bipolarplanet2001

I think it is an intentional self-reference, the Hebrew equivalent of a Zen koan.

"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." (Exodus 20:4-6)

Some modern so-called translations of the bible omit the graven image part, and for good reason.

Given that so many folks worship the Word of God as if it were God himself, these translations are exactly what the author of the Ten Commandments was prophesizing.

We know that the NT Jesus sits on the right and is about redemption. So who is the OT judge who sits on the left?

When armageddon comes and you see good people being destroyed, will you stop believing in God and realize that you should have been kinder to Mother Earth?

Thanks to Maurice J for the idea. :-)

It's not bad enough that a woman who gets pregnant from being raped has to see the face of her rapist every day on the child she bears. It turns that at the law doesn't prevent the rapist from blocking an adoption, seeking visitation rights or even getting full custody.

There was a website for imprisoned fathers with a section on helping rapists reconcile with their victims so that the kids can have a "real" family with two parents. Anybody know where that is? I haven't been able to find it today.

Here's some verbiage about it, but it's not the article I'm looking for.

http://www.mdn.org/1997/STORIES/RAPIST.HTM

Why do right wingnuts go on about liberals taking away their cigarettes and their guns when THEY want to take away something far worse - take away a woman's ownership of what happens inside her own body?

o hai! wer i getz 1 ov dohs cat avtars? kthxbai.

I put some effort into it and it's kind of a long answer. I'd like to be able to email a link to my answer so that my contacts can see what I said without scrolling through a half-gazillion "wut?!!1?"s to get there.

You see, I wanted to add some additional thoughts and a link to my answer to another question. It's no tour-de-force to do so when there are only 2 answers!

I *do* stop back and read my Q&A. Thumbs up to all helpful answers, thumbs down to "wut?!!1?"s and of course, 10 pts to the best!

Thanks, folks.