Earthling
David Henson
I think the bible was worth reading, for all that I
would say it is the most overstudied piece of writing
ever!
Bob Dylan was asked what book he thought was the most underrated and he answered the Bible, the same reporter asked him what he thought was the most overrated book and he gave the same answer.
A lot of it is as dull as ditch water.
Yes. The chronology, but you see, that was legal recordings for establishing the messiah. Thousands of years of legal documentation which pointed to only 1 person who ever lived, and unchallenged by his most ardent critics.
Where people go wrong with it is taking it
and themselves too seriously.
I suppose that's a fair estimate, but you see, coming from someone as vocal as you are in dismissing it the criticism can hardly be taken seriously itself. Lets say, for example, that you read in the Bible, and heard it confirmed all of your life that Jehovah created the universe and everything in it in a 144 hour period. 6 literal days, 6 thousand years ago then of course you are going to dismiss it, but if you were to look closer at it, as in study it's original language, you could be shown where it doesn't say that at all. So you see, you opinion is slightly skewered.
Lots of people on this forum think they are
gifted (of) god, with the infallible power
of right readin'. THEY know the true meaning
of chapter and verse; other readings are wrong.
You see us all as spotting Jesus in every dollop of jam on toast or mold on the patio, or hearing God tell us terribly important secrets from the voices in our heads? There are lots of those folks, and I feel sorry for them. Pretty easy to spot. There are also very in formed scholars who cling to tradition and make a handsome salary, there are fakes and phonies on T.V. making even more money than those, there are honest well meaning people who want to help others. Theology and Science are not so different because they are both products of an imperfect people.
I'd say that those of us who read it for what it
is have a far better and more nuanced appreciation
for it than those who think all the magic realism
is,you know, real.
Oh, well, then, carry on being almost completely ignorant of it while maintaining that smug, self righteous sort of condescending false sense of an intellectual superiority?