I always and still refuse to read it.

So I was a straight a student lots of friends very active never in trouble. When my parents or ppl in generally tried to push the bible. I refused to read it. I still do.
It recently came to my attention that ppl were or re trying to blame my parents for my not reading the bible. They tried a few times but I always refused. After awhile I had reasons based on logic and reason. So try to blaming nurture. But it was me that refused, they tried. I turned it into a waste of time. It's not gonna change. Like I said then I'll say now. How am I expected to have my own opinions/spiritual view of reality if I memorize one perspective on it and exclude any others. Imagine the 6 year old saying that to a priest telling him to read his bible.
How long would you argue with the 6 year old honor student?

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LeopoldBloom · M

You can read it as literature. It’s important for that reason alone, like Shakespeare or Huckleberry Finn or Moby-Dick. Refusing to read it just because of the religious association is silly. My college had a class “The Bible as Literature,” and the professor always shut down any students who tried to make it into Bible “study.”

exchrist · 31-35

@LeopoldBloom it's the poorly written bad English I'm objecting to I've nothing against it being religious. Shakespeare is such poor English it shouldn't be taught to read either. Moby dick is adequate English and Huck Finn pretty legible at least

exchrist · 31-35

@LeopoldBloom also the bible is largely plagiarized. And literally hearsay. Just saying. Inadmissable in court but you swear to tell the truth on hearsay. Wtf. I do prefer logic

SW-User

@exchrist Shakespeare is to be experienced, not read. Standing in the Pitt in the Globe London, gives you a greater perspective.
His language is interesting because he introduces some of his own vocabulary, which actors can only sense the meaning.

Christianity is a bit like that. It is to be experienced, not read.

exchrist · 31-35

@SW-User and it's shit writing overly played , possibly plagiarized("inspired") to write that in reverse.

SW-User

@exchrist Take a look at the Gnostic Gospels, if you want to look at plagiarism or deviation.

As for style, they were written by a variety of authors, and oral traditions. St Marks gospel is in childish Greek, whereas St John’s is in the most sophisticated.

exchrist · 31-35

@SW-User like you said all plagiarized getting less accurate and more extreme each time

LeopoldBloom · M

@exchrist Shakespeare and the KJV aren't "poor English;" they're Elizabethan and Jacobean English. The language has changed since then. You do have to put forth a little effort to read them. Chaucer is in Middle English, which isn't exactly a foreign language, but you do need a glossary. However, it's worth it as he's actually a very modern writer. Ezra Pound didn't think much of Shakespeare as he was kind of a lowlife, but he had great regard for Chaucer, who was an intellectual and a diplomat.

I assume you haven't learned any foreign languages.