The year of living biblically


	The year of living biblically

ghiberti

2-3-2008 11:42 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f13c9124-2b38-4276-ad62-474b35c1ef25/000F5153-CAF3-4489-BFB7-8AEE829CDDF5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2249203,00.html" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2249203,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2249203,00.html"><FONT size="3" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The closest his family came to religion was the Star of David on top of the Christmas tree, so what happened when AJ Jacobs decided to tell only the truth, wear no mixed fibres, stone adulterers and live the Bible to the letter?</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2249203,00.html"><P>I've read bits and pieces of the Bible before, but never the whole thing, straight through from Genesis to Revelation. So that's what I do for four weeks, five hours a day. As I read, I type into my PowerBook every rule, every guideline, every suggestion, every nugget of advice I find. When I finish, I have a very long list. It runs to 72 pages.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2249203,00.html"><P>I have chosen September 1 to start my project and, from the moment I wake up, the Bible consumes my life. I can't do anything without fearing I'm breaking a biblical law. It begins when I open my closet to get dressed. The Bible forbids men to wear women's clothing (Deuteronomy 22:5), so that comfortable college sweatshirt is off limits. It was once my wife's.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/000F5153-CAF3-4489-BFB7-8AEE829CDDF5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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