xRobot: A.J. Jacobs: My year of living biblically Videos

Redstick27 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Religion is such a retarded conceptShame that people believe in this stuff.

ratholin Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Why wrestle to get something worthwhile out of the bible to base your morality on? By the very nature of the statement you're using your morality to decide if there is anything good in the bible. It's the same as wrestling to find something worthwhile in mein kompf, or finnegan's wake or alice in wonderland to base your morality on. Take some freaking responsibility for your own actions.

jk609 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - not all people have circumcision performed for religious beliefs.

azulaperez Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - What?

azulaperez Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Great conclusion

Flyborg Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - What, what?

jarduli Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - o ja pierdole, ten kolo jest p

eoinycroiny Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - brilliant!!! thanks ted for another inresting vid

calumlittle Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - I dont beleive what I read in wikipedia today, why the fuck should I beleive in the bronze age version? great analogy.

DreamTheatre17 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - one thing about this is that most or at least alot of the old testement rules (ie stoning adulterers) have been changed. When Jesus died on the cross he spilt his blood to pay for our sins. (sacrifice was spilling the blood of animals to pay for their sins before the crucifixion) and A.J is right when he says we have to decide in his perspective, but they were weeded out (ie chosen for us) when Jesus died on the cross.

apolucosis Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - lol there's no commercial after this one. lol

lorenrb Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - very interesting!

trentspencerktm Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - He proved what we already know.

pecierpoldo Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - So, what are the ever so arbitrary and sometimes even harmful laws in the Bible for?

pecierpoldo Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Then what are those stupid laws in the Bible for? Like "Don't sit in the chair where a menstruating woman sat"? It's just there for fun and entertainment? Read the Old Testament, pal, and see that Moses is dead serious about his laws.

3daybrook Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - He should try to be a muslim for a year the lecture on that would be good and a good exp for him

proud101 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Im edward, i have read your comment on bro elis blog sites. How are u. Are you a filipino. Are u a member of this congregation?

spikesmth Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Does he remind anyone of Prof. Frink from The Simpsons??!!

tpopton Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - sounds like him, yeah

tpopton Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - i know a lot of pplz who could benefit from listening to this talk

BayerLexan Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Of course, why should one pick the 'better' lessons from the bible? To me the whole point of following stuff from the bible is because it is divinely inspired, so why are some lessons 'better' than others? On what grounds can you say one biblical lesson is 'good', and another 'bad'? You can't, unless your criteria for choosing is non-biblical, in the end defeating the purpose of the divinely inspired lessons.

BayerLexan Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - Probably the same reason the state of Missouri has the little weird bit at the bottom. When states where being surveyed, sometimes people wanted to be included in certain states, so at places they'd leave a sign saying "Barrel of whiskey x miles south" to bribe the officials to put that section in a certain state. With regard to the bible, people probably bribed rules they wanted in to it for some personal reason.

siyo4 Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - if you're able to pick which parts of the dusty book are relevant and which are not, it only proves that you don't need religion to know what's right or wrong for you.

DerrickMKnight Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - i want to live life like bunch of experiences, i def want to try the OUTSOURCE experiment thatd be a lot of fun

superghype Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - he reminds me of a grown up McLovin