I've been bible thumped. A woman who had been a friend up until that point, when I told her about myself - grabbed her bible, slapped it repeatedly into her hand in my face and called me "bizarre and strange" over and over again. Until you've had this happen you can't really imagine how fucked up (and bizarre. and strange) it really is.

She did ruin the message a little though when she kept trying to read scripture to me to prove I was "wrong" but all she could find was passages about how a man should love their neighbors and friends as they would their wives (uh... ) and another part about "and the wife should obey the husband" which she then immediately followed up with

"but that part doesn't count, because they didn't understand things back then."

Yeah. And now she's marrying my brother-in-law. *sigh*
( Allisade would love to hear from you, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 17:02, 3 replies)

I love the way that whole swathes of scripture don't count any more
Ask her to give you a copy of the Bible with the still-relevant bits highlighted
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 17:35, closed)

haha
oh my
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 18:32, closed)

actually
it's a good idea to study up on the Bible, Koran etc, just so you can refute everything they say.

google this name

Aisha bint Abu Bakr

and

age at marraige
(knackerz is skinning up, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 6:32, closed)