"it is great to have the word of God on my tablet for free, just like I became free after He paid for my sins"
"I only gave this book one star because I couldn't give it a minus. Almost everything that is wrong with our modern world is represented somewhere in this book. I promotes intolerance, rape, murder, torture, classicism, sexism, racism, arrogance, and stupidity. Altruism, an agenda that works about as well as socialism, is promoted as the key theme, with the exclusion of whoever the Bible chooses to elevate to a higher class. Which of course can be taken away at the whim of an all powerful god whenever he feels like playing a game. Like in poor job's case.
Unlike most followers of this book of zeal and hatred, I have actually read it from cover to cover several times. I was that, or pay attention to the mindless ramblings of the preacher my parents made me listen to four times a week as a I grew up. It's actually not a book of just nonsense, but dangerous nonsense, that has been responsible for way more crimes against humanity than Mein Kampf."
"Spoiler alert: I have a theory that the character of God was really the devil in disguise! Hiding in plain sight and convincing the people he didn't exist, the book, like the ending of Inception, leaves this theory wide open"
"This the word of King James and not God. That is why it is called 'The King James Bible'. King James had this bible conpletely rewriten in his words, therefore it is no long the Holy Bible of God's word....unless you think King James is a god"
"Religous drivel!
If you're over the age of 10, you should be old enough to see the difference between a fairy tale and the reality!"
"THe bible is not FICTION at all whatsoever it's the guide to life! I will pray for all of you out there that rated this a 1 star. This book was written by GOD himself!"
"Not my cup of tea per say... Not big on fairy tales or believing in some mythical man sitting on a cloud. I did however read it and was once apron a time a believer..then I grew up... I felt while reading it the consistent inconsistency and there was a bit of skitzophphrinia about it"
"The story is quite unlogical"
"Definitely don't let your children read this crazy book filled with mass murder, rape , slavery, and a lot more evil stuff. It's not as good as other ancient mythology books like The Odyssey."
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Friday, May 4, 2012
The Bible IV
"In my studies of religion I remain open minded to all.
But this... I do not find logic or basis in."
"I was expecting something so erotic the pages should have caught fire.
Suffice to say, I was sorely disapointed."
"As a religious tome and source of dogmatic 'rules' it's a ridiculous crock of sh**. As an atheist, I've read every word and usually have a few quotes saved up to use in arguments."
"there are better books in general now, way more relevant too."
"Meh. The action was ok I guess but mostly pointless, plot was pretty much nonexistent, and that god dude was a total jerk. Also had a lot of strange grammatical errors."
"I can't find any cross references that support what this book says, and the multiple authors constantly seem to contradict themselves."
"What can you say about one of the most boring books of all time, yet still tops the charts for best-selling fiction. Firstly the writing style is atrocious. It's like twenty guys were only given part of the story and told to make it up and make it all fit. The inconsistencies are everywhere. They really needed a better editor.
And with so many different cooks the styles are everywhere. From dry accountant listing everything person and every thing in exacting detail, to a fantasy nut who introduces magical staffs and mythical beings who communicate through burning botany ... But thankfully it isn't all just lists, and doom and gloom and wait yes it is. There's some comedy pieces like this guy Noah who forgot all the dinosaurs and left them to die instead of taking them on his super arc. Must have been a cold-hearted guy and let them drown like the chick in Titanic did to Leo. So did Noah paint the dinosaurs like one of his 'French girls'? ... I think the writers owe George Lucas some money for stealing his idea ... some minor magical fantasy pieces surrounded by the dullest of historical fantasy. At over 1000 pages, mostly with pretty small print, this tome makes for one hell of a paperweight and not much else. No wonder it's always left behind in hotels because people get 5 pages in and fall asleep. Do yourself a favour and go read some much better written historical fantasy. Or maybe Harry Potter. Hell maybe even Twilight. No scratch that, Twilight is still worse. Just."
"An appallingly badly written book. The prose is stilted, and the entire tome is both repetitive and unbelievable. It is difficult to see why the publishers would expect to be able to pass this off as anything other than a hotch-potch of poorly translated and thoroughly misunderstood mythology to any being with sufficient neurones to form a synapse."
