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Toto · 06-27-2008, 10:57 PM

From Sam Harris' list:

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The Scripture Project
Volunteer Editors Needed

Steve Wells, the creator of the Skeptic's Annotated Bible, Qur'an, and Book of Mormon, has donated the full contents of his website to the Reason Project. This is a very generous gift, as Steve spent the better part of a decade annotating these holy books and highlighted all passages notable for their historical inaccuracy, internal contradictions, scientific errors, absurdity, injustice, cruelty, sexism, intolerance, etc. (he also flagged the good parts).

At the Reason Project, we intend to refine Steve's work in a section of our website entitled "The Scripture Project" where we will have religious scholars, historians, scientists, and other qualified people continue to annotate these texts on a Wiki. With the input of the right scholars, we are confident that the Reason Project website will quickly become the preeminent place for scriptural criticism on the internet. We are happy to say that Steve Wells will continue to supervise the Scripture Project as it moves forward.

In the meantime, however, we need help porting the full contents of the Skeptics Annotated Bible, Qur'an, and Book of Mormon over to the Reason Project website. Unfortunately, the entire process cannot be automated. We are seeking volunteers to help us edit each page of the Scripture Project Wiki to see that it correctly duplicates the parent-page on Wells' site. This is a big job, but it will be quickly accomplished by a hundred or so volunteers. If you are familiar with adding to Wikis and are willing to donate a few hours over the next few weeks to the launch of the Reason Project website, we would be enormously grateful for your help (some knowledge of HTML would also be useful).

The Scripture Project

bopot · 07-06-2008, 11:01 AM

This is very cool. I look forward to seeing what those various experts add to the project. This will become the new go-to place for tearing holes in those dusty old scrolls of enshrined ignorance.

GakuseiDon · 07-06-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by bopot

This is very cool. I look forward to seeing what those various experts add to the project. This will become the new go-to place for tearing holes in those dusty old scrolls of enshrined ignorance.

Yeah, it's like Doherty endorsing Acharya. What honor this will bring to Sam Harris!!!

xaxxat · 07-07-2008, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by GakuseiDon

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Originally Posted by bopot

This is very cool. I look forward to seeing what those various experts add to the project. This will become the new go-to place for tearing holes in those dusty old scrolls of enshrined ignorance.

Yeah, it's like Doherty endorsing Acharya. What honor this will bring to Sam Harris!!!

Here, have some cheese...

mike.davis · 07-09-2008, 07:38 PM

If you are interested in a Bible commentary from an atheist perspective, check out www.atheistsbiblecompanion.com. It is a bit more scholarly in focus than the skeptic's annotated bible and goes deeper into the contradictions and discrepancies. It is still being built up, but the gospels and Acts are complete, and that's where a lot of the contradictions are anyway.

dr lazer blast · 07-09-2008, 07:44 PM

the the skeptics annotated bible? you mean the one that takes everything out of context and has an annotation about every line? :rolling:

The skeptics annotated bible is hilarious, an example of their annotations would be of the following.

bible scripture: And david drew his sling and slew goliath
Annotation: where did david get his sling from? thin air? where did goliath come from?

:rolling:

bopot · 07-09-2008, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dr lazer blast

the the skeptics annotated bible? you mean the one that takes everything out of context and has an annotation about every line? :rolling:

The skeptics annotated bible is hilarious, an example of their annotations would be of the following.

bible scripture: And david drew his sling and slew goliath
Annotation: where did david get his sling from? thin air? where did goliath come from?

:rolling:

While I will agree that the SAB is guilty of taking things out of context at times (some of the responses from lookinguntojesus.net have convinced me of this, and it is to the credit of the SAB that those responses are linked from its pages), I don't agree that its critique completely fallacious. You make it sound as though the whole thing is a big misunderstanding, which is simply false. Most of the examples are exactly what the SAB says they are (absurd, cruel, intolerant, etc.), requiring no interpretation to recognize.

James Brown · 07-09-2008, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dr lazer blast

the the skeptics annotated bible? you mean the one that takes everything out of context and has an annotation about every line? :rolling:

The skeptics annotated bible is hilarious, an example of their annotations would be of the following.

bible scripture: And david drew his sling and slew goliath
Annotation: where did david get his sling from? thin air? where did goliath come from?

:rolling:

Is that an example or a strawman?

I notice you are quick to sling "Fallacy!" around on other threads.

So for Halloween this year, are you going as a pot or a kettle?

biblethumping · 07-10-2008, 03:55 AM

I like this idea, i just hope it's open to babelist like myself to add annotations for a fair and balanced view point. that probably won't bode well with all the liberals but my hopes are still nonetheless high.

Keith&Co. · 07-10-2008, 04:52 AM

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Is that an example or a strawman?

Well, since DLB says that sarcasm is not a valid form of criticism, and since there is no such annotation in the SAB, his post can be ignored by his personal standards.

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I like this idea, i just hope it's open to babelist like myself to add annotations for a fair and balanced view point. that probably won't bode well with all the liberals but my hopes are still nonetheless high.

I don't know about the new effort, but Steve has always been open to comments and corrections by the Faithful. He's made several changes in the last 8 years when apologists have proven his comments are in error.

Unfortunately, most of the comments are like DLB's. They just say 'all of your comments are out of context' and neglect to actually show a better context. I'm not sure what context could make the act of sending 2 bears to 'tare up' 42 kids NOT be cruelty, but i'd like to see how it could be framed.

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mike.davis Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 9	Atheist Bible commentary If you are interested in a Bible commentary from an atheist perspective, check out www.atheistsbiblecompanion.com. It is a bit more scholarly in focus than the skeptic's annotated bible and goes deeper into the contradictions and discrepancies. It is still being built up, but the gospels and Acts are complete, and that's where a lot of the contradictions are anyway.

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07-06-2008, 11:01 AM	#2
bopot Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The American Empire (i.e., Earth) Posts: 1,828	This is very cool. I look forward to seeing what those various experts add to the project. This will become the new go-to place for tearing holes in those dusty old scrolls of enshrined ignorance.

07-09-2008, 07:44 PM	#6
dr lazer blast Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: charleston sc Posts: 1,622	the the skeptics annotated bible? you mean the one that takes everything out of context and has an annotation about every line? :rolling: The skeptics annotated bible is hilarious, an example of their annotations would be of the following. bible scripture: And david drew his sling and slew goliath Annotation: where did david get his sling from? thin air? where did goliath come from? :rolling:

07-10-2008, 03:55 AM	#9
biblethumping Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tower of Babel Posts: 557	I like this idea, i just hope it's open to babelist like myself to add annotations for a fair and balanced view point. that probably won't bode well with all the liberals but my hopes are still nonetheless high.

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