https://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?56844-I-m-Tired The largest classic literature discussion forum on the Internet. Read Write Teach Share. en Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:02:49 GMT vBulletin 10 https://www.online-literature.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg https://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?56844-I-m-Tired https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?7562-Facebook Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:56:39 GMT Broke down and joined facebook....only to find my mom on there!!!! OK. So she only had logged in once and had only one friend (her brother) but... Broke down and joined facebook....only to find my mom on there!!!!

OK. So she only had logged in once and had only one friend (her brother) but still shocking to discover.

I have reconnected with two people who at one time I might have called my best friend. OK...I lost my virginity about 14 years ago to one of them. We stayed good friends for 10 years after that before a new boyfriend of hers wasn't real cool with our friendship. Then I got married and she was afraid to call when she broke things off with the guy....

Not sure what that has to do with literature....my first thought was to compare it to rereading an old favorite, but that's not really right.... ]]> Bancini https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?7562-Facebook https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?7505-The-Bible Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:35:17 GMT I am reading Bart D. Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus about how passages in the New Testament have been added, deleted, and altered over time.

I am not very religious, yet I try not to attack religious people for their beliefs as long as their beliefs make sense. One of my new pet peeves since starting this book is the belief that the Bible contains the words of God, that somehow God guided the hands of the writers.

Whose hand did he guide? The original authors? Even if that is true, what good does it do us when those words have been altered, deleted, and added to?

Did he guide the hands of the scribes when copies were made? Nearly inconceivable when you realize that the copies often varied greatly from each other.

Luckily I don't run into many people who believe they can pull out an English translation of the Bible and see the words of God....I don't think I can bite my tongue again... ]]> Bancini https://www.online-literature.com/forums/entry.php?7505-The-Bible