Re: Linux provides software to study the Bible, out of the box

On 2025-04-17, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-04-17 09:56, Borax Man wrote:

On 2025-04-17, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-04-17 04:50, RonB wrote:

On 2025-04-16, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-04-16 08:50, RonB wrote:

On 2025-04-16, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 4/15/25 21:05, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:57:01 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
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I know that it probably won't interest most people, but I thought that
was pretty cool. Knowing that a distribution provides not only the Bible
but notes to help you study the content is neat. Maybe if our resident
homosexual gets acquainted with it, he will have a chance of avoiding
Hell.

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Are you talking about UbuntuCE?  If you're looking for enlightenment out
of the box:
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https://www.bodhilinux.com/
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Bodhi Linux appears to be more of a minimalist philosophical statement
rather than any specific Buddhist content.

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Actually, I was referring to Xiphos which allows you to download your
choice of Bible version from within the software.

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Apparently no Catholic Bible with the deuterocanonicals. I'm guessing their
notes are skewed against the Catholic Church. Hopefully they're not relying
on the Scofield Bible notes in any way.

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That is quite possible. I downloaded the New English Translation, but I
have no idea whether it skews in one way or another. According to some
experts I've read from, Bibles vary from one region to another with some
having more chapters than others, but their meaning is essentially the
same. Apparently, there are about forty differences in the wording used,
but the meaning isn't altered in any way.
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I trust the Bible, but I don't trust the interpretations made by
homosexuals or progressives.

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The deuterocanonicals are an important part of the Bible. They clearly
pointed to Christ, which is why the Jews eventually threw them out, and
Protestants followed their example.
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Here's an excerpt from Wisdom 2:12-20. This may help explain why the Jews
rejected the deuterocanonicals (they were originally in the LXX or
Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible).
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     12. “Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient
     to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law,
     and accuses us of sins against our training. 13. He professes to have
     knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. 14. He became to
     us a reproof of our thoughts; 15. the very sight of him is a burden to us,
     because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are
     strange. 16. We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our
     ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts
     that God is his father. 17. Let us see if his words are true, and let us
     test what will happen at the end of his life; 18. for if the righteous man
     is God’s son, he will help him and will deliver him from the hand of his
     adversaries. 19. Let us test him with insult and torture, that we may find
     out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance. 20. Let us
     condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will
     be protected.”
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This was written centuries before Christ's death on the cross. There's also
a lot about the Virgin Mary in the deuterocanonicals, as interpreted by
Catholic saints.

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The fact that such a thing would be written centuries before Christ and
that the events would unfold in almost exactly the same manner only
confirms that Jesus was exactly the Messiah the Jews were waiting for.
Their continued resistance to Him is ridiculous.
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Where would I be able to find the deuterocanonicals?
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Why do Americans use the term Judeo-Christian so much, and why do
American Christians have such a hard on for Israel?

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Because American values, whether they want to admit it or not, are
similar to those of Jews. Nevertheless, I am not a fan of the term
because I don't believe that Jews, practicing or not, have any respect
for our religion. American Christians, for their part, seem to love
Israel because they believe the government narrative that it is "the
greatest ally in the Middle East." Again, I don't see it that way since
they do little other than suck the American tit.

It goes deeper than politics. Christians were purposely indoctrinated into
believing in such a thing as Christian "Zionism." For well over a century
now. Originally it was a Protestant phenomenon but it's even infected
Vatican II Catholics now.

You think they'd be
a bit more sceptical of a people who SPECIFICALLY rejected Christ.
 
Its like Linux supporters supporting Steve Ballmer...

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Agreed.

Exactly.


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