just curious. how many of you have read it through completely? More than once? regularly?
Believer - yes
Believer - no
Non-believer - Yes
Non-believer - No
Seeker of virtue
The Bible
just curious. how many of you have read it through completely? More than once? regularly?
Senior Member
I've read parts of it.
I was in religious education (Catholic) from 1st to 10th grade.
Seeker of virtue
Do you find it at all silly to continually criticize something you havent even read through?Originally Posted by Obama08
Senior Member
No, Because I was instructed on the main beliefs and ideas that Christians have taken directly from the bible...so I deff. got all the important stuff (NO HOMO..NO ABORTION..NO SEX)...You know...All the bull shit.
Juggalo
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Ive read it completly and some of it is the greatest work of fiction I have ever read.
If you attack the Clintons publically make sure all your friends know your not planning on commiting suicide ~ McCain 2008
Happiness is Obama's picture on the back of a milk carton.
Senior Member
I read the parts I care about.
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
Juggalo
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I think several parts are innacurate.
If you attack the Clintons publically make sure all your friends know your not planning on commiting suicide ~ McCain 2008
Happiness is Obama's picture on the back of a milk carton.
Senior Member
Are you a christian?
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
Juggalo
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Yup, but it doesn't mean I believe everything the bible says.
If you attack the Clintons publically make sure all your friends know your not planning on commiting suicide ~ McCain 2008
Happiness is Obama's picture on the back of a milk carton.
Banned
That's blastphemous.
Banned
I've read it cover to cover, and still read parts of it often.
Libertas Super Omnia
Multiple times.
Liberty is the greatest measure of equality.
Economic Left/Right: 9.38, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.51
Sola Scriptura | Soli Deo Gloria | Solo Christo | Sola Gratia | Sola Fide
Born-again atheist
Do you find it at all silly to continually criticize (Evolution, Global Warming, Islam, the faith of the Great Spaghetti Monster and his noodley goodness, etc, etc, etc) without reading every scrap of paper that believers in those ideas have put out?
Or, after reading some of the assumptions made by those beliefs, have you found them discredited to the point where reading every idea put out by those beliefs wouldn't be necessary?
Man is a marvelous curiosity … he thinks he is the Creator's pet … he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea.
-- Mark Twain
Born-again atheist
BTW, I read it. Some parts probably aren't fit for children (at least R-rated), some parts are interesting, some parts are inspiring, some parts are laughable, some parts are just plain boring.
Man is a marvelous curiosity … he thinks he is the Creator's pet … he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea.
-- Mark Twain
Senior Member
I have read it through, the new testament, my favorite parts have been read in excess of perhaps 30 times or more.
I try to read the Bible every day, I actually enjoy it. Especially the 4 gospels, I believe what Jesus taught the crowds through his parables, was and is very insightful even in today's world and even if you are not a ''Believer in Him'', imo.
It's too bad most of us Christians don't pay a little more attention to what He has taught and what He has said.
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