Why don't more people actually read the Bible?

[Anonymous No.13337238]

[Anonymous No.13337256]

more than 3000 pages

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!/qKRybJPyoB No.13337257]

>>13337238
If you had read any of it you’d know why.

[Anonymous No.13337268]

>>13337238
This

[Anonymous No.13337272]

>>13337257
Holy shit ure dumb, what have u read? What's ur favorite part, prove ure not biased

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » ||/qKRybJPyoB No.13337279]

>>13337257
I want to finger you until juice comes out of your pussy and slurp your pussy juices with a straw.

[Anonymous No.13337281]

>>13337238
I'm working my way through it now (cover-to-cover, just finished Psalms).

Although it's interesting and gives a lot of insight into a very different value system and mythology than my own, it's not a pleasant read. The structure is really repetitive and the tonal jumps (for instance in Joshua where census data and genocide are given roughly equal priority of description) make is feel off in some way.

[Anonymous No.13337297]

>>13337279
U have a dried up pussy and ure probably horridly ugly and ure certainly retarded

[Anonymous No.13337308]

>>13337281
Are u reading any secondary sources u like?

[Anonymous No.13337435]

Because I'm not a 'Deus Vult' LARPer, since every 'Traditional' Christian is to some degree this.

[Anonymous No.13337441]

long
genealogies
church

[Anonymous No.13337456]

The OT is boring as fuck.
50% "and Yabob begot Yehob"
50% "and thus the Lord genocided another few million goyim for the Jew"

[Anonymous No.13337458]

>>13337238
People don't have the patience to read.

[Anonymous No.13337481]

>>13337456
It's pretty good if u understand what is being said, it's pretty hype. The bigger stories carry a lot of weight and truth about the world, for instance first sin has a lot of philosophical implications (material knowledge of perversion of all sorts) read Augustine's city of God

[Anonymous No.13337487]

>>13337481
Typical Christian arrogance. As expected.

[Anonymous No.13337574]

>>13337487
If that's arrogance I imagine ure either biased or don't get out much

[Anonymous No.13337800]

>>13337308
No except for web Protestants arguing about translations

[Anonymous No.13337826]

>>13337238
Guilt and prejudice.

[Anonymous No.13337836]

because most people are plebs. the king james bible is sublime.

[Anonymous No.13337913]

i would enjoy it more if it was more radical, but its really grounded mythology and kinda boring

[Anonymous No.13337930]

>>13337836
>t. hasn't read the bible in full
you are nothing but a parrot

[Anonymous No.13337988]

>>13337930
not the guy you replied to, but being honest, I'd say it is equal in term of boring shit and amazing shit.
Genesis, Exodus, Job, Ecclesiastes, Psalms, Gospels, Acts, Revelation, to name a few, are excellent. Some others like Deuteronomy and Numbers are a pain in the ass, though I'd say even then they are worth reading at least once.

[Anonymous No.13337999]

>>13337988
>Genesis, Exodus, Job, Ecclesiastes, Psalms, Gospels, Acts, Revelation
>not including the prophet Jeremiah, best book in the bible

[Anonymous No.13338019]

non-christians think it's long and boring and I learned on reddit there's a lot of weird shit in there, and christians think I don't have to read it because i learn about it in church anyway

[Anonymous No.13338032]

>>13337999
I-I sa-said to n-name a f-few a-anon :(
nice digits by the way fren

[Anonymous No.13338301]

>>13337456
>t. everything I know about the bible I learned on reddit

[Anonymous No.13338308]

>>13338301
>>13337930

[Anonymous No.13338330]

>>13337281
>cover to cover
Chaotic evil

[Anonymous No.13338332]

>>13338308
Textbook projection. Actually read a book for once in your life.

[Anonymous No.13338370]

>>13337281
Imagine only reading THE holy scripture only once

[Anonymous No.13338382]

I've read it twice and last year I lost my faith. It's a slave cult for goyim

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » ||/qKRybJPyoB No.13338383]

>>13338332
About what?

