Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.Once the Israelites have been carried off and new inhabitants occupy their lands, the new residents worship the gods of their homelands.
~ King James version ~
Tao hath no name.
~ possible Taoist alternative ~
As it is written in the Tao Te Ching:
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.If you're interested in reading more from this experimental series, go to the Tao Bible Index page.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
the source i found this at:
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http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2010/12/legos.html
The Brick Testament. It's an online illustrated Bible made from Legos. For some of you, it might push you too far. So reader be warned. Some of the illustrations are profane, hilarious, and theologically profound. And it's often hard to tell the difference.
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the site referred to above, which i think is irreverent enough that you'd like it:
http://www.thebricktestament.com/
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website of the creator of the above, with links to some of his other projects:
http://www.thereverend.com/
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excerpt from above:
http://www.thereverend.com/2010/08/21/god-drowns-everyone/
God Drowns Everyone
“Noah’s Ark” is often presented as a children’s story, and it’s easy to see why. It’s got animals, and children love animals. There’s a big boat. Some kids like boats. And it ends with a happy rainbow. Sure, somewhere in the middle there’s the gruesome drowning death of all the mothers, fathers, children, babies and animals of the world at the hand of their own loving Creator, but such unlikely children’s story material is more than justified by the profoundly important moral of the story, which every child needs to learn from an early age: Sometimes the best way to make a vast population of people less violent is to just kill everybody. The Flood and Noah’s Curse have been re-illustrated and unveiled on The Brick Testament website today.
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--sgl