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Why Would An Atheist Read The Bible?
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Why would a creationist read The God Delusion?
Anyway, Ive set myself a goal (always lived my life by goal setting, it focus's the mind) to read the entire Bible...Genesis to Revelation...in 3 months!
Ive read the entire Bible before, but forgot much of it, and after a few conversations at work (with Evangelicals) Ive decided to read the lot again. After 14 days I am currently at the first few chapters of Deuteronomy. Have struggled (but persevered) through meaningless chapter after after chapter of animal sacrifices in Numbers to meaningless chapter after chapter of ridiculous laws in Leviticus, with endless repetitions of genealogies and the endless repetition of killing animals because it is a *Pleasing aroma before the Lord*
I can quiet understand why Bible believers have never read the Bible.
Its Boring.
Its sick
Its Immoral
Its irrelevant
But I'll read it!
Can Bible believers understand why I will?
(for the next couple of months at least)
;-)
Anyway, Ive set myself a goal (always lived my life by goal setting, it focus's the mind) to read the entire Bible...Genesis to Revelation...in 3 months!
Ive read the entire Bible before, but forgot much of it, and after a few conversations at work (with Evangelicals) Ive decided to read the lot again. After 14 days I am currently at the first few chapters of Deuteronomy. Have struggled (but persevered) through meaningless chapter after after chapter of animal sacrifices in Numbers to meaningless chapter after chapter of ridiculous laws in Leviticus, with endless repetitions of genealogies and the endless repetition of killing animals because it is a *Pleasing aroma before the Lord*
I can quiet understand why Bible believers have never read the Bible.
Its Boring.
Its sick
Its Immoral
Its irrelevant
But I'll read it!
Can Bible believers understand why I will?
(for the next couple of months at least)
;-)
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Llanfair, yes that would be safe to say as there are millions of them worldwide.
But as an ex evangelical Ive mixed with a fare few. And most of them were ignorant of the bible, as was I until I sat down and read ALL of it, ironically, to bolster my faith. Ended up losing it instead!
Llanfair, yes that would be safe to say as there are millions of them worldwide.
But as an ex evangelical Ive mixed with a fare few. And most of them were ignorant of the bible, as was I until I sat down and read ALL of it, ironically, to bolster my faith. Ended up losing it instead!
Kid yourself all you like, nailit, but you ARE anti-Christian. You cannot rest for five minutes without trying to find ways to castigate Christianity. Even this pointless exercise of reading the bible when you loathe it is just a way of trying to prove 'reason' to your colleagues who have a faith you cannot understand.
Nailit; I have been involved for 3 years in an ongoing visual project relating to the bible (French as it happens) under my text this morning I'm looking at an image called Le levite d'Ephraim Emmene le corps se sa Femme - you'll have to work that out yourself- which relates to, Judges 19, 28-30 but try reading whole of 19, if you find that boring, then you may as well find something else to do.
Theland.
Arnt you glad that Im making an attempt to read your holy book?
What are you afraid of?
When I first became a christian I was directed to read certain portions of the Bible by my pastors/teachers etc.
I went above and beyond and read the lot. My pastor/teachers etc didnt like that. I asked too many questions.
A bit like you!
Arnt you glad that Im making an attempt to read your holy book?
What are you afraid of?
When I first became a christian I was directed to read certain portions of the Bible by my pastors/teachers etc.
I went above and beyond and read the lot. My pastor/teachers etc didnt like that. I asked too many questions.
A bit like you!
I haven't read the whole thread yet, but it is ridiculous to suggest that the bible could be used as a 'weapon' to people who believe it (unless you actually hit them with it).
If anyone is that confident with it, they would want others to read it.
The only reason I read it, was because we had to at school, and discuss it.
If anyone is that confident with it, they would want others to read it.
The only reason I read it, was because we had to at school, and discuss it.