A.J. Jacobs - The Year of Living Biblically

Spoon 11th · 12-24-08, 08:51 AM

Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to play a ten-string harp; to stone adulterers.

Video duration: 17:40

antikristuseke · 12-24-08, 09:15 AM

I wonder how would one decide on a haircut:hmm:

1 Corinthians

11:14 - Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,
11:15 -but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
11:16 - But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God.

and

Numbers 6:5

All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

Spoon 11th · 12-24-08, 09:36 AM

Also:

Judges 13:5
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son [Samson]; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite.

1 Samuel 1:11
I will give him [Samuel] unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

More contradictions:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.co...a/by_name.html

12-24-08, 08:51 AM	#1
Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	A.J. Jacobs - The Year of Living Biblically Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to play a ten-string harp; to stone adulterers. Video duration: 17:40

12-24-08, 09:15 AM	#2
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I wonder how would one decide on a haircut:hmm: 1 Corinthians 11:14 - Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, 11:15 -but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering. 11:16 - But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God. and Numbers 6:5 All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

12-24-08, 09:36 AM	#3
Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Also: Judges 13:5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son [Samson]; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite. 1 Samuel 1:11 I will give him [Samuel] unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. More contradictions: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.co...a/by_name.html