How about the Beatitudes?

[bigthinker]

Interesting that we rarely see Christians mention the Beatitudes. More often we see very demands that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. Have you ever heard anyone demand that the Sermon on the Mount be posted anywhere?
How about
"Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom?
Or
"Blessed are the peacekeepers" in the Pentagon?

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[Diogenes]

The Beatitudes aren't as dramatic. The best of the Ten Commandments is "Thou shall commit adultery" from the Wicked Bible.

Wicked Bible - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[bigthinker]

Excellent! I was not familiar with that, thanks for the link; very interesting.

 

[Authentic Nouveau]

Interesting that we rarely see Christians mention the Beatitudes. More often we see very demands that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. Have you ever heard anyone demand that the Sermon on the Mount be posted anywhere?
How about
"Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom?
Or
"Blessed are the peacekeepers" in the Pentagon?

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You and I can agree atheists strive to the total opposite of The Beatitudes. Fail Stalin

Your support of abortion. Killing babies is not going to get blessed

 

[Authentic Nouveau]

Or
"Blessed are the peacekeepers" in the Pentagon?

Siberia is the atheist format of blessing?

Slavery laborcamps?

 

[Mr Laurier]

Interesting that we rarely see Christians mention the Beatitudes. More often we see very demands that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. Have you ever heard anyone demand that the Sermon on the Mount be posted anywhere?
How about
"Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom?
Or
"Blessed are the peacekeepers" in the Pentagon?

Alas, christian fundamentalism is as far removed from the teachings of Jesus as one can get.

 

[Tiburon]

Interesting that we rarely see Christians mention the Beatitudes. More often we see very demands that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. Have you ever heard anyone demand that the Sermon on the Mount be posted anywhere?
How about
"Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom?
Or
"Blessed are the peacekeepers" in the Pentagon?

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Or "Blessed are the Cheesemakers"

 

[bigthinker]

Siberia is the atheist format of blessing?

Slavery laborcamps?

lol

 

[bigthinker]

Alas, christian fundamentalism is as far removed from the teachings of Jesus as one can get.

You and I can agree atheists strive to the total opposite of The Beatitudes. Fail Stalin

Your support of abortion. Killing babies is not going to get blessed

lol. I love the "disconnected from reality" nature of your posts. Very entertaining. The way you pretend to not quite know how to respond so you just post whatever crazy idea pops into your head is pretty amazing. Excellent performance.

 

[Torin]

Related to the Wicked / Adulterous Bible, this is interesting:

Bible errata - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I especially found this amusing:

"Owl Bible", from 1944: "Owl" replaces "own", making 1 Peter 3:5 read, "For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their owl husbands." The error was caused by a printing plate with a damaged letter n.

 

[Diogenes]

Related to the Wicked / Adulterous Bible, this is interesting:

Bible errata - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I especially found this amusing:

I saw that earlier, I did like this:

• "Sin On Bible", from 1716: Jeremiah 31:34[13] reads "sin on more" rather than "sin no more".

Edit: Just looked up the verse

For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more


so the errata isn't quite as funny

 

[The Pixie]

Interesting that we rarely see Christians mention the Beatitudes. More often we see very demands that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. Have you ever heard anyone demand that the Sermon on the Mount be posted anywhere?
How about
"Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom?
Or
"Blessed are the peacekeepers" in the Pentagon?

No capitalist - i.e., wealthy preacher - wants to see:

Luke 6:20 Looking at his disciples, he said:​

‘Blessed are you who are poor,​

for yours is the kingdom of God.​

21 Blessed are you who hunger now,​

for you will be satisfied.​

Blessed are you who weep now,​

for you will laugh.​

...​

24 ‘But woe to you who are rich,​

for you have already received your comfort.​

 

[bigthinker]

Related to the Wicked / Adulterous Bible, this is interesting:

Bible errata - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I especially found this amusing:

lol!
or I suppose it's:
lowl!

 

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Excellent! I was not familiar with that, thanks for the link; very interesting.

You should read Pratchett & Gaiman's Good Omens [one of my favourite Pratchett books]..

Near the beginning where Crowley and Aziraphale are in St James' Park there is a short diversionary section on Aziraphale's passion for book collecting and his complete set of the Infamous Bibles [examples: https://www.history.com/news/historys-worst-biblical-misprints].

That section also includes a hilarious account of the various printing disasters of the mid seventeenth century printers Messrs. Bilton and Scaggs who printed two [now lost] plays by a certain William Shakespeare, The Trapping of the Mouse, and Golde Diggers of 1589.

 

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Or "Blessed are the Cheesemakers"

And the Greek - apparently he's going to inherit the earth!

 

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Related to the Wicked / Adulterous Bible, this is interesting:

Bible errata - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I especially found this amusing:

And the Geneva translation that confused Jesus with Judas!

Or the Murderers Bible where a "k" mistakenly replaced an "f" leading to Jesus saying "Let the children first be killed,” I suppose some modern pro-lifers might call that one the Abortionists Bible.

 

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Interesting that we rarely see Christians mention the Beatitudes. More often we see very demands that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. Have you ever heard anyone demand that the Sermon on the Mount be posted anywhere?
How about
"Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom?
Or
"Blessed are the peacekeepers" in the Pentagon?

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You rarely see them citing Matthew 25. 31-46 [known as the Judgement of the Nations] either.

In fact we invariably get quotes from John's gospel or Paul. Hardly ever the gospel of Mark.

 

[Lighthearted Atheist]

Interesting that we rarely see Christians mention the Beatitudes. More often we see very demands that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. Have you ever heard anyone demand that the Sermon on the Mount be posted anywhere?
How about
"Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom?
Or
"Blessed are the peacekeepers" in the Pentagon?

I think all we need is the Golden Rule. If you follow that then you follow the Beatitudes and the Ten Commandments. Also some version of the Golden Rule exists in almost every religion - Islam has it, Hinduism has it, even the atheist philosophy of Humanism has it.

• Christianity: "Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets."
• Buddhism: "Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."
• Hinduism: "This is the sum of duty; do naught unto others what you would not have them do unto you.”
• Islam: "No one of you is truly a believer until he wishes for others that which he wishes for himself.”
• Secular Humanism: "We are committed to treating each person as having inherent worth and dignity, and to making informed choices in a context of freedom consonant with responsibility.

If every Christian, atheist, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Scientologist did just this the world would be a much better place

 

[bigthinker]

its just good to know that the bible is an infallible, reliable resource,

I think all we need is the Golden Rule. If you follow that then you follow the Beatitudes and the Ten Commandments. Also some version of the Golden Rule exists in almost every religion - Islam has it, Hinduism has it, even the atheist philosophy of Humanism has it.

• Christianity: "Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets."
• Buddhism: "Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."
• Hinduism: "This is the sum of duty; do naught unto others what you would not have them do unto you.”
• Islam: "No one of you is truly a believer until he wishes for others that which he wishes for himself.”
• Secular Humanism: "We are committed to treating each person as having inherent worth and dignity, and to making informed choices in a context of freedom consonant with responsibility.

If every Christian, atheist, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Scientologist did just this the world would be a much better place

This is all very nice and sweet but who goes to hell?

 

[bigthinker]

No capitalist - i.e., wealthy preacher - wants to see:

Luke 6:20 Looking at his disciples, he said:​

‘Blessed are you who are poor,​

for yours is the kingdom of God.​

21 Blessed are you who hunger now,​

for you will be satisfied.​

Blessed are you who weep now,​

for you will laugh.​

...​

24 ‘But woe to you who are rich,​

for you have already received your comfort.​

And no capitalist Christian wants to acknowledge this:
Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."