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In reply to the discussion: Should we [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)78. WELCOME JDDavis!
I actually read about half the Bible and gave up the idea of finishing reading it; there were so many OTHER good fiction books and interesting factual history to spend the rest of my life reading.
You hit the nail on the head, why would anyone want to keep slogging through the bible searching for some tiny grain of wisdom or truth?
A curious mind can find wonder and beauty almost anywhere.
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