Well I guess I'm not going to be doing a lot of Bible reading anytime soon, I'm just not up for it. The visit from the Bible folks didn't really go anywhere; they stayed for about an hour and a half and we had some discourse.

The big difference between us, as it unsurprisingly turns out, is that they think of the Bible as this "gift from God" and that every word in it is from God and so consequently they attach great significance to every single sentence, every single word even.

For instance, at one point the feminine half of the pair showed me where it said "...the meek shall inherit the earth...", quoted the whole line, and sat back like, you know, there it is.

And of course my reaction is that it's a nice sentiment, I guess, for what it's worth, kinda vague though and certainly not something I expect to ever happen. I mean, huh? Inherit the Earth? From whom? Is it metaphorical?

They seem to feel, drawing on the book of Revelation also, that at some point, maybe very soon, the "end times" (cap.?) will come to be and 144,000 people will be assumed into "Heaven" and the rest will have some sort of eternal life here on Earth (with the meek "in charge" I guess) and, oh yeah, the Sun is never going to burn out, I asked.

They feel certain that this is "God's word" and further that they are not misunderstanding anything, this is a future certainty.

I don't buy it.

You?