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Originally Posted by manna-man
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The two Testaments are interesting, each in its own way. The Old one gives us a picture of these people's Deity as he was before he got religion, the other one gives us a picture of him as he appeared afterward. The Old Testament is interested mainly in blood and sensuality. The New one in Salvation. Salvation by fire.
The first time the Deity came down to earth, he brought life and death; when he came the second time, he brought hell.- Mark Twain, Letters from Earth.
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