[Anonymous No.13338401]

>>13337836
Using the word “sublime” while saying “The King Jame’s Bible” is proof you’re riding Harold Bloom’s dick

[Anonymous No.13338410]

>>13337238
I tried to read a pocket version once (in my mother tongue, Dutch) and got incredibly annoyed with the constant, repetitive glorification of God on every fucking page. Did I read a shitty version or something? I want to learn about the stories, but if it's really just about "praise God" on every single page I want nothing of it.

[Anonymous No.13338427]

>>13337238
Because it's fiction and really shit fiction to boot.

[Anonymous No.13338483]

A lot of other works of fiction I like draw a lot of inspiration from the Bible. I have a basic understanding of the whole canon, but is it worth reading the whole thing to get a deeper understanding on things like movies/video games/anime/other books that draw inspiration from it?
t. absolute brainlet

[Anonymous No.13338519]

>>13337238
Not all of us find it interresting

[Anonymous No.13338529]

>>13337238
gay

[Anonymous No.13338532]

honest question: what reason do we have to read the bible other than it's the fiction everyone else has read? you have no qualms shitting on YA but why do you make an exception for the bible?

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » ||/qKRybJPyoB No.13338539]

>>13338532

[Anonymous No.13338552]

Too long and has a lot of extraneous autism like geneaologies and temple dimensions. It would be nice if someone came out with a stripped down version just featuring the good prose

[Anonymous No.13338567]

>>13338410
You really don't get it, do you?

[Anonymous No.13339694]

>>13338370
I've read the gospels 3 times, acts and beyond twice and the entirety once.

[Anonymous No.13339710]

>>13338483
In the Western cannon reading the Bible is like reading the Greeks.
Being familiar with the archetypes, stories, and patterns across the text is valuable.

Also read Erich Auerbach's essay on the story of Abraham and Isaac.

[Anonymous No.13339751]

>>13337238
it is extremely complex

>>13337281
agreed. im in Chronicles 2 but Joshua was the absolute worst. It's so dry right now.

[Anonymous No.13339808]

>>13337487
Tfw half the bible is Jewish literature

t. Non christian religious studies major

[Anonymous No.13339858]

>>13337281
Also reading it cover to cover. On Matthew now. It's not too bad. fuck people who say you need secondary sources or shouldn't read cover to cover. If God wills your understanding then you will understand.

[Anonymous No.13340041]

>>13337272
Ask me how I know you're illiterate Indian trash that defecates in the side-walk.

[Anonymous No.13340049]

>>13337257
I want to point out the veracity of this statement

>Think on this, and marvel, for my temple is the only place that goes without sacrifice

Paraphrasing but yeah

[Anonymous No.13340054]

>>13337281
The Bible is both to some extent structured and yet non-structured, it actually being not one book but several, written by different people in different languages, and literally a library (it's what 'bible' even means). The NT, especially John and Revelations does a decent job of tying it all together though.

[Anonymous No.13340079]

>>13340041
For promoting the bible?

[Anonymous No.13340341]

>>13337238
>waiting for the movie to come out.

[Anonymous No.13340509]

>>13338532
Too little effort

[Anonymous No.13341372]

>>13338532

Not all of it is fiction, books like Kings 1 and 2 are the history of Israel put down into writing. I think also the books of Samuel are suppose to be history as well. Some of the books are actually just letters to fellow followers which you can find in the New Testament, I can't remember what books they were because it's been a long while since I've read anything from the Bible, I spend most of my days just playing video games or watching porn. Oh yeah, even Exodus, although some of it may have fantastical elements, there is some truth to it, about the Hebrew people leaving Egypt.

[Anonymous No.13341375]

>>13337238
they have no god in them

[Anonymous No.13341394]

>>13337238
Handpicking quotes with no context is easier.

[Anonymous No.13341397]

>>13338532
It's also a philosophical text and even if you dont believe the religious parts there is still a lot to enjoy

[Anonymous No.13341438]

>>13337238
they're brainlets.

the vast majority of people are of average intelligence. just under half the population is of below-average intelligence.

[Anonymous No.13342421]

>>13337238
>falling for the Jewish history textbook meme
the real question is why do so many people actually read that

[Anonymous No.13342599]

>OMG muh skylord