"I have never read such drivel in all my life - how can any author claim that the Earth was built in 6 (or 7) days? Also how is it possible that the author claims that on the first day: Light is created ('Let there be light!') and then on the fourth day: god puts lights in the firmament (the fifth command) to separate light from darkness and to mark days, seasons and years. Two great lights are made to appear (most likely the Sun and Moon, but not named), and the stars.
If he created light on the first day, why did he then have to create light and dark on the fourth? Don't even get me started about the fact that the authors allege that a child was born to a 'virgin' (obviously a mistranslation of the words 'young woman')in the second section! This is obviously the work of a group of fanatical madmen. I am very sorry that I bought it and I'm planning to return it and claim a full refund."
"the most far-fetched load of drivel l have ever read in my life."
"Dull, dull, dull, badly written fantasy stories. It doesn't even work as a novel, let alone a guide to leading a good life.
Don't bother is my advice, try something by Tolkien instead"
"Ok for a nice bit of fiction, but lacks any realistic nature. I will stick with Harry Potter"
"I found this book insulting to my intelligence with an abundance of plot holes. Usually a fan of fiction, but this has turned me right off!"
"There are no literary devices employed to good measure. Don't bother reading this!"
"Great comedy
If your looking for a good comedy pick this up strait away... this is in no way true."
"Was just reading the incest story of Lot, i cant believe its called 'HOLY' bible."
"First things first. The stories in the Bible have been dictated by peasants and shepherds who lived in very backward areas of the Middle East. At this stage in world history, there were many civilizations who were centuries ahead of these nomads. However, the illiterate populace of the Middle East were drawn toward this cult of fear,ignorance and blind faith ... Some of the stories in the Bible are so ridiculous (Noah's Ark) and some are just unreadable (Job).The Bible is full of contradictions everywhere ... Read this book to see how ridiculously ignorant and foolish humans can be."
But this... I do not find logic or basis in."
"I was expecting something so erotic the pages should have caught fire.
Suffice to say, I was sorely disapointed."
"As a religious tome and source of dogmatic 'rules' it's a ridiculous crock of sh**. As an atheist, I've read every word and usually have a few quotes saved up to use in arguments."
"there are better books in general now, way more relevant too."
"Meh. The action was ok I guess but mostly pointless, plot was pretty much nonexistent, and that god dude was a total jerk. Also had a lot of strange grammatical errors."
"I can't find any cross references that support what this book says, and the multiple authors constantly seem to contradict themselves."
"What can you say about one of the most boring books of all time, yet still tops the charts for best-selling fiction. Firstly the writing style is atrocious. It's like twenty guys were only given part of the story and told to make it up and make it all fit. The inconsistencies are everywhere. They really needed a better editor.
And with so many different cooks the styles are everywhere. From dry accountant listing everything person and every thing in exacting detail, to a fantasy nut who introduces magical staffs and mythical beings who communicate through burning botany ... But thankfully it isn't all just lists, and doom and gloom and wait yes it is. There's some comedy pieces like this guy Noah who forgot all the dinosaurs and left them to die instead of taking them on his super arc. Must have been a cold-hearted guy and let them drown like the chick in Titanic did to Leo. So did Noah paint the dinosaurs like one of his 'French girls'? ... I think the writers owe George Lucas some money for stealing his idea ... some minor magical fantasy pieces surrounded by the dullest of historical fantasy. At over 1000 pages, mostly with pretty small print, this tome makes for one hell of a paperweight and not much else. No wonder it's always left behind in hotels because people get 5 pages in and fall asleep. Do yourself a favour and go read some much better written historical fantasy. Or maybe Harry Potter. Hell maybe even Twilight. No scratch that, Twilight is still worse. Just."
"An appallingly badly written book. The prose is stilted, and the entire tome is both repetitive and unbelievable. It is difficult to see why the publishers would expect to be able to pass this off as anything other than a hotch-potch of poorly translated and thoroughly misunderstood mythology to any being with sufficient neurones to form a synapse."
"I have never read such drivel in all my life - how can any author claim that the Earth was built in 6 (or 7) days? Also how is it possible that the author claims that on the first day: Light is created ('Let there be light!') and then on the fourth day: god puts lights in the firmament (the fifth command) to separate light from darkness and to mark days, seasons and years. Two great lights are made to appear (most likely the Sun and Moon, but not named), and the stars.
