I Read the Whole Bible
When I was a christian, I read and studied the bible thoroughly. At the time I honestly believed it was the word of "god".
What I found was just a collection of primitive myths and superstitions, corrupted versions of older religions. It isn't even internally consistent. It's full of factual errors and contradictions. Prophesies therein are so vague and open-ended they can be made to fit any event one wants to "prove" was prophesied.
In some ways, reading it was a waste of time but it did allow me to see how I had been deceived, brainwashed even, by christianity and gave me the incentive I needed to escape its clutches. Getting out of that cult was the best move I ever made.
What I found was just a collection of primitive myths and superstitions, corrupted versions of older religions. It isn't even internally consistent. It's full of factual errors and contradictions. Prophesies therein are so vague and open-ended they can be made to fit any event one wants to "prove" was prophesied.
In some ways, reading it was a waste of time but it did allow me to see how I had been deceived, brainwashed even, by christianity and gave me the incentive I needed to escape its clutches. Getting out of that cult was the best move I ever made.
