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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
The Bible is the founding document for the Moral world that most of us live in. I read the Bible as a kid in sunday school. my father was an Episcopal Priest and I was an acolyte until age 17.
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There we go. Makes sense now.
For the record I didn't not believe you. I just wondered why anyone other than a religious scholar or a student or a would bother to read the Bible SEVERAL TIMES. I know you can do it, that wasn't what I was doubting. The
why is what made me wonder.
I don't think Sunday School really counts. And I too read chunks of the Bible in college (my minor was philosophy with an emphasis on religion as an undergrad), but cover to cover... multiple times? That just appeals to me exactly ZERO.
If anything I'm impressed. Despite it's bad rap from intellectuals, the Bible has a lot of profound and powerful stuff in it, and calling it "dense" is just a very obvious understatement. But you're clearly very invested in learning, and that's badass.
... part of the reason why I thought you'd like Book of the New Sun, which can read a bit like a biblical text peppered with parables. Anyhoo... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound combative or dismissive.