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Originally Posted by mawg
actually I have Chemistry , Physics , and Metallurgy majors, and did graduate quite in the top 1% of my class thanks.
and the original manuscripts in hebrew, greek , and aramaic are the ones which indeed are the originals , like all the rest of your comments concerning the Religion that is false as well
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In order to actually work in the sciences and still believe the things you are posting on this site (unless you are lying like one of the other posters here--who is a recreational bigot) you have to maintain an intellectual/religious dichotomy in your head that borders on schizophrenia. You casually dismiss the work that thousands of your collegues have done over the course of the centuries, yet you probably would defend your own research vigorously. As they say, "Denial isn't just a river in Egypt."
Unfortunately for you I am not wrong about the sources of the Bible myths, you simply have not gone far enough back in history to discover the real genesis of your superstitions. And you will NOT go back and research your own religious history because you fear what you will find--not much scientific detachment there, my friend. I have made the journey that you fear to make and while I still value the teachings of Jesus (the things He probably REALLY said, rather than the later additions) I also realize that the story is not new and much of the Bible is blaspehemous nonsense cribbed from other religious traditions to increase the fear-value, and thus the control-value, of the religion.
You must be an interesting neighbor if you are still doing the sacrificial burned animal stuff. Do you keep the Jubiliee year celebrations? Avoid your wife while she has her period? Purify yourself in case you accidentally touch a woman on the street who might be having her period? Did you ever watch the movie AS GOOD AS IT GETS ? Jack Nicholson played the part of a man with serious ritual behavior. If you are keeping the Law of Moses (lifted largely from the earlier Code of Hammurabi) and doing all the stuff ordered in the Old Testament, then you may well be very much like him.
It's sad to see an intelligent, educated person so steeped in supernatural fear that they will adhere unquestioningly to vague religious concepts handed down to them from sources they know nothing about AND MANAGE TO FEEL MORE SECURE BECAUSE OF IT. My brother is one of those people who has walled off a large part of the world as being too dangerous to even learn about. He, like you, will go to the mat to protect his cherished illusion of safety even if it means passing judgment and running roughshod over the lives of others.