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Not a textbook but when I actually read the Bible I realized it was total nonsense and left religion.

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laichzeit0 3y ago
I wonder how many Christians there are that haven’t actually read the entire Bible. Like from Genesis through Revelations. It would be super interesting to know the statistic.
- permalac 3y ago
  The priest reads pieces and tells you what to think. Now stand up. Then it tells you a Christ story. Now sit down. Now some other bullshit full of mind bending content. Stand up again.
memling 3y ago
Can you point to something specific or was it more an overall sort of rejection of the contents? An old or new testament thing?
- bdavisx 3y ago
  LOL, Genesis had enough bullshit in it that I was questioning things immediately. Somewhere in there it says that the stars were created after earth. And then there's Noah and the flood with the completely impossible repopulating the earth with a single family and a single pair of each animal. Exactly how did 2 buffalo's get to the middle east? Of course, the answer would be that god magicked them there - but then I thought - where's the magic now? Why hasn't anyone recorded actual evidence of a miracle?
  - nrclark 3y ago
    FWIW, the modern Catholic church's official stance is that Genesis should not be taken literally, and Catholics make up about half of the world's Christians. I think biblical literalism is mostly an American Evangelical thing.
    - throw0101b 3y ago
      > FWIW, the modern Catholic church's official stance is that Genesis should not be taken literally The non-literal interpretation of the Bible is not modern: (Saint) Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) wrote about not taking it literally. * https://spectrummagazine.org/article/news/2010/01/30/augustine-hippo-literal-meaning-genesis https://spectrummagazine.org/article/news/2010/01/30/augusti... * https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/243740 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/243740
    - dragonwriter 3y ago
      Literalism is actually emerged as a significant thing in the 18th Century; its not specifically American or Fundamentalist/Evangelical, but it is definitely a fairly recent Protestant thing that is most prominent in the Fundamentalist/Evangelical space.
    - michalu 3y ago
      FYI the church fathers explicitly say it should be taken literally. I don't know what's "modern church" does the faith change according to developments of science? Then it has never been true. Saying that as a christian.
      - lolc 3y ago
        Who are "the church fathers"?
      - alpaca128 3y ago
        > does the faith change according to developments of science? What's the alternative? When science and faith disagree you have to either adapt your faith or reject science, and going against science tends to be a battle against truth in the long term. Science isn't always right but its long-term results can hardly be argued against.
electrondood 3y ago
Any religion is effectively just a collection of someone else's stories.
kimoz 3y ago
Try reading the Bible again after watching Jordan Peterson's the Biblical series. You'll thank me later.
- ssp456 3y ago
  It will seem even more of a joke
wwarner 3y ago
I had exactly the opposite reaction, though I came in thinking it all be fire and brimstone. Genesis is a wonderful take on the attitude one should adopt toward the natural world. Regardless of what our scientific understanding of nature is (today’s will certainly look weird 3000 years from now), we know to behold it is good.
olalonde 3y ago
Had me in the first half.

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I wonder how many Christians there are that haven’t actually read the entire Bible. Like from Genesis through Revelations. It would be super interesting to know the statistic.

permalac 3y ago
The priest reads pieces and tells you what to think. Now stand up. Then it tells you a Christ story. Now sit down. Now some other bullshit full of mind bending content. Stand up again.

memling 3y ago

Can you point to something specific or was it more an overall sort of rejection of the contents? An old or new testament thing?

bdavisx 3y ago
LOL, Genesis had enough bullshit in it that I was questioning things immediately. Somewhere in there it says that the stars were created after earth. And then there's Noah and the flood with the completely impossible repopulating the earth with a single family and a single pair of each animal. Exactly how did 2 buffalo's get to the middle east? Of course, the answer would be that god magicked them there - but then I thought - where's the magic now? Why hasn't anyone recorded actual evidence of a miracle?
- nrclark 3y ago
  FWIW, the modern Catholic church's official stance is that Genesis should not be taken literally, and Catholics make up about half of the world's Christians. I think biblical literalism is mostly an American Evangelical thing.
  - throw0101b 3y ago
    > FWIW, the modern Catholic church's official stance is that Genesis should not be taken literally The non-literal interpretation of the Bible is not modern: (Saint) Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) wrote about not taking it literally. * https://spectrummagazine.org/article/news/2010/01/30/augustine-hippo-literal-meaning-genesis https://spectrummagazine.org/article/news/2010/01/30/augusti... * https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/243740 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/243740
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    Literalism is actually emerged as a significant thing in the 18th Century; its not specifically American or Fundamentalist/Evangelical, but it is definitely a fairly recent Protestant thing that is most prominent in the Fundamentalist/Evangelical space.
  - michalu 3y ago
    FYI the church fathers explicitly say it should be taken literally. I don't know what's "modern church" does the faith change according to developments of science? Then it has never been true. Saying that as a christian.
    - lolc 3y ago
      Who are "the church fathers"?
    - alpaca128 3y ago
      > does the faith change according to developments of science? What's the alternative? When science and faith disagree you have to either adapt your faith or reject science, and going against science tends to be a battle against truth in the long term. Science isn't always right but its long-term results can hardly be argued against.

electrondood 3y ago

Any religion is effectively just a collection of someone else's stories.

kimoz 3y ago

Try reading the Bible again after watching Jordan Peterson's the Biblical series. You'll thank me later.

ssp456 3y ago
It will seem even more of a joke

wwarner 3y ago

I had exactly the opposite reaction, though I came in thinking it all be fire and brimstone. Genesis is a wonderful take on the attitude one should adopt toward the natural world. Regardless of what our scientific understanding of nature is (today’s will certainly look weird 3000 years from now), we know to behold it is good.

olalonde 3y ago

Had me in the first half.