UM-Bot Posted May 18, 2007 #1 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Submitted by Pandora: More than 800 Hong Kong residents have called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as "indecent" due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal. A spokesperson for Hong Kong's Television and Entertainment Licensing authority (TELA) said it had received 838 complaints about the Bible by noon Wednesday.The complaints follow the launch of an anonymous Web site -- www.truthbible. View: Full Article | Source: Reuters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako Posted May 18, 2007 #2 Share Posted May 18, 2007 And the Christians in America wonder why the Chinese government discourages Christianity and missionaries! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobolds Posted May 18, 2007 #3 Share Posted May 18, 2007 LOL , nonsense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWeather Posted May 18, 2007 #4 Share Posted May 18, 2007 It's about time. A religion of "peace" with genoside - from their god primarily, murder, incest, vengence... it's a wonder why christians have any problem with Harry Potter tbh All shops who sell Bibles, Korans, Torahs ect should have a warning of all the violence, incest, genocide, murder, discrimination ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Since804 Posted May 18, 2007 #5 Share Posted May 18, 2007 man is the one with the problems......its as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted May 18, 2007 #6 Share Posted May 18, 2007 The Simpsons' Duffman: "What... Would... Jesus... Do? Although in all seriousness, I wonder what the Vatican officials will say about that? Hehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbradj Posted May 18, 2007 #7 Share Posted May 18, 2007 LOL...for real?!?! who would have ever thought the Bible would be label as such...makes one wonder what this world is coming to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Project Posted May 19, 2007 #8 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Even though they have a point, people should be allowed to practice any religion they want. The way that they would classify the bible as "indecent" is nonsense. The fact that it's the bible is a warning sign itself, besides we don't want people putting warning stickers in the front of the bible. This is just gonna create problems it doesn't need. It's just as bad as Christians complaining about Harry Potter books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggs Posted May 19, 2007 #9 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Y'know - if the bible had an 18 certificate on it - that would be a surefire way of getting children to read it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzanrom Posted May 19, 2007 #10 Share Posted May 19, 2007 XDDD I'm sorry. Its funny because its true! Aside from that, its not like they're banning the bible, just wanting 18+ year old kids to read it. The Vatican will be in stitches, they can't deny whats been written in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackssa Posted May 19, 2007 #11 Share Posted May 19, 2007 LMAO. another point to add in my debate against the "bible" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opinicus Posted May 19, 2007 #12 Share Posted May 19, 2007 The Bible is a religious symbol. The Bible is a history book. The Bible is a book of folklore. The Bible is a self-help guide. The Bible is a book of prophecy. The Bible is a book of faith: The Bible is all these things and much more but remember....Bible simply is what it is. The Bible gives a pretty accurate account of the human condition before the concept of Victorian sensibilities. I think that the Chinese authorities are correct in pointing this out, and making the adjustments that are applicable to their own laws and culture. For all those posting who feel anger or contempt against the Bible itself...I would say that there may be certain people and/or groups deserving of your rancor...but the book itself hasn't done a damn thing to anyone. It is important NOT to confuse the books of the Bible with the PEOPLE who want to use the Bible to achieve their own selfish social ends, reassure their own insecurities, placate their obvious ignorance, or achieve some twisted credibility. (Contained within the scriptures of the Bible are strong warnings against such people.) O- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ships-cat Posted May 19, 2007 #13 Share Posted May 19, 2007 This is interesting..... the website has been taken down, but it appears it has been taken down by the controlers of the ".com" domain.... e.g. "whois.com"..... in other words, an "arms length" part of the US government. I've never seen anything like this before... the 'tags' on the domain are set to "owner forbidden to update" and - more bizzarely - "owner not allowed to transfer". So it's not just the Cbinese Government who are upset about this website. The private company that is licensed by the US government to manage domain names in the US has 'taken them down'...big time.... And all this because 800 people (out of a population of almost 7 million) in Hong Kong complained ? What on EARTH is going on here ? And should this topic be moved to the 'conspiracy' section ? 'Cos sure as eggs are eggs, this seems VERY unusual. It's all FAR too complicated for the Working Cat to comprehend Meow Purr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakotabre Posted May 20, 2007 #14 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Maybe we should re-classify the common Dictionary too!! It has all 'nasty' words and definitions/descriptions in text too! -Note Sarcasm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__Kratos__ Posted May 20, 2007 #15 Share Posted May 20, 2007 LOL , nonsense Why? The bible is indecent for children. It's smut. From the other thread: Ezekiel 23: 14-20 14 "But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans portrayed in red, 15 with belts around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea. 16 As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. 17 Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. 18 When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. 