<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352263427762940860.post8667290552421334425..comments</id><updated>2008-07-31T20:20:19.595+12:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Canterbury Atheist: The Jelly Bean Approach to the Bible</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://canterburyatheists.blogspot.com/feeds/8667290552421334425/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5352263427762940860/8667290552421334425/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canterburyatheists.blogspot.com/2008/07/jelly-bean-approach-to-bible.html'/><author><name>Canterbury Atheists</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09900223059660267657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352263427762940860.post-7715603696561725590</id><published>2008-07-31T20:20:00.000+12:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T20:20:00.000+12:00</updated><title type='text'>"Sound familiar?"Sounds lame.  To this Bible reade...</title><content type='html'>&lt;I&gt;"Sound familiar?"&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sounds lame.  To this Bible reader God's justice is sweet.  You view the God you don't believe in through rose tinted glasses.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is this how you read a novel or a newspaper, by the way?  Reading paragraphs at random?  Endeavouring to avoid evil reports?  The Bible, like other literature, should not be treated like a jar of discrete beans.  The artificial divisions into chapter and verse were for ease of reference, and were not intended to disturb the continuity of the narrative.  (Though we could wish that more Christians would realise this.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Neil William</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5352263427762940860/8667290552421334425/comments/default/7715603696561725590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5352263427762940860/8667290552421334425/comments/default/7715603696561725590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://canterburyatheists.blogspot.com/2008/07/jelly-bean-approach-to-bible.html?showComment=1217492400000#c7715603696561725590' title=''/><author><name>neil1689</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10521082954521144011</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://canterburyatheists.blogspot.com/2008/07/jelly-bean-approach-to-bible.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352263427762940860.post-8667290552421334425' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5352263427762940860/posts/default/8667290552421334425' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>