The Beginning

One Sunday morning a voice boomed out from the heaven: "Varpu, my heathenish, disloyal servant, I give thee a mission. Thy shall read the Holy Bible, and tell the whole world, why it is not my word, but bogus, written by some goddamn hippies after having eaten too much mushrooms."

"This", the voice echoed proudly, "shall be called...the Operation Bible!"

After having cleaned the coffee I had spilled on the table in amazement, I answered: "Yes, I shall do that. But why is it, my unexistent Lord, that you are working on Sunday? After all, isn't this supposed to be your day of rest, being worshipped in the churches and all that..?"

"Oh bugger. Jesus must have messed up again. He's going to have be crucified again for this..." the voice snarled before disappearing and leaving a cold silence behind.

I finished off my coffee and started looking for my copy f the Bible, probably hidden somewhere between old socks and outdated cans of whipped cream in my closet. And That is how I started reading the Bible...

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OK, I lied a bit, so sue me. There was no voice nor coffee, and it certainly wasn't Sunday, but anyway, I did start reading the Bible. Mainly, because I wanted to have some knowledge to argue about it, and the religions on the whole (christianity in particular), but while reading it, it occured to me, that I could get much more out of it in the way...so here I am.

I've gathered here some thoughts, theories, questions etc. that have popped in to my mind while reading, and I would very much appreciate if someone could give me comments, tell me what he/she thinks about these theories and the Bible, and, if possible, answer my questions...


Yours sincerely,

Calima elen (or Varpu)


PS. I'm sorry if my English isn't satisfactory, for it isn't my first language, but I hope it won't interfere with your reading experience. Also, if you want to correct my language and mistakes I've made, feel free to do so, in fact I'd be very happy to get some feedback.

PPS. In case you're wondering, Calima elen is Quenya (Elven language that J.R.R. Tolkien created) and means a bright star. I've used it for couple years now, but I thought it would be particulary good for this blog, as I am trying to cast some light upon this matter, sort of :-) My real name, which I used in the beginning of this article, is Varpu (that's finnish, I'm from Finland), which means a twig or a branch.