The Year Of Living Biblically

Sugar420 · 05-22-2008, 01:54 PM

here is a somewhat long but very interesting talk by a guy who spent a year trying to obey the Bible as literally as possible -hilarity ensues

YouTube - Authors@Google: A.J. Jacobs

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Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to play a ten-string harp; to stone adulterers. The resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal and will make you see history's most influential book with new eyes.

Jacobs's quest transforms his life even more radically than the year spent reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica for The Know-It-All. His beard grows so unruly that he is regularly mistaken for a member of ZZ Top. He immerses himself in prayer, tends sheep in the Israeli desert, battles idolatry, and tells the absolute truth in all situations - much to his wife's chagrin. The Year of Living Biblically is part Cliff Notes to the Bible, part memoir, and part look into worlds unimaginable.

This event took place on May 5, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series.

Praise Jah · 05-22-2008, 02:17 PM

sounds like it was possibly the best year of his life

kamikazi89 · 05-22-2008, 02:41 PM

i know there's a lot of great literature on this theme(kierkeggard comes to mind) ..and if you ever get the chance check out Bunuels - Nazarin ..of course it's on the tragic side

Captain Cannabis · 05-22-2008, 07:20 PM

cool video thanks veda

i think watching that took more of my time than all the youtube videos i have previously watched on yahooka combined

Hedons · 05-22-2008, 09:31 PM

Thanks for posting that. Very interesting to watch.

-Hedons

God: And remember Moses, in the laws of keeping Kosher, never cook a calf in its mother's milk. It is cruel.
Moses: Ohhhhhh! So you are saying we should never eat milk and meat together.

God: No, what I'm saying is, never cook a calf in its mother's milk.
Moses: Oh, Lord forgive my ignorance! What you are really saying is we should wait six hours after eating meat to eat milk so the two are not in our stomachs.

God: No, Moses, what I'm saying is, never cook a calf in it's mother's milk!!!
Moses: Oh, Lord! Please don't strike me down for my stupidity! What you mean is we should have a separate set of dishes for milk and a separate set for meat and if we make a mistake we have to bury that dish outside...

God: Moses, do whatever you want....

Waves · 05-23-2008, 12:08 AM

great vid.

verklingen · 05-23-2008, 10:49 AM

this was interesting. fascinating guy.

The Rev · 05-23-2008, 12:42 PM

He should do the Quran and Bhagavad Gita as well.

The Rev

Sugar420 · 02-11-2009, 03:55 PM

so i got the book and read it, there are some lols and some very touching moments.
it was a very good read, and i recommend it

05-22-2008, 07:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,849 Thanks: 2,580 Thanked 2,915 Times in 1,679 Posts	cool video thanks veda i think watching that took more of my time than all the youtube videos i have previously watched on yahooka combined __________________ fuck the monkeys

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Hedons Ribbed for her pleasure! Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Chicago Burbs. Delta(x) times Delta(p) is greater than or equal to h-bar over two. Posts: 4,645 Thanks: 23 Thanked 189 Times in 101 Posts	Thanks for posting that. Very interesting to watch. -Hedons God: And remember Moses, in the laws of keeping Kosher, never cook a calf in its mother's milk. It is cruel. Moses: Ohhhhhh! So you are saying we should never eat milk and meat together. God: No, what I'm saying is, never cook a calf in its mother's milk. Moses: Oh, Lord forgive my ignorance! What you are really saying is we should wait six hours after eating meat to eat milk so the two are not in our stomachs. God: No, Moses, what I'm saying is, never cook a calf in it's mother's milk!!! Moses: Oh, Lord! Please don't strike me down for my stupidity! What you mean is we should have a separate set of dishes for milk and a separate set for meat and if we make a mistake we have to bury that dish outside... God: Moses, do whatever you want.... __________________ New and improved! Now with flushable applicator.

05-23-2008, 12:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,475 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,021 Times in 2,219 Posts	great vid. __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

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verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,031 Thanks: 795 Thanked 1,470 Times in 940 Posts	this was interesting. fascinating guy. __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

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The Rev Clear Light Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 17,672 Thanks: 4,716 Thanked 5,057 Times in 2,708 Posts	He should do the Quran and Bhagavad Gita as well. The Rev __________________ "You're seriously flying close to the fag-sun, icarus." -Flamingnun

05-22-2008, 02:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Praise Jah YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 421 Thanks: 28 Thanked 35 Times in 30 Posts	sounds like it was possibly the best year of his life

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Sugar420 Old School Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 6,093 Thanks: 32 Thanked 132 Times in 706 Posts	so i got the book and read it, there are some lols and some very touching moments. it was a very good read, and i recommend it

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