If he created light on the first day, why did he then have to create light and dark on the fourth? Don't even get me started about the fact that the authors allege that a child was born to a 'virgin' (obviously a mistranslation of the words 'young woman')in the second section! This is obviously the work of a group of fanatical madmen. I am very sorry that I bought it and I'm planning to return it and claim a full refund."
"the most far-fetched load of drivel l have ever read in my life."
"Dull, dull, dull, badly written fantasy stories. It doesn't even work as a novel, let alone a guide to leading a good life.
Don't bother is my advice, try something by Tolkien instead"
"Ok for a nice bit of fiction, but lacks any realistic nature. I will stick with Harry Potter"
"I found this book insulting to my intelligence with an abundance of plot holes. Usually a fan of fiction, but this has turned me right off!"
"There are no literary devices employed to good measure. Don't bother reading this!"
"Great comedy
If your looking for a good comedy pick this up strait away... this is in no way true."
"Was just reading the incest story of Lot, i cant believe its called 'HOLY' bible."
"First things first. The stories in the Bible have been dictated by peasants and shepherds who lived in very backward areas of the Middle East. At this stage in world history, there were many civilizations who were centuries ahead of these nomads. However, the illiterate populace of the Middle East were drawn toward this cult of fear,ignorance and blind faith ... Some of the stories in the Bible are so ridiculous (Noah's Ark) and some are just unreadable (Job).The Bible is full of contradictions everywhere ... Read this book to see how ridiculously ignorant and foolish humans can be."
Monday, October 17, 2011
The Bible III
"what a load of shit. i burned it with gas right away after sterilizing it with urine."
I RESERVED THIS POST FOR SNARKY YOUNG MEN WRITING COMEDY REVIEWS OF THE BIBLE AND GETTING DOZENS OF BASIC FACTS AND READINGS WRONG. THE BIBLE IS AN IMMENSELY COMPLEX BOOK THAT DEMANDS AN IMMENSELY COMPLEX RESPONSE. IT IS SELF-REFERENTIAL TO THE EXTENT THAT IT CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD UNTIL EVERY PAGE IS READ, FROM FRONT TO BACK.
OF COURSE THIS TAKES SOME WORK, SO MOST CUNTS FIND IT MORE CONVENIENT TO TAKE WHATEVER THEY'VE LEARNED BY OSMOSIS (ALL WRONG) AND EITHER PRETEND THE BIBLE IS A "PERFECT" (WHATEVER THAT WOULD MEAN) SET OF "INSTRUCTIONS" FOR "LIFE ON EARTH" OR, IF THEY ARE HOSTILE TO CHRISTIANITY, TO PRETEND IT'S AN "IMPERFECT" SET OF INSTRUCTIONS. ON THE HOSTILE SIDE YOU END UP WITH SELF-SATISFIED SMUGGERY OVER THE PROHIBITIONS IN EXODUS AND LEVITICUS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TOTALLY EXPLICIT WITHIN THE PENTATEUCH THAT THEY'RE DIALOGUE, PRESENTED BY A LITERARY CHARACTER, TO OTHER LITERARY CHARACTERS. (AND LATER, A VERY IMPORTANT CHARACTER ACTUALLY DENIES THEIR UNIVERSALITY AND RELEVANCE.)
FOR NO OTHER BOOK WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO MAKE JUDGMENTS BY TAKING SINGLE LINES OF TEN OR TWENTY WORDS OUT OF CONTEXT AND ARRANGING THEM HOWEVER ONE PLEASES. THIS KIND OF BULLSHIT HAS RESULTED IN AN ALMOST TOTAL CULTURAL IGNORANCE OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE BIBLE, ON THE PART OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE QUITE AS MUCH AS NONRELIGIOUS. IT IS SOMETIMES A SURPRISE TO THE FIRST-TIME READER THAT THE FIRST THIRD OF THE BIBLE, THE SIXTEEN BOOKS FROM GENESIS TO NEHEMIAH, ARE A SINGLE CONTINUOUS DRAMATIC NARRATIVE -- A FACT COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED WHEN ONE READS SELECTIONS, OR READS EXPECTING A LIST OF COMMANDS. THERE ARE VERY FEW INSTRUCTIONS TO THE READER IN THE BIBLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF STATEMENTS AND IMPERATIVES MADE BY CHARACTERS TO OTHER CHARACTERS. BUT EVEN THE EPISTLES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ARE ADDRESSED TO SPECIFIC AUDIENCES, AND MUCH OF THEIR ADVICE, ESPECIALLY THAT OF PAUL, IS UNDERCUT BY WHAT CHRIST SAYS IN THE GOSPELS, OR WHAT OTHER APOSTLES SAY IN THEIR BOOKS.
