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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Absurdity Revisited: A Perfect Example
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Date: Wed, 1-Aug-84 16:09:40 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  1 16:09:40 1984
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>> Of course reading the Bible 52 times in a year would be worthless
>> to you.  Your mind is not going to understand it, because you are
>> spiritually blind.  God does not reveal the truths of the Bible to
>> unbelievers, that would be throwing "Pearls before the Swine" as it
>> says in Mathew.  Only the Holy Spirit given at salvation will cause
>> you to understand the Bible.  With this understanding you could read
>> it 522,000,000 times and still find something you've never seen before.

>> Trying finding out a little about the author before you read His book.

>>                                               Ken Nichols

And how is one supposed to do that except by reading said book?
Or do you have to be in such a state of despair that you'll fling
yourself at anything that appears more solid than your own psyche?
Actually, it's an intriguing notion--the Bible as ciphertext.
Public or private key?  O my, when you read the Gospels backwards,
it says "I buried Paul".

Oink.
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