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  • Great Article

    I loved your article. I was fascinated by your taking God to task for his bad morals. I thought your response to God action was so human. It is just like us to think that God is evil or bad or mean. That He is unlovable and yet we want him to show up for us when we are treated badly or in such trouble that we know we can't bail ourselves out. ...
    Posted to Blogging the Bible by joellenmorris on March 8, 2009

  • You've answered your own question, David

    ...the argument itself represents a kind of belief, because it commits me to engage with God. That's exactly it. That is why no one reads the Bible. It's like studying to become a Microsoft Windows system administrator: why spend all that time trying to master something that doesn't even make sense anyway? Why bring yourself closer to that ...
    Posted to Blogging the Bible by dspiewak on March 3, 2009

  • Good Book

    I think that your comments on the cultural relevance of the Bible to us are extremely relevant however your response to the nature of God and man's ability to understand him just cries out for you to read some Kierkegaard. You might like to try both ''Fear and Trembling'' - especially for the notion of faith as opposed to the ethical - and also ...
    Posted to Blogging the Bible by DouglasClark on March 2, 2009

  • editing problems

    David, how can you get Isaac confused with Esau? Which translation are you reading?
    Posted to Blogging the Bible by amako on April 17, 2008

  • Re: Worthwhile

    I think one of the most enjoyable things about ''Blogging the Bible'' has been reading along as you encounter stories and perspectives that you hadn't seen before, or, when you were already familiar with the text, learning that it didn't mesh with your pre-existing notions when you put it in context. In that sense, I think you'd be as well-suited ...
    Posted to Blogging the Bible by jbyoder on June 4, 2007

  • Loved the series.

    I think you gained some (needed) seriousness as you went along. Thanks very much for the blog.
    Posted to Blogging the Bible by bright_virago on June 4, 2007