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9. Wrong. The Bible is fact based 2,000 year history. If you don't own one or haven't read one, you wouldn't

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 05:27 PM

Apr 2024

say that. No one who's really read the Bible, even just a first reading, comes away thinking they can talk about it in "parts." There are no "unlikeable" parts or "likable" parts when one understands the context of what they read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalist_chronology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus

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"The Bible is one of the worst books ever" [View all] Bundbuster Apr 2024 OP

Cox says the Bible is one of the worst books ever, "for me, from my point of view." elocs Apr 2024 #1

A Mark Twain quotation: anciano Apr 2024 #2

Perfect Bundbuster Apr 2024 #5

Brian Cox? pffffft Only those who refuse to read the Bible produce this kind of perverted crap. I'm totally down with ancianita Apr 2024 #7

People who have actually read it know NanaCat Apr 2024 #8

Total bullshit. Now I know you yourself haven't read it. ancianita Apr 2024 #10

I have read it, cover to cover. Sky Jewels Apr 2024 #22

+1 (I have read it more than ten times cover to cover) FreeState Apr 2024 #24

... Sky Jewels Apr 2024 #27

Try being a kid with a severe disability and reading this little gem ArkansasDemocrat1 Apr 2024 #44

Don't be rude. Lunabell Apr 2024 #30

Why do Christians refuse to even think they could be wrong? Arrogance is what turns people away from flying_wahini Apr 2024 #38

I have total faith that my toaster oven is divine FrankBooth Apr 2024 #42

I think it keep people in check with the 10 commandments jimfields33 Apr 2024 #45

nonsense. Red Raider 85 Apr 2024 #56

I agree...read the first books in bible school, and it was pretty appalling. bhikkhu Apr 2024 #61

And written by hundreds of "men", not their "God", with controlling the masses in mind. Bev54 Apr 2024 #53

I believe the Bible is a poor book of instruction, guidance, and learning. walkingman Apr 2024 #3

I like him even more! pandr32 Apr 2024 #4

I asked a Christian if the Bible was the truth. He refused to verify it. keithbvadu2 Apr 2024 #6

Wrong. The Bible is fact based 2,000 year history. If you don't own one or haven't read one, you wouldn't ancianita Apr 2024 #9

"the context of what they read"... That's exactly the point of "IF". keithbvadu2 Apr 2024 #11

Remember that 48% of your fellow Democrats are Christian. Democrats are reality based, not "IF" based. ancianita Apr 2024 #16

100% of those being tortured during The Inquisition declared themselves Christians Stardust Mirror Apr 2024 #32

Is the Bible the truth? keithbvadu2 Apr 2024 #36

sorry. anyone that believes there is absolute truth between the pages of a book ... stopdiggin Apr 2024 #41

Lol. Sky Jewels Apr 2024 #14

Miss me with this ignorance. Tell all this nonsense to 48% of your fellow Democrats who are Christian. ancianita Apr 2024 #17

So what? Just because people were raised to believe nonsense doesn't mean that the nonsense is not nonsense. Sky Jewels Apr 2024 #25

The mental gymnastics one must go through to convince themselves this bullshit is "real" Sky Jewels Apr 2024 #28

Argument ad populum is a facility FreeState Apr 2024 #31

Id rather be wrong and God isn't real then the opposite jimfields33 Apr 2024 #47

Fact based? Lunabell Apr 2024 #33

They have found artifacts that prove the Bible was true. jimfields33 Apr 2024 #48

Ok Lunabell Apr 2024 #52

I was in Italy and had a peice of the crib from the birth jimfields33 Apr 2024 #55

ok Lunabell Apr 2024 #57

So is the Koran. And just because you think you are correct, I can say I KNOW you're wrong. flying_wahini Apr 2024 #39

The Bible is a steaming pile of convoluted mythology made up and promulgated by males. Sky Jewels Apr 2024 #12

What do you think of the Torah, the Koran & The Vedas? Kaleva Apr 2024 #19

More mythologies. Sky Jewels Apr 2024 #26

So what do you think of people who swallow this bullshit -- such as President Biden? onenote Apr 2024 #46

cannot agree more. Religion is absolute nonsense. Red Raider 85 Apr 2024 #58

Atlas Shrugged had got the Bible beat by quite a bit lol ismnotwasm Apr 2024 #13

I tend to agree with you slightlv Apr 2024 #20

Well, I have to weigh in on this one. PatrickforB Apr 2024 #15

or better yet realize it's all nonsense and irrational. Red Raider 85 Apr 2024 #59

The conclusion i came to n/t gay texan Apr 2024 #62

He nailed it malaise Apr 2024 #18

I had that figured out at age 10, Bundbuster Apr 2024 #34

I was twelve plus malaise Apr 2024 #49

I see what you did there, lol. Lunabell Apr 2024 #35

Religious topics are not supposed to be in GD. shrike3 Apr 2024 #21

So have I. And yet here it is. ancianita Apr 2024 #37

Well, instead of complaining, Lunabell Apr 2024 #40

He is British, church and the monarchy are his target IbogaProject Apr 2024 #23

He's Scottish, not English; the status of the "national church", the Church of Scotland, is different muriel_volestrangler Apr 2024 #54

True! Lunabell Apr 2024 #29

Blasphemy! Ray Bruns Apr 2024 #43

"Blessed are the Cheesemakers" ArkansasDemocrat1 Apr 2024 #51

The Old Testament is a treasure trove of lust, sex, incest, murder, adultery snd revenge. lynintenn Apr 2024 #50

I like the part about some woman's lover, having the genitals of a donkey. Red Raider 85 Apr 2024 #60

Locking Lasher Apr 2024 #63