tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post897869601848284415..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Holier than thouZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-68505820490742649862007-02-05T12:43:00.000-08:002007-02-05T12:43:00.000-08:00I only got 87, which ain't bad considering I've on...I only got 87, which ain't bad considering I've only read bits of it, and that was <a href="http://inthenuts.blogspot.com/2006/07/memories-of-my-high-school-religion.html">back in highschool</a> (I went to a catholic school).<br /><br />Up until this past year when she's made a real effort to read the bible (she's still in the OT), I had much more knowledge of the bible than my devout wife. It's frightening their lack of interest in their own beliefs sometimes.<br /><br />Man, that 2nd test sure is hard. I didn't know any of it.King Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785457928646226831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-63486762980051597642007-02-05T09:06:00.000-08:002007-02-05T09:06:00.000-08:00oh wow, that other one is much harder. I could on...oh wow, that other one is much harder. I could only even guess on two of them. Of course, I'm a total heathen.<br /><br />I often find (despite my failure to score 100%) that, like Zeno, I can usually hold my own in bible arguments with devout godbots. If the <i>have</i> read it, they only seem to recall the parts that agree with what their pastor tells them. They are frequently surprised -- shocked, even -- when I take out a bible and show them things they had no idea were there.alphabitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187332646704867849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-23209260843041463192007-02-04T04:19:00.000-08:002007-02-04T04:19:00.000-08:00Sorry, but I also got 100 per cent. There are lots...Sorry, but I also got 100 per cent. There are <i>lots</i> of us wonderful Bible scholars.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-67688083992688825942007-02-03T05:59:00.000-08:002007-02-03T05:59:00.000-08:00A disgruntled taker of the first quiz made a harde...A disgruntled taker of the first quiz made a harder one: <a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/the_bible_quiz_of_greater_ultimacy">The Bible Quiz of Greater Ultimacy</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-60814790478085571322007-02-03T05:36:00.000-08:002007-02-03T05:36:00.000-08:00Just for the record, Rip Van Winkle was a retellin...Just for the record, Rip Van Winkle was a retelling of an earlier German tale called Karl Katz. But I understand most of the tales in the Bible are retellings of earlier myths of that region, so what the heck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-55230716220547148152007-02-02T21:54:00.000-08:002007-02-02T21:54:00.000-08:00Rip Van Winkle might not be real, but Irving was a...Rip Van Winkle might not be real, but Irving was a much better writer than whoever first scribbled "Yahweh." (or however you write it in Hebrew)The Science Pundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497373296651049624noreply@blogger.com