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If your interest in the Bible mainly as a way of understanding Christian thinking and not as a text that's sacred to you, 'God Is Disappointed in You' is a good
by Mountain_Skies 5y ago
If your interest in the Bible mainly as a way of understanding Christian thinking and not as a text that's sacred to you, 'God Is Disappointed in You' is a good, easy to read, version. If you hold the Bible to be sacred to your spiritual beliefs, you might find it offensive or even blasphemous, but otherwise it is an easily accessible overview of each book of the Bible.
- Minor49er 5y agoI read a preview page on this. One part had the following: > When the Jews arrived at the Promised Land, they were a little irked to find the place overrun with pagans. The Promised Land was populated by many different tribes, each with their own unique culture and way of life. There were the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Girgashites… for our purposes, let’s call them "Indians." > Whenever the Jews won a battle against the Indians, God ordered them to celebrate by killing all the men, women and children. He also ordered them to kill their cattle and their sheep and throw all their belongings into a bonfire, as if the Indians never existed. So it was sort of like, "You know, maybe we really discover the Olive Garden." This seems like comedy for people who don't have any knowledge about The Bible. I certainly wouldn't say that this kind of writing is any sort of way to understand Christian thinking at all
- ThePrankster 5y agoWell, if the Bible was written from the POV of anyone other than the Jews, it would definitely sound like that. Basically just a glorified, religiously-justified massacre of cultures, peoples and ideas for thousands of years.