IT IS, OF COURSE, A MISTAKE TO IMAGINE THAT ALL THIS WEAKENS THE WORK INSTEAD OF STRENGTHENING IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SOME TWAT SAYING "NYAH THE BIBLE HAS CONTRADICTIONS WHAT AN AWFUL BOOK," ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CLUE FOR WHAT HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REASON THEY MIGHT EXIST OR WHAT LITERARY PURPOSE THEY MIGHT SERVE. WITTGENSTEIN, FOR EXAMPLE, SUGGESTED THAT THE GOSPELS DIFFER IN SO MANY DETAILS IN ORDER TO PREVENT READERS FROM FIXATING ON BULLSHIT LIKE WHETHER JESUS HEALED THE LEPER BEFORE OR AFTER VISITING SIMON PETER'S HOUSE, AND TO KEEP PEOPLE FOCUSED ON THE CENTRAL STORY: THAT JESUS HEALED A LEPER.
FOR A UNIFIED SET OF RULES FOR FOUNDING A SOCIAL ORDER, WE CAN READ THE KORAN. THE BIBLE IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. SELF-COMMENTARY, CONTRADICTION, MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES: ALL ARE PART OF THE GRAND SCHEME OF THE BOOK, AND ALL MAKE IT SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE AND INTERESTING THAN THE BIBLE AS IMAGINED BY PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE BOTHERED READING THE DAMNED THING.
SO THIS POST IS FOR, AND DEDICATED TO, EVERY STOMPY SNIDE FUCK WHO THINKS WILLFUL IGNORANCE OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK IN THE WESTERN WORLD IS ACERBIC AND HILARIOUS; I HOPE IT'S ALL TRUE AND I GET TO WATCH YOU WEEPING AND GNASHING YOUR TEETH BESIDE ME IN HELL
"This book was terrible. The characters are two dimensional, the plot is all over the place and the author can't keep his story straight. Then halfway through they just introduce a new protagonist out of nowhere who dies within 4 chapters and they spend the rest of the book trying to work out what his deal was.
Genesis and Numbers are a huge yawn fest, I'm not even sure what the lengthy genealogies and census information had to do with the fisherman because everybody dies in the end anyway."
"I had great expectations for this book based on other readers' reviews, but the work suffers from several flaws. First of all, it seems the author couldn't decide what kind of book he or she (no author name or bio is provided) wanted to write. The end result of this indecision is a book that is part history, part poetry, part self-improvement manual, part science fiction, part children's fable, and so on. Also, the narrative doesn't really hold together very well; it actually seems like a whole bunch of different stories that have little connection to one another all thrown together haphazardly. There is no clear plot that links the different sections together, character development is uneven, and some of the chapters that ostensibly describe the same historical events contradict one another, which I found confusing. All in all, this book has several enjoyable chapters, some of which even rise to the level of literature, but as a whole it's simply too long and poorly organized."
"I was very disappointed in this. I don't understand why the God character is so involved in punishing everyone in the first 'book', and then in the second, 'HE' sends his son (Himself?) to Earth, to be born as a human, only to die for the 'sins', or mistakes, of all of humankind. I just think it's a very confusing message to send to people, that says they will be destroyed with floods, and all sorts of tortures, only to decide later that you should send yourself as a relative of yourself, and as some ghost/spirit, so that all of those sins can be forgiven. Isn't that kind of weird?
There is lots of violence, war, a passing reference to the rape of a man's own female relatives in place of a male stranger as fair, slavery is condoned, and it just seems really sexist...
I don't know. It's such a dated and vague story. I'm surprised it's so popular."
"what mostly gets me is the blatant plagiarism and how the author doesn't even cite his sources."
"This is one of those bad fiction novels that is so bad that it develops this cult classic status. Just as too many cooks in the kitchen ruin a meal, too many authors ruin a book. The authors constantly contradict the main murderous story line. Probably more than 31 million murders in this over the top book. To make it worse, the mysogony is way over the top and the glorification of owning slaves makes this an unbearable travisty. Skip this one! You will be happy you did."
