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Old 09-27-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Biblical Living: Following Every Rule for One Year - Newsweek Beliefs - MSNBC.com

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Sept. 21, 2007 - After A. J. Jacobs spent a year reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica for his book “The Know-It-All,” he figured he had the yearlong experiment thing down. How much harder could it be to follow every rule in the Bible? Much, much harder, he soon discovered, as he found himself growing his beard, struggling not to curse and asking strangers for permission to stone them for adultery. Jacobs spent the year carrying around a stapled list of the more than 700 rules and prohibitions identified in the Good Book, and also consulted with religious leaders and spent time with the Amish, Hassidic Jews and Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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None of that matters because we are saved by the grace of God, not by how we talk. The only thing that guy had to do was accept Gods forgiveness and believe the word of God. People get mixed up about that a lot. It's the peace of God that passes all understanding. That means you get Gods peace when you stop trying to understand it and just live in it.
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I don't remember reading that in the Bible.
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My god send everyone who whines "believe this and you get goodies" to hell.

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I don't remember reading that in the Bible.
Your reading the wrong Bible then.
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I think it would be harder to go a year without following any of the rules in the Bible.
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I would have to agree with that.
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What, if any, rules are you still following?
I’m not Gandhi or Angelina Jolie, but I made some strides.
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Anyone have a list of the supposed 700 rules?
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