Comments on: The Bible Tells Me…Something Else http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/28/the-bible-tells-mesomething-else/ The national media watch group Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:29:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: paperwight http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/28/the-bible-tells-mesomething-else/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 paperwight Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:45:27 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4305#comment-1020 One might view both conditions as necessary, but not sufficient conditions independent of each other -- that is, you need to be saved, but you also need to *act* saved. Either one without the other won't get you into heaven. One might view both conditions as necessary, but not sufficient conditions independent of each other — that is, you need to be saved, but you also need to *act* saved.

Either one without the other won't get you into heaven.

]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/28/the-bible-tells-mesomething-else/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Doug Latimer Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:20:17 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4305#comment-1018 Well, I think the contradictions just show how human a "divine" document can be, don't you? And there's no heaven, so it's a moot point, right? But what's not contradicted in the Bible is the imploring to help each other, and that should be answered with no expection of reward ... heavenly or otherwise. That's being a mensch ... and that's pretty goddamn "divine" regardless of what you may or may not believe, wouldn't you say? Well, I think the contradictions just show how human a "divine" document can be, don't you?

And there's no heaven, so it's a moot point, right?

But what's not contradicted in the Bible is the imploring to help each other, and that should be answered with no expection of reward … heavenly or otherwise.

That's being a mensch … and that's pretty goddamn "divine" regardless of what you may or may not believe, wouldn't you say?

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