"I often get the impression that this book was written by a series of people just coming out of pre-history. They seem to know so little about the world around them and how it works. It's as if they weren't aware that the earth revolves around the sun and our planet exists in a solar system that orbits the center of our galaxy! Where's the mention of dinosaurs? It's missing presumably because they didn't have the intellectual know how to dig for fossils. Often problems are solved in this book by sacrificial slaughter when a simple scientific test would have shown that the local well was infected with germs!"
"Marx said religion was the opiate of the masses, it's more like religion is the skirts feebleminded people hide behind to flee from personal responsibility and thought.
Sad this bunch of dross inspired so much violence and hatred through the centuries and still does.
ETA: Had to read this again for summer 2009 class - it's even more unbelievable to me after a refresher that anyone could believe one word of this and think it's the word of anything but humans bent on building a power base. the Old Testament doesn't even pretend there aren't 'other gods' at the time of Jehovah's attack on every poor soul who happened to live where he wanted the tribes of Israel to settle. It's basically a chronicle of how some bumpkins who had the attention span of a fly were bullied and forced into mass murder so one 'god' could become famous and powerful."
I RESERVED THIS POST FOR SNARKY YOUNG MEN WRITING COMEDY REVIEWS OF THE BIBLE AND GETTING DOZENS OF BASIC FACTS AND READINGS WRONG. THE BIBLE IS AN IMMENSELY COMPLEX BOOK THAT DEMANDS AN IMMENSELY COMPLEX RESPONSE. IT IS SELF-REFERENTIAL TO THE EXTENT THAT IT CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD UNTIL EVERY PAGE IS READ, FROM FRONT TO BACK.
OF COURSE THIS TAKES SOME WORK, SO MOST CUNTS FIND IT MORE CONVENIENT TO TAKE WHATEVER THEY'VE LEARNED BY OSMOSIS (ALL WRONG) AND EITHER PRETEND THE BIBLE IS A "PERFECT" (WHATEVER THAT WOULD MEAN) SET OF "INSTRUCTIONS" FOR "LIFE ON EARTH" OR, IF THEY ARE HOSTILE TO CHRISTIANITY, TO PRETEND IT'S AN "IMPERFECT" SET OF INSTRUCTIONS. ON THE HOSTILE SIDE YOU END UP WITH SELF-SATISFIED SMUGGERY OVER THE PROHIBITIONS IN EXODUS AND LEVITICUS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TOTALLY EXPLICIT WITHIN THE PENTATEUCH THAT THEY'RE DIALOGUE, PRESENTED BY A LITERARY CHARACTER, TO OTHER LITERARY CHARACTERS. (AND LATER, A VERY IMPORTANT CHARACTER ACTUALLY DENIES THEIR UNIVERSALITY AND RELEVANCE.)
FOR NO OTHER BOOK WOULD IT BE ACCEPTABLE TO MAKE JUDGMENTS BY TAKING SINGLE LINES OF TEN OR TWENTY WORDS OUT OF CONTEXT AND ARRANGING THEM HOWEVER ONE PLEASES. THIS KIND OF BULLSHIT HAS RESULTED IN AN ALMOST TOTAL CULTURAL IGNORANCE OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE BIBLE, ON THE PART OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE QUITE AS MUCH AS NONRELIGIOUS. IT IS SOMETIMES A SURPRISE TO THE FIRST-TIME READER THAT THE FIRST THIRD OF THE BIBLE, THE SIXTEEN BOOKS FROM GENESIS TO NEHEMIAH, ARE A SINGLE CONTINUOUS DRAMATIC NARRATIVE -- A FACT COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED WHEN ONE READS SELECTIONS, OR READS EXPECTING A LIST OF COMMANDS. THERE ARE VERY FEW INSTRUCTIONS TO THE READER IN THE BIBLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF STATEMENTS AND IMPERATIVES MADE BY CHARACTERS TO OTHER CHARACTERS. BUT EVEN THE EPISTLES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ARE ADDRESSED TO SPECIFIC AUDIENCES, AND MUCH OF THEIR ADVICE, ESPECIALLY THAT OF PAUL, IS UNDERCUT BY WHAT CHRIST SAYS IN THE GOSPELS, OR WHAT OTHER APOSTLES SAY IN THEIR BOOKS.
