Has anyone actually read the Bible?

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For those that are Christians: have you read the book that our faith comes from?

For nonbelievers: have you read this book, or just accept whatever you hear about it?



I have, it took me five years because I read everything slowly.

The New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs. King James and other versions.

Does Cliff's Notes count?

I haven't read Cliff notes, but I would say an outline isn't as good as the text.

i read the book

I tried to - I have a habit of reading everything in sight, unless I'm told specifically not to - but the numbers in the margin drove me crazy.

I read most of the Bible when I was at school

It's some of the best anti-Christian ammo out there.

Read the whole thing and use it everyday, ironic the book they love becomes their own end.

Same. And reading it through seemed somewhat
dull. I'd pick out the juicy parts - especially out of
the OT. Jacob and Essau is nice, for example.

Otherwise, I had some readings from it for a
couple of classes - one in religious studies, and
one by Paul Kurtz, a noted skeptic and debunker.

Additionally, my wife took a course on the appocryphia
which I followed some of the readings for.

Yeah. Kind of a bit preachy.

So I get two choices, read it or accept second hand information? I don't remember bringing the Bible into any arguements I've had, and I don't particularly feel like wasting my time on some dusty old book filled incomprehensible nonsense after incomprehensible nonsense. And yes I have taken a poke through one of them before (My mother has one that is covered in dust), but I've already told you what I think about it.

I'm in at least one of these categories: believer, non-believer.



I got a degree in Biblical Studies from a not so academically challenging university for my undergraduate degree. That entailed a year of greek, so I've read the epistles of John in the original Greek.

But I still hadn't read the entire Bible by the time I graduated. I was interested in theology not history, so there was lots of the Old Testament I never had to read. But I got a one-year bible a year or two afterwards and plugged my way through it.

Sorry, that is me above. dawndeleon is my wife.

Although I should have tried to keep up my rational persona and used her as my split personality.

I've read a few pages of Genesis. I couldn't stand it any longer.

I have read some of the better portions of the old testament (Genesis, Exodus, Proverbs, etc.) and have read the gospel, parts of Acts and the Corinthians, and Revelations of course. Personally though, for the abstract thinker I still really recommend the Nag Hammadi, particularly the Valentinian Gnostic stuff like the Gospel of Truth or Tripartite Tractate; its a fascinating read.

ive read it enough to know the major parts of the old testement (the book of genesis) was a ripoff of earlier writings and oral traditions