#the-bible — Public Fediverse posts
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Lord, who may enter your Temple?
Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill?
Those who obey God in everything
and always do what is right,
whose words are true and sincere,
and who do not slander others.
They do no wrong to their friends
nor spread rumors about their neighbors.
They despise those whom God rejects,
but honor those who obey the Lord.
They always do what they promise,
no matter how much it may cost.
They make loans without charging interest
and cannot be bribed to testify against the innocent.
Whoever does these things will always be secure.
מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְ֭הֹוָה מִי־יָג֣וּר בְּאׇהֳלֶ֑ךָ מִֽי־יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ן בְּהַ֣ר קׇדְשֶֽׁךָ׃]
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים וּפֹעֵ֥ל צֶ֑דֶק וְדֹבֵ֥ר אֱ֝מֶ֗ת בִּלְבָבֽוֹ׃
לֹֽא־רָגַ֨ל ׀ עַל־לְשֹׁנ֗וֹ לֹא־עָשָׂ֣ה לְרֵעֵ֣הוּ רָעָ֑ה וְ֝חֶרְפָּ֗ה לֹא־נָשָׂ֥א עַל־קְרֹבֽוֹ׃
נִבְזֶ֤ה ׀ בְּֽעֵ֘ינָ֤יו נִמְאָ֗ס וְאֶת־יִרְאֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֣ה יְכַבֵּ֑ד נִשְׁבַּ֥ע לְ֝הָרַ֗ע וְלֹ֣א יָמִֽר׃
[כַּסְפּ֤וֹ ׀ לֹא־נָתַ֣ן בְּנֶשֶׁךְ֮ וְשֹׁ֥חַד עַל־נָקִ֗י לֹ֥א־לָ֫קָ֥ח עֹֽשֵׂה־אֵ֑לֶּה לֹ֖א יִמּ֣וֹט לְעוֹלָֽם׃ {פ}
The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 19. Psalms 15: 1ff (Ps 15:1-5) [GNT (1992 ed.)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/83099/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thebible #bible #oldtestament #psalms #psalm15 #commandments #goodman #goodperson #paragon #salvation #virtue
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Conservative Version of Goodreads Only Has the Bible and ‘The Art of the Deal’
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The wicked flee when no man pursueth ….
[נָ֣סוּ וְאֵין־רֹדֵ֣ף רָשָׁ֑ע]
The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 20. Proverbs 28: 1 (Prov 28:1) [KJV (1611)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/82769/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thebible #bible #oldtestament #proverbs #chase #evil #fear #flight #guilt #guiltyconscience #paranoia #pursuit #runningaway #shame #wicked
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Hello, I'm Noah and I approve this message. - The Stupidest Story Ever Told - https://youtu.be/AxR3sXTFUFM?si=C2yizpAAc2Kw_8Mo #TheBible #StupidStories #BettyBowers #AmericasBestChristian #comedy #IrreverentComedy
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Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Books that Influenced my Life
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Wednesday, and it’s time for another post in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews. If you’d like to participate in the challenge, then you can find the list of topics for 2025 here. If you’re interested in reading other people’s responses to this week’s topic, you can do so here.
Books that Influenced my Life
Two main books influenced my life—one in a positive way and one in a negative way.
Let’s start with the negative to get it out of the way.
The Bible.
I’ve mentioned before that I grew up in a Catholic family, and my nanna was staunchly devout. We were made to go to church every Sunday—and for Ash Wednesday, Easter Sunday and Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve—and we had to behave in a typically “Catholic way”, i.e., being kind, being polite, presenting ourselves in a socially acceptable way and not letting anyone know what goes on behind closed doors and to present a facade of peace and happiness. Now, that sounds okay, right? Not too bad? But for a little gay boy growing up in the 1980s and 90s, it was hell.I knew that I was “different” from a very early age—and I also knew, from the biblical teachings at Sunday school and from what I learned from my family via osmosis, that the sort of different I was would prevent me from getting into “heaven”.
That book made me hate myself so much that I didn’t believe I was worth my space on Earth. I thought my family would be so ashamed if they knew. I was ashamed of myself. All I saw on TV (of the meagre representation there was back then) was horror stories of people being disowned by their families or beaten up by people in the streets. Poor Matthew Shepard’s murder was all over the news in 1998. I was terrified to act naturally in public, so I’d put on a mask and pretend to be something I wasn’t.