IT IS, OF COURSE, A MISTAKE TO IMAGINE THAT ALL THIS WEAKENS THE WORK INSTEAD OF STRENGTHENING IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SOME TWAT SAYING "NYAH THE BIBLE HAS CONTRADICTIONS WHAT AN AWFUL BOOK," ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CLUE FOR WHAT HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REASON THEY MIGHT EXIST OR WHAT LITERARY PURPOSE THEY MIGHT SERVE. WITTGENSTEIN, FOR EXAMPLE, SUGGESTED THAT THE GOSPELS DIFFER IN SO MANY DETAILS IN ORDER TO PREVENT READERS FROM FIXATING ON BULLSHIT LIKE WHETHER JESUS HEALED THE LEPER BEFORE OR AFTER VISITING SIMON PETER'S HOUSE, AND TO KEEP PEOPLE FOCUSED ON THE CENTRAL STORY: THAT JESUS HEALED A LEPER.
FOR A UNIFIED SET OF RULES FOR FOUNDING A SOCIAL ORDER, WE CAN READ THE KORAN. THE BIBLE IS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. SELF-COMMENTARY, CONTRADICTION, MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES: ALL ARE PART OF THE GRAND SCHEME OF THE BOOK, AND ALL MAKE IT SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE AND INTERESTING THAN THE BIBLE AS IMAGINED BY PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE BOTHERED READING THE DAMNED THING.
SO THIS POST IS FOR, AND DEDICATED TO, EVERY STOMPY SNIDE FUCK WHO THINKS WILLFUL IGNORANCE OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK IN THE WESTERN WORLD IS ACERBIC AND HILARIOUS; I HOPE IT'S ALL TRUE AND I GET TO WATCH YOU WEEPING AND GNASHING YOUR TEETH BESIDE ME IN HELL
"This book was terrible. The characters are two dimensional, the plot is all over the place and the author can't keep his story straight. Then halfway through they just introduce a new protagonist out of nowhere who dies within 4 chapters and they spend the rest of the book trying to work out what his deal was.
Genesis and Numbers are a huge yawn fest, I'm not even sure what the lengthy genealogies and census information had to do with the fisherman because everybody dies in the end anyway."
"I had great expectations for this book based on other readers' reviews, but the work suffers from several flaws. First of all, it seems the author couldn't decide what kind of book he or she (no author name or bio is provided) wanted to write. The end result of this indecision is a book that is part history, part poetry, part self-improvement manual, part science fiction, part children's fable, and so on. Also, the narrative doesn't really hold together very well; it actually seems like a whole bunch of different stories that have little connection to one another all thrown together haphazardly. There is no clear plot that links the different sections together, character development is uneven, and some of the chapters that ostensibly describe the same historical events contradict one another, which I found confusing. All in all, this book has several enjoyable chapters, some of which even rise to the level of literature, but as a whole it's simply too long and poorly organized."
"I was very disappointed in this. I don't understand why the God character is so involved in punishing everyone in the first 'book', and then in the second, 'HE' sends his son (Himself?) to Earth, to be born as a human, only to die for the 'sins', or mistakes, of all of humankind. I just think it's a very confusing message to send to people, that says they will be destroyed with floods, and all sorts of tortures, only to decide later that you should send yourself as a relative of yourself, and as some ghost/spirit, so that all of those sins can be forgiven. Isn't that kind of weird?
There is lots of violence, war, a passing reference to the rape of a man's own female relatives in place of a male stranger as fair, slavery is condoned, and it just seems really sexist...
I don't know. It's such a dated and vague story. I'm surprised it's so popular."
"what mostly gets me is the blatant plagiarism and how the author doesn't even cite his sources."
"This is one of those bad fiction novels that is so bad that it develops this cult classic status. Just as too many cooks in the kitchen ruin a meal, too many authors ruin a book. The authors constantly contradict the main murderous story line. Probably more than 31 million murders in this over the top book. To make it worse, the mysogony is way over the top and the glorification of owning slaves makes this an unbearable travisty. Skip this one! You will be happy you did."
"I often get the impression that this book was written by a series of people just coming out of pre-history. They seem to know so little about the world around them and how it works. It's as if they weren't aware that the earth revolves around the sun and our planet exists in a solar system that orbits the center of our galaxy! Where's the mention of dinosaurs? It's missing presumably because they didn't have the intellectual know how to dig for fossils. Often problems are solved in this book by sacrificial slaughter when a simple scientific test would have shown that the local well was infected with germs!"
