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Weekly Bible discussion thread?

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I think it'd be fun/interesting to have a weekly verse/verses/chapter to discuss each week. Watching Papists and Calvinists go at it could be very dramatic. We could also be cool have come together to discuss the holy scripture. Anyway, vote or something.

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has anyone here even ironically read the fricking bible

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I went to Christian schools until highschool so i didnt have a choice. Also i would flip through it while ignoring the weekly sermons so i guess by choice?

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I've read both testaments and studied the Old Testament pretty thoroughly. Subject matter expert: Old Testament extremism

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o yea i'm totally in, let's do this shit

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No I only read it unironically

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The gospels are seriously really awesome and I would say they're required reading for every literate person even if you have no interest in religion. At least do Matthew, it's not that long. They're way more relevant to your life than some bullshit that claims to be a translation of Homer.

Genesis is interesting if you're into very ancient history.

Revelation has so many layers of metaphor and imagery nested in each other that trying to understand it is like somebody in the year 4000 trying to understand dramatards.

Job is depressing. (Btw according to Jews he was Egyptian and this, like many parts of the OT, has nothing to do with Jews.)

Much of the historical stuff is just hysterical screaming about how the Jews deserve everything they get and then saying "oh yeah, because of God or something". Clearly about infighting within their country that we could never hope to understand.

There's a book the Catholics include that's like 3 pages and its just a guy describing a trip he took to northern Iran around Tehran to trade.

Summary: Parts of it should be read by everyone. Parts should be read by those interested in the history. Parts are incomprehensible and a waste of time and anybody who says otherwise is probably working for Antichrist.

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Every time I try picking up the fricking book I ragequit because it's basically written in ancient greentext. I somehow had an easier time reading it as a fricking kid... I wish there were fricking an unbiased modern translation.

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There's a million translations but I think what's more important is which book you're reading. It's not one document. It's a collection of stuff written by many people over centuries who had completely different purposes.

The gospels are the one part that's actually trying to sell you on Christianity.

As for me as a kid, one of my earliest memories was being about 5 and they tell us about the flood and how God is worse than Hitler. Even if you believe in that, maybe don't lead your sales pitch with it.

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Hmm. I was fricking given up on 'sfar as religion went. I was fricking told Jesus can do anything, then I kept asking absurd questions until I got a fricking "no, but" and I was fricking just a fricking little shit

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I don't believe in the miracle bullshit but he unironically has good advice about how to live your life and not rope or murder someone in the face of adversity. And it's actually timeless.

He's like one of those movies that's supposed to be a "cult classic" and you watch it and it's actually really good even if a lot of hipster posers are just pretending to like it

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Revised English Bible is the most readable translation

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I had a kids bible that did that from what i remember https://i.rdrama.net/images/16920916568199186.webp

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People will clown on you for reading NIV but it is very readable.

ESV is my current translation for study but it's extremely word-for-word.

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You could have done crack instead of this shit

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God > drugs, chump

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I have a 650 day streak in my Bible app 😎

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I've read it, but I'm no Christcuck.

It's the best book ever, tho

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yes

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very well, I shall take your word for it, pastor ponyblaze

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I just finished a Bible study of 2 Samuel.

I have not read the entire thing although I fully plan to.

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A bucket list item to to read the full thing in Esperanto.

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