In the end, I discovered that this particular book held no power over me. My nanna remained staunchly devout until the day she died, but when she learned I was marrying a man, she couldn’t have been happier, telling me, “It’s about time!”
Overall, the Bible—a book meant to symbolise love, peace and forgiveness made me afraid of my own family when I had no need to be. My family did—and do—accept me and have never been anything less than loving and supportive.
I’m all for people’s right to religious freedom. In fact, I envy the blind faith that those people like my nanna seem to have and those whose experiences with Catholicism and the Bible on the whole have been lovely—but I’m too logically minded to believe an all-knowing entity created the entire universe, and I don’t enjoy knowing that the text of the Bible has been interpreted and retranslated over and over. Who can even be certain of it’s original message anymore?
Now for the positive.
A Christmas Carol
This book was read to me many times when I was growing up, and then, when I could manage it, I’d read it myself. I believe Mr Dickens is the reason I have such a love for the Christmas period. Although the story is one of change and redemption, it was the spirits that captured my imagination. I also think it’s why I love the tradition of ghost stories at Christmas.If nothing else, A Christmas Carol certainly began to stir my imagination, and it may even be part of the reason I enjoy telling my own stories.
Now, whenever I read the book or watch an adaptation (The Muppet’s Christmas Carol is my favourite), I am whisked back to my early childhood when I’d be tucked into bed before my dad would begin to read all about Ebeneezer Scrooge and his miserly ways. Even now, the story brings me a sense of calm, tinged with a feeling of homesickness for a home I can never return to, which, I suppose, is what nostalgia is.
Well, that’s me done for now. I wonder what books, if indeed any, have influenced your lives.
As ever, thank you all for taking the time to read my words. I really do appreciate you all!
Until next time,
George
© 2025 GLT
#aChristmasCarol #books #challenge #lgbtq #theBible #wednesday #wednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge
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Who Actually Wrote the #Bible? (The Truth Revealed)
Who actually wrote the Bible? For centuries, people have believed it was the divine word of #God — but #history, #archaeology, and textual studies reveal a very different story. #TheBible wasn’t written by a single person, nor was it delivered fully formed.
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Ex-pastor at Pete Hegseth’s church calls for public executions and says Bible backs Ice raids https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/pastor-joshua-haymes-pete-hegseth #Farright(US) #Christianity #PeteHegseth #USmilitary #Worldnews #TheBible #Religion #USnews #Race
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I know this book that is full of violence, sexual assault, murder, war crimes, and mutilation that I think should be banned. The cultists that love it call it #TheBible
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#CleanCode is a lot like #TheBible.
Everyone claims to have read it.
Only a few actually have.
Many misuse its teachings.
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Heh... Could this be the plot of the next #SouthPark episode?
#Oklahoma’s #TrumpLoving, #BibleThumping Superintendent Faces #Porn Probe
Two Oklahoma board of education members said #RyanWalters was not apologetic after a video of naked women played in his office during a state meeting
by Naomi LaChance, July 26, 2025
"An investigation is underway in Oklahoma after a television screen in the #MAGA state school superintendent’s office reportedly showed a video of nude women during an executive session of the State Board of Education on Thursday.
"The images reportedly appeared on a screen in the office of Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s far-right Superintendent of Public Instruction. Walters previously told schools to teach #TheBible and #TenCommandments, demanded students watch him pray for Donald Trump, and named #transphobe #ChayaRaichik to a state education committee. He also tried to use state money to purchase #bibles for classrooms that matched the specifics of those marketed by the president and his family.
"As you might expect, Walters has led a crusade against '#pornography' in #SchoolLibraries.
"Two members of the Oklahoma board of education said they were shocked at what they saw on the screen on Thursday.
" 'I was like, ‘Those are naked women,' board member Becky Carson told The Oklahoman. 'And then I was like, ‘No, wait a minute. Those aren’t naked, surely those aren’t naked women. Something is playing a trick on my eye. Maybe they just have on tan body suits. … This is just really bizarre.'
" 'I saw them just walking across the screen, and I’m like, 'no.' I’m sorry I even have to use this language, but I’m like, ‘Those are her nipples.’ And then I’m like, ‘That’s pubic hair.’ What in the world am I watching? I didn’t watch a second longer.' "
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