"Marx said religion was the opiate of the masses, it's more like religion is the skirts feebleminded people hide behind to flee from personal responsibility and thought.
Sad this bunch of dross inspired so much violence and hatred through the centuries and still does.
ETA: Had to read this again for summer 2009 class - it's even more unbelievable to me after a refresher that anyone could believe one word of this and think it's the word of anything but humans bent on building a power base. the Old Testament doesn't even pretend there aren't 'other gods' at the time of Jehovah's attack on every poor soul who happened to live where he wanted the tribes of Israel to settle. It's basically a chronicle of how some bumpkins who had the attention span of a fly were bullied and forced into mass murder so one 'god' could become famous and powerful."
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Bible II
"So many lovers of William Shakespeare do not seem to be aware of the fact that the Bard took part in translating the King Jame's Version of the Bible into English."
AH, YES, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
"The bible is one of the worst pieces of literature ever compiled. I actually cringe to even call it literature. Its best classified as toilet paper!"
"So full of shit."
"They should sell this in the 'sleep aid' section of the drug store."
"I am an atheist, and I believe this book is full of evil lies"
"A book that everyone should read at least once in their life. [Just as they should read the Koran, Buddhist, Hindu, and even Wicca ... [As well as ethnic religious works.]"
"why post about the Bible??
don't read the entire Bible
read John 1 - 4
these 4 chapters will tell you the entire story
read and pray and read it again
God Bless
...
no one said it was a Book!
There is the old and the new
The old tells the story of the birth of Jesus
The new tells the story of Jesus
At the end it's still all about Jesus!!!"
"As for the recommendations in the Bible.....yeah I think its great to love our neighbour as ourself....I think to put others first.....instead of this Age of the Ego, this Age of Me-ism....is wonderful....imagine that....no war, no violence, no abuse, no stealing.....what was it John Lennon wrote about in 'Imagine'?"
"I like to read the Bible because I'm a Christian"
"LIES!!!!! NOTHING BUT LIES!!!! Theres no scientific proof for a god with freaky powers."
"I went back the second time from a non-biased point of view and looked at it in a professional capacity and can easily see how it led to the bloodiest, most violent culture in human history. Unfortunately I still can't see how decent, normal, intelligent people can fall for what is inside it's far too numerous pages."
"A flat, fictional work, describing the lives of neanderthals who believed they met Jesus, the supposed 'sun of god.' This book is full of lies, fallacies, and contradictions."
"This book is filled with all sorts of stories about God's AWSOME LOVE for us"
"How many christers have real true faith?
Zero.
Not one christer is willing to drink anti freeze or Drano.
Christers are all phoneys, liars, and hippocrits."
"Crappy stories, even for a fiction book."
"The Bible, millions of people read it,
religions are based on it, and I just have to ask, why? The book is so
freakin stupid!"
"Even if the bible was actually inspired by God, I still wouldn't read it.
It is still a boring, long winded and drawn-out mess of a book. There really isn't much entertainment value in it and it doesn't entice or suck the reader in.
But I know the bible was NOT inspired by God.
No intelligent being would ever inspire such a boring, dull and monotonous book like the bible.
A supreme being would have the intelligence to keep his instructions simple and concise.
Bible = Fail"
"This type of horrible sick criminal behavior should shock any moral person. Murder, rape, pillage, plunder, slavery, and child abuse can not be justified by saying that some god says it’s OK.
If more people would actually sit down and read the Bible there would be a lot more atheists like myself.
No wonder chirsters are all f*cked up in the head."
"the ordinary men who compiled the bible were ignorant of advanced literary skills.
Not that it matters anyways, since the bible is mostly nonsense."
"I AM FUCKING SICK OF YOUR FUCKING ATTITUDE TO BLINDLY BELIEVE IN A BOOK THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM, WHO WROTE IT, WHEN IT HAS BEEN WROTE, WHAT IT WENT THROUGH IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
THAT'S JUST PLAINLY RIDICULOUS!
