Grr................. Anne Atkins

Oh , that suit?

Just chuckle in a baffled way, nag. I'm sure that'll do fine , won't it, nonu?

That's what I'm doing anyway.

It surely will

Oh! just realised. It was Lot's wife, wasn't it? Oh well, what the heck? Anyone who turns people into pillars of salt is a nut job and a power freak, whoever's wife they happen to be.

I'll just ignore it then.

Not your post about Lot's wife, of course, Bags. Just Nonu's!

Isn't interesting that we know that this woman apparently turned into a pillar of salt is "Lot's wife" – not Sally, Caroline, Gladys, Geraldine, Rachel or Sarah? What about Jesus' sisters? We know the names of his brothers.

Neither God nor Jesus wrote the Bible, though, did they?

That's true, nag, I suppose. Doesn't mean it isn't a nasty book in many places though.

And some people do say it's the word of god.

Dis he have sisters ?

Wrong , DID he have sisters ?

Anagram There are plenty of people, not necessarily extreme in their religious views, who believe the Bible genuinely is the word of God. Some word for word, some in a slightly more narrative way.

Well, yes, Bags, but the actual writers probably relflected the attitudes and mores of their time.

Of course, absent, but nobody would have understood or accepted the message unless it was expressed in the current way of thinking. (IMO, of course!)

Bags I don't "do" the Old Testament. you read this lot (no pun intended) and try to sort it out!

That should keep you quiet for a little while.

I agree about the attitudes and mores of the times, nag. That's why most of it is irrelevant except from a historical point of view today, like any other old stories (old as in ancient rather than 'any old').

I'm not going to read that link, jings. I know what the sensible message is, as does anyone who thinks about the subject at all, with or without religion or faith.

That's very good Bags.

I can't actually remember what the subject was.

What are you drinking, jings?

Perry. I like perry.

Only one glass though!

Pint glass?

Sisters? Apparently yes. Can't remember the sources though!
Bur Miriam was married and would have had lots of children.
Only males would be recorded.
For as we know they are the only ones who matter!

In those days, possibly! Although I do recall some stories where women were portrayed favourably. I always felt sorry for the one who did all the cooking and cleaning while her sister just sat at Jesus's feet and listened to his stories, though....