He's trying to figure out how to get his soul back from the devil.

Please allow me to introduce myself...

i'm giving 8:3 odds that he smokes it before making it through to the end.

It is bloody fascinating

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DistendedPendulusFrenulum: It is bloody fascinating

Only if you read it in the original English like Jesus talked. Some of those translations are a hard slog.

40below:


nly if you read it in the original English like Jesus talked. Some of those translations are a hard slog.

Actually, the translation history is bloody fascinating. The whole thing is bloody fascinating. Take the Song of Songs, the most widely read erotic poem in the Western Canon, for example.

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Hey, Keefe, why don't you write a song about it?

Then sing it, right in the middle of a Rolling Stones concert!

That would go over well.

/it's bloody but not really fascinating
//Iliad more fascinating, also bloody

DistendedPendulusFrenulum: Actually, the translation history is bloody fascinating. The whole thing is bloody fascinating. Take the Song of Songs, the most widely read erotic poem in the Western Canon, for example.

Facetiousness aside this is a good read:

kronicfeld: Please allow me to introduce myself...

are you a man of wealth, and taste?

DistendedPendulusFrenulum: It is bloody fascinating

I know. I find lots of different types of fiction entertaining.

ukiah: I know. I find lots of different types of fiction entertaining.

I'm about as religious as a stump and haven't seen the inside of a church in 25 years, but I can argue that the KJV is the most influential book in history, if just for its effects on the language. Nothing else even comes close in any culture - the Koran doesn't count, because unless you speak Arabic, you haven't read it. I'd argue that you'd have a hard time understanding English idiom until you're familiar with it. Shakespeare may be a close second, but he'd read the Bible when he picked up his pen.

40below:

Srsly, I read the goddam thing all the time, in all its myriad translations.

And I work for the talibangelicals. For real.

And I also believe in religious freedom, and I think that the politico-religionists are trying to fark that up--this bill being a classic example.

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40below: I'd argue that you'd have a hard time understanding English idiom until you're familiar with it.

I would love to hear your reasoning behind that particular statement...

paulseta: I would love to hear your reasoning behind that particular statement

Bible verses are so completely ingrained in the English language that it would be hard to understand them without at least a passing understanding of their Biblical origins. Where is The Valley Of Death, and why is that Yea guy there? Is it in Oregon? I don't have the time or energy to produce a comprehensive list, but the KJV is the best example of group writing since, well, maybe Fark.

He should ask Alice Cooper any questions. I hear he loves Jesus.

FTA: Keef, 64, said: "I read it sometimes, but it bores me to death."

Stick with it Keith - it picks up a bit around Judges.

40below: Bible verses are so completely ingrained in the English language that it would be hard to understand them without at least a passing understanding of their Biblical origins. Where is The Valley Of Death, and why is that Yea guy there? Is it in Oregon? I don't have the time or energy to produce a comprehensive list, but the KJV is the best example of group writing since, well, maybe Fark.

What he said. Not that you can't speak the language without it, but reading Shakespeare and the King James Bible will enhance your understanding of it.

/Agnostic

Who ever said it was "fascinating?"

DistendedPendulusFrenulum:

Actually, the translation history is bloody fascinating.


That's true, perhaps even more so than the book (books?) itself.

Like many atheists, I probably refer to KJV more than most Christians. I too am fascinated why people base their whole lives on this fantasy of a jewish zombie man-god sky wizard thing.

DistendedPendulusFrenulum: It is bloody fascinating

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I tried reading it, and gave up at "Numbers". It's literally numbers, more numbers, and more bloody numbers.

marcpen: Like many atheists, I probably refer to KJV more than most Christians. I too am fascinated why people base their whole lives on this fantasy of a jewish zombie man-god sky wizard thing.

If you had read the bible, you'd have realized he's a mountain wizard.

fark that, the earth is more than 6g years old. period. anything out of the bible is a metaphor at best and a lie at worst. fark christianity and the zombie it rode in on!

He is hard at work on his autobiography and said: "We're just trying to make an interesting story out of it, without every chapter ending: 'And then I found out I only had 30 quid in the bank.

/hilarity ensuing

Next years news: Keith Richards finishes reading bible, dies from laughter.
Family says "Well he Did say he'd understood what the fuzz was about."

40below: Where is The Valley Of Death

Anita Pallenberg's cleavage.

He is just trying to remember what he did in his early years, his memory is a bit cloudy from the drugs. Who was that guy I spent my summers with...whats his name james...joey...jesus, yaeh thats it. Wonder what happened to him...

/when methuselah was a roadie you know you are old

This reminds me of that Bloom County comic where Billy & the Boingers frontman Bill the Cat was 'caught with his pants up' doing bible study.

I'd post the comic, but my Google-Fu is weak today.

/"We partied! I swear! She's a tart!"

He's going to be really upset when he learns that the Book of Keith was edited out before the first King James printing. He put a lot of work into that.

Atypical Person Reading Fark: Hey, Keefe, why don't you write a song about it?

Then sing it, right in the middle of a Rolling Stones concert!

That would go over well.

/it's bloody but not really fascinating
//Iliad more fascinating, also bloody


Actually, I'd like it he sang it in the middle of a Stones show.

It'd give me a chance to go get a couple more beers without missing anything good.

40below: I'm about as religious as a stump and haven't seen the inside of a church in 25 years, but I can argue that the KJV is the most influential book in history, if just for its effects on the language. Nothing else even comes close in any culture - the Koran doesn't count, because unless you speak Arabic, you haven't read it.

Martin Luther's Bible translation may have been even more influential. He traveled around for it, watching people's mouths as they spoke, and thus helped to create modern German.

ive been meaning to read the bibles.. all the different versions.. anyone have a ebook version of the book of the dead (in english)?

/pirated the shiat out of kjv, new testament, old testament, etc.
//church aint' getn' nuna my muny.

Bloody hell.