Here’s an interesting piece from Newsweek (a web exclusive).
What if you spent one year following every rule in the Bible? A. J. Jacobs did exactly that.After A. J. Jacobs spent a year reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica for his book “The Know-It-All,” he figured he had the yearlong experiment thing down. How much harder could it be to follow every rule in the Bible? Much, much harder, he soon discovered, as he found himself growing his beard, struggling not to curse and asking strangers for permission to stone them for adultery. Jacobs spent the year carrying around a stapled list of the more than 700 rules and prohibitions identified in the Good Book, and also consulted with religious leaders and spent time with the Amish, Hassidic Jews and Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Read the rest of the article here.
This guy was obviously mixing different religions that take their text from the Bible, and although he didn’t exit the experiment as a religious Jew or a born again Christian, he did end it with respect for a life of faith.
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