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There are two types of religious texts: those that people like to criticise, and those that nobody reads.
by anderspitman 6y ago
There are two types of religious texts: those that people like to criticise, and those that nobody reads.
- dmitriid 6y agoAmong Christians hardly anyone reads the Bible except for a number easy passages. And those passages are invariably in the New Testament. The Old Testament is an unknown quantity to the vast number of Christians. I doubt anyone knows the story of Job or Noah except through what preachers tell them. The Bible a huge book of ancient texts with little structure and inscrutable context that is as alien to a modern person as Mesopotamic cuneiform. Ah, yes, inhabitants of Maktesh, and son of Pethuel, and Cyrus king of Persia, and Sheshbazzar, and... what's for dinner?