bible contained topics such as incest, bestiality, genital mutilation, and infanticide, making it pornographic under the new definition set forth in Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1227.
A GOP lawmaker expressed "sadness" regarding the situation.
This is just a reminder that, in 1631, Robert Barker in London misprinted a famous line of the Holy Bible, namely „Thou shalt commit adultery“.
The forbidden copies with the famous slip sold well, and a few survived in our catalogues. The edition was called the Wicked Bible afterwards. #bookhistory#histodons#history#bible
"Imagine a faith so empty that you think bringing prayer into schools is following Jesus, but bringing free lunches is not."
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me." - Matthew 25: 35-37
I am humbly (yet unapologetically) religious. I am also secular & spiritual! Not ordained, not a scholar, but a devoted student of christian scripture and theology.
My threefold goal here is to share my thoughts, socialize with people, and hopefully make a few internet friends.
"The man facing a criminal trial in New York next month for paying hush money to a porn star after having an affair with her just six months after his wife Melania gave birth to their only child, told us: 'All Americans need a Bible in their home and I have many, it’s my favorite book.'”
Question aux catholiques/protestants/théologiens/gens qui étudient la #Bible...
Qu'est-ce que vous conseillerez à des étudiants pour se refaire un vernis de culture biblique nécessaire pour comprendre des textes anciens (en particulier médiévaux) ?
"Trump is spending a good chunk of his donations on his legal bills. The Times ran an amazing report about this on Wednesday. Of nearly $85 million in donations, almost a third, $27 million, has gone to legal bills. Hey, at least this time around, he’s apparently actually paying them.
Trump will have money. There’s no use pretending he won’t."
Can someone help? Any historian or someone similar? Or someone good with looking up references?
I just found a text in an old media file that Alliance France (I think) in Uganda commissioned, and it says "The history of the Acholi people may date back to the Coa people and place in old biblical history involving a commercial link with the ancient people of Israel."
But I'm not a Bible person and searching for "Coa people" doesn't bring up anything meaningful.
O JN-1, O JN-1
How lovely are your mutations!
O JN-1, O JN-1
How lovely are your mutations!
Not only spread in summer's heat,
But also spreads in winter's snow and sleet,
O JN-1, O JN-1
How lovely are your mutations!
(yes, yes, this is obviously what I'm thinking as I am going to Christmas service... will see if I end up being the only person with an N95).