Biblical Distortions: Thigh High

Quotes from the Bible on Comparison:

MATTHEW 7:2

For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

ROMANS 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. [1]

JUDGMENT:

1) an act or instance of judging.

2) the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion. [2]

COMPARE THIS:

My 2005 version of the bible says, “And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall swell and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman shall become a curse among her people.” *

TO THIS:

My 1989 version of the bible says, “…let the priest make the woman take an oath of the curse and say to the woman — the Lord make you an execration and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your uterus drop, your womb discharge; now may this water that brings the curse enter your bowels and make your womb discharge; your uterus drop!”

My 2005 version of the bible says it “is an essentially literal” translation.

The 2005 version says it’s a “supernatural book…God’s own words.”

It’s simultaneously called “royal Law” and “lively Oracles.”

The word, oracle, stood out to me. I’d never heard it used in any manner other than this:

On 08.08.23, when I looked up the definition via Dictionarydotcom, I found this:

Everyone compares everything every minute of the day, and in the process we develop definitions, but I was genuinely surprised to see a limited definition like this.

I did a couple more searches and it only appears that way on Dictionarydotcom if “oracles” is the search word. “Oracle” offered more options. But there are other things that could add to the confusion like the preponderance of posts by the business called Oracle. Since it dominates that space, you might easily switch to “oracles.” Years ago when I was trying to understand what was happening in my life, wondering if my experiences had anything to do with destiny, the band, Destiny’s Child, was still dominating everything. Today it’s a video game.

Biblical distortions outsize anything that was ever considered to be “of biblical proportions.” Anything that was ever shared in a biblical account probably wasn’t as big as they claimed, because we can see that they are still lying, obfuscating, exaggerating.

“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.”

~ George Orwell, 1984

God? Damn: A series of miraculous events that guided the lives of a progressive woman and her daughters

Over the course of about 15 years, I compared the God defined by religious belief systems to events I was experiencing which turned out to be similar to those shared by Carl Jung after his interview on BBC’s broadcast of “The Listener” where he said, “I don’t believe; I know.” [3]. I began to realize that a personal God was connecting with me and helping to support me and my daughters. I recently published the memoir, God? Damn, to share those experiences.

If you haven’t already guessed, I want to eliminate religion. That doesn’t mean people have to stop believing that God exists. It would simply eliminate religious division. Imagine if we could walk into any one of God’s houses and be welcomed. Imagine if we could develop new seasonal celebration songs so everyone could be included? Imagine if there was never any mention of the men to whom religion is currently beholden, where many of the stories fail when carefully analyzed. We would simply see that lots of people have come to the same conclusion through profound experiences: God exists.

• Please note that the warped text on the reference pages is because most bibles are printed on very thin paper, apparently so they won’t last long enough for people to be able to make these kinds of comparisons.

NOTES

1] Bible quotes, https://www.openbible.info/topics/comparing_ourselves_to_others

2] Judgment, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/judgment

3] “Dr. Jung Clarifies Misunderstanding of BBC Broadcast of: ‘I Don’t Believe, I Know:’”

Carl Jung said, “I do not need to believe in God; I know.” Which does not mean: I do know a certain God (Zeus, Yahweh, Allah, the Trinitarian God, etc.) but rather: I do know that I am obviously confronted with a factor unknown in itself, which I call ‘God.’

It is an apt name given to all overpowering emotions in my own psychical system subduing my conscious will and usurping control over myself. This is the name by which I designate all things which cross my path violently and recklessly, all things which upset my subjective views, plans, and intentions and change the course of my life for better or worse. In accordance with tradition, I call the power of fate in this positive as well as negative aspect, and inasmuch as its origin is beyond my control, ‘god,’ a ‘personal god,’ since my fate means very much myself, particularly when it approaches me in the form of conscience as a Vox Dei, with which I can even converse and argue.”