19 Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. The rape, genocide cheering and hatred preached in the bible shouldn't be allowed in the hands of innocent children. The bible just isn't moral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auhsoj Posted May 20, 2007 #16 Share Posted May 20, 2007 preclassify the Bible as "indecent" due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column ... given its sexual and violent content... ... speaking of sex... does china not have a population of over 1.3 billion... the world's largest population... ... i can only presume the chinese must be having a lot of... SEX... ... but have a problem with reading about sex... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakotabre Posted May 21, 2007 #17 Share Posted May 21, 2007 ... speaking of sex... does china not have a population of over 1.3 billion... the world's largest population... ... i can only presume the chinese must be having a lot of... SEX... ... but have a problem with reading about sex... Thats a Brilliant comment!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Munro Posted May 21, 2007 #18 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Whether it encourages the actions or not, the content is there and should be classified accordingly, just like anything else would. Countless other sources don't depict rape or such in a positive manner, yet they still bear the classificational consequences, making an exception for the bible because of it's importance to certain groups would be less than justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted May 21, 2007 #19 Share Posted May 21, 2007 When my Catholic neighbor read the Bible for the first time she commented on how violent it was. I told her it mellows out in the New Testament until they kill Jesus and Revelations, but I don't think her Catholic Bible has Revelations in it. I think most Chinese are Buddhist and I can see were it might upsetting to their sensibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora7321 Posted May 21, 2007 #20 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Why? The bible is indecent for children. It's smut. From the other thread: Ezekiel 23: 14-20 14 "But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans portrayed in red, 15 with belts around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea. 16 As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. 17 Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. 18 When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. 19 Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. The rape, genocide cheering and hatred preached in the bible shouldn't be allowed in the hands of innocent children. The bible just isn't moral. Yeeee-ikes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvy Posted May 22, 2007 #21 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Ezekiel 23: 14-20 14 "But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans portrayed in red, 15 with belts around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea. 16 As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. 17 Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. 18 When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. 19 Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. The rape, genocide cheering and hatred preached in the bible shouldn't be allowed in the hands of innocent children. The bible just isn't moral. "..Genitals were like those of donkeys...." can you imagine the pope say something like this in front of families. Seriously i cant believe this is the word of Jesus himself?! hmm maybe is not what jesus said but rather his close companions own word? or is it because of mistranslation? tsk im not a religious person, anyone care to explain this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora7321 Posted May 22, 2007 #22 Share Posted May 22, 2007 "..Genitals were like those of donkeys...." can you imagine the pope say something like this in front of families. Seriously i cant believe this is the word of Jesus himself?! hmm maybe is not what jesus said but rather his close companions own word? or is it because of mistranslation? tsk im not a religious person, anyone care to explain this ? There are a lot of quotes in the bible attributed to Jesus, when in reality they are actually accounts of what someone else was saying. I think the issue is not with who said what, but that there are these types of accounts in the bible at all. Even though I posted this article, I don't actually feel the bible should be censored. But, I don't think any books should be censored. HOWEVER, if "the powers that be" are going to censor them, then why should the bible be exempt from the same restrictions other books are susceptible to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvy Posted May 22, 2007 #23 Share Posted May 22, 2007 There are a lot of quotes in the bible attributed to Jesus, when in reality they are actually accounts of what someone else was saying. I think the issue is not with who said what, but that there are these types of accounts in the bible at all. so its like Jesus say -> X hear it and say -> Y hear it and say -> Z hear it and wrote it ... umm am i right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora7321 Posted May 22, 2007 #24 Share Posted May 22, 2007 so its like Jesus say -> X hear it and say -> Y hear it and say -> Z hear it and wrote it ... umm am i right? More along the lines of, "Hey Liz, did you hear Suzan say that she heard that Mike said all gays should be shot?" If that was written down, not thoroughly read and then taken out of context you could easily twist it and say, "Well, I read that Suzan said all gays should be shot." Well, technically she did say those words but only because she was recounting what Mike said. So, then you'd have all the homosexuals and gay rights activists coming down on poor Suzan and she was only recounting what someone else said. Much like the passage given as an example in this forum. That's why I said, the issue is not WHO said what. The issue is that many lurid accounts are laid out in graphic detail in the bible. If it is to be treated as just another book, then it should not be exempt from a warning label, whether I agree with the labeling or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skim Milky Posted May 23, 2007 #25 Share Posted May 23, 2007 im really tired of people using religion as a scapegoat for their problems and the bad things that they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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