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Proverbs was mostly okay. Not nearly as stupid and dogmatic as Psalms.

I'm in Preacher now and I find this set of passages interesting.


9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous,
and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean;
to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the
good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an
oath.

9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that
there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is
full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after
that they go to the dead.

9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a
living dog is better than a dead lion.

9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any
thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is
forgotten.

9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now
perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing
that is done under the sun.

9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a
merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.


All through the bible, I see this. Peoples bones are laid with their ancestors, they are buried, dead, and the world goes on. Here it is stated a bit more blatantly.

There is no afterlife. Summarized, I read this bit as 'Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.'

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Date: 2006-09-05 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valarltd.livejournal.com
Ecclesiastes: The "Life Sucks and then you die" book of the Bible.

Proverbs is actually pretty cool. Song of Solomon is purely hot.

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Date: 2006-09-05 03:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pathia.livejournal.com
That's what the Gospels are for, in the Old Testament we just rotted, yea.

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Date: 2006-09-05 03:52 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] zeeth_kyrah
Or rather, if there is an afterlife, it's not regarded as more important than living this life.

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