like bible study?

[welfareloser]

a girl that i've been friends with my whole life (literally... we were born in the same hospital on the same day ;) ) is also a writer... no fiction published yet (her real job keeps her too busy) but she is about to get something published... she is an editor for the chritianity division of harper/collins, and has been working for over a year as the project coordinator, editor, and a writer for the Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible, due out this spring. it was a huge project (can you imagine editing THE BIBLE?!?!?! when people ask her what she's doing, and she says "editing the bible," they tend to give her funny looks and not know what to say next... :P )it's very exciting, and i'm sure it will be brilliant... so if you're in the market for a new edition of the bible, check it out ;)

her next project will be "BTB", beyond the bible, a companion bible-study series, of which she will be a co-author.

and if she could ever learn to say no to a project, she just might get the time to finish up the revisions to her romance novel :P anyway, i'm very excited for her, obviously... it's tough to get your work out there as a writer, and this is a great first step toward eventually getting stuff that is 100% hers out there on the market :cheers: gives me hope that i'll eventually make my come-up too :P

[Jenny]

The BTB sounds really neat! Scott & my mother-in-law especially might like it. Congrats to her! :)

[BrewMaster]

is harper/collins the same as or associated with Harper & Row? I have the Harper NRSV Study Bible (published by Harper & Row originally then bought by Zondervan) and it is the bomb-diggity. I have given it to my dad and several other friends who love it.

as for editting the bible, i think it would be funny as all hell to follow her statement about "editing the bible" with "yeah, I'm taking out the stuff I don't like and adding my own stuff to give it some flair. it's kind of like Emeril meets Jesus with lots of BAM!" :D

[welfareloser]

you know, i don't know if that's the same harper... she calls her employer "harper" and i may have just gotten confused and added the "collins" ... they may be two branches of the same conglomerate, or they may be completely unrelated...

and yeah, she does like to mess with people about like you said :P

[johnnymk]

Yeh` Some guy named Russell at the beginning or middle of the 1800s(sp?) didn't like what he read in the KJ version and created a new version of the Bible. I believe his followers were called Russelites which became the 7th Day Adventists and the break away cult which became the modern day Jehovahs Witnesses.

But I doubt that this is her job at this publishing company.

[Cantacuzene]

Jehovah's Witnesses: the only people you want to see at your door less than Mormons.

[welfareloser]

baptists, mormons, etc... all very friendly when knockin on my door. the last jehovah's witnesses were so obnoxious... still trying to step inside as i was trying to shut the door... that when they indignantly asked if i was at all concerned about the state of my baby's soul (i was holding a pissed-off and hungry eg at the time) i calmly told him that i had already promised my firstborn's soul to my dark master, so everything was very much in order, thank you.

boy did that ever get em off my porch.

[Jenny]

ROFLMAO I bet they ran! hahaha

[welfareloser]

yep. one of em broke her peach pump on her way down my stairs. maybe i should feel bad... but i just dont :hihi: if you're going to be that self-righteously pissy, you deserve to be shocked.

[Yossarian]

just turn on a real loud porno that they can't see and open the door nekkid, ask if they wanna join in

[BrewMaster]

just turn on a real loud porno that they can't see and open the door nekkid, ask if they wanna join in
but if it's the UPS man knocking on the door you'd better be prepared to back that up. :hihi:

[Yossarian]

ask him if he likes your package

[BrewMaster]

ask him if he likes your package
until he starts shakin' it to see what's inside... :hihi:

[Yossarian]

then ask if he likes playing with the package.....

[zenbooty]

Once my oldest brother invited the Witnesses in and debated with them at the kitchen table. He was probably 17 or 18 at the time, precocious, and egotistical. And like me, he loved to argue, sometimes playing devil's advocate just for the sake of keeping the other guy going. Anyway, he must have laid the smack down on 'em because after leaving they came back a few days later with the big gun, some actual religious leader (are they ministers, reverends, priests? Grand poohbahs?) to back them up. This time the folks were home when they arrived, and put an end to any further debate. Dad was pretty pissed at my brother, no doubt. :hihi:

[CornMonkey]

Once my oldest brother invited the Witnesses in and debated with them at the kitchen table. He was probably 17 or 18 at the time, precocious, and egotistical. And like me, he loved to argue, sometimes playing devil's advocate just for the sake of keeping the other guy going. Anyway, he must have laid the smack down on 'em because after leaving they came back a few days later with the big gun, some actual religious leader (are they ministers, reverends, priests? Grand poohbahs?) to back them up. This time the folks were home when they arrived, and put an end to any further debate. Dad was pretty pissed at my brother, no doubt. :hihi:
if i'm not mistaken, that's the general strategy used by the JW. if you show any sign of interest...even if it's for argument's sake, they bring in a spiritual leader to further discuss the "state of your soul."

welfare, i wish you could've video-taped their response...

[BrewMaster]

they came back a few days later with the big gun, some actual religious leader
dang. before i read the religious leader part, I thought they came back to go postal on your house because your brother game them sh*t. my own momentary assumption gave me a nice a laugh.

[zenbooty]

if i'm not mistaken, that's the general strategy used by the JW. if you show any sign of interest...even if it's for argument's sake, they bring in a spiritual leader to further discuss the "state of your soul."
Oh I'm sure that was part of it, but I know my brother and there was no way he'd be outwitted by a couple true believers. He was no doubt politely f**king with them.