I AM FUCKING SICK OF YOUR ATTITUDE TO JUST BRUSH ASIDE EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING THAT DOES NOT 'FIT' WITH THE BIBLE, INSTEAD OF THINKING 'HEY, THEY MAY BE RIGHT! LET'S SEE INTO IT!'
You are talking about truth but you are just the ANTIPODE of truth with your BLIND STUCK UP MIND!
You are STUCK on the SAME FUCKING IDEAS.
You brush aside EVERYTHING that do not fit with your FUCKING BIBLE.
HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO FIND THE REAL TRUTH IF THIS TRUTH IS NOT IN THE IDEAS YOU KEEP STICKING WITH?!!!?"
AH, YES, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
"The bible is one of the worst pieces of literature ever compiled. I actually cringe to even call it literature. Its best classified as toilet paper!"
"So full of shit."
"They should sell this in the 'sleep aid' section of the drug store."
"I am an atheist, and I believe this book is full of evil lies"
"A book that everyone should read at least once in their life. [Just as they should read the Koran, Buddhist, Hindu, and even Wicca ... [As well as ethnic religious works.]"
"why post about the Bible??
don't read the entire Bible
read John 1 - 4
these 4 chapters will tell you the entire story
read and pray and read it again
God Bless
...
no one said it was a Book!
There is the old and the new
The old tells the story of the birth of Jesus
The new tells the story of Jesus
At the end it's still all about Jesus!!!"
"As for the recommendations in the Bible.....yeah I think its great to love our neighbour as ourself....I think to put others first.....instead of this Age of the Ego, this Age of Me-ism....is wonderful....imagine that....no war, no violence, no abuse, no stealing.....what was it John Lennon wrote about in 'Imagine'?"
"I like to read the Bible because I'm a Christian"
"LIES!!!!! NOTHING BUT LIES!!!! Theres no scientific proof for a god with freaky powers."
"I went back the second time from a non-biased point of view and looked at it in a professional capacity and can easily see how it led to the bloodiest, most violent culture in human history. Unfortunately I still can't see how decent, normal, intelligent people can fall for what is inside it's far too numerous pages."
"A flat, fictional work, describing the lives of neanderthals who believed they met Jesus, the supposed 'sun of god.' This book is full of lies, fallacies, and contradictions."
"This book is filled with all sorts of stories about God's AWSOME LOVE for us"
"How many christers have real true faith?
Zero.
Not one christer is willing to drink anti freeze or Drano.
Christers are all phoneys, liars, and hippocrits."
"Crappy stories, even for a fiction book."
"The Bible, millions of people read it,
religions are based on it, and I just have to ask, why? The book is so
freakin stupid!"
"Even if the bible was actually inspired by God, I still wouldn't read it.
It is still a boring, long winded and drawn-out mess of a book. There really isn't much entertainment value in it and it doesn't entice or suck the reader in.
But I know the bible was NOT inspired by God.
No intelligent being would ever inspire such a boring, dull and monotonous book like the bible.
A supreme being would have the intelligence to keep his instructions simple and concise.
Bible = Fail"
"This type of horrible sick criminal behavior should shock any moral person. Murder, rape, pillage, plunder, slavery, and child abuse can not be justified by saying that some god says it’s OK.
If more people would actually sit down and read the Bible there would be a lot more atheists like myself.
No wonder chirsters are all f*cked up in the head."
"the ordinary men who compiled the bible were ignorant of advanced literary skills.
Not that it matters anyways, since the bible is mostly nonsense."
"I AM FUCKING SICK OF YOUR FUCKING ATTITUDE TO BLINDLY BELIEVE IN A BOOK THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM, WHO WROTE IT, WHEN IT HAS BEEN WROTE, WHAT IT WENT THROUGH IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
THAT'S JUST PLAINLY RIDICULOUS!
I AM FUCKING SICK OF YOUR ATTITUDE TO JUST BRUSH ASIDE EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING THAT DOES NOT 'FIT' WITH THE BIBLE, INSTEAD OF THINKING 'HEY, THEY MAY BE RIGHT! LET'S SEE INTO IT!'
You are talking about truth but you are just the ANTIPODE of truth with your BLIND STUCK UP MIND!
You are STUCK on the SAME FUCKING IDEAS.
You brush aside EVERYTHING that do not fit with your FUCKING BIBLE.
HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO FIND THE REAL TRUTH IF THIS TRUTH IS NOT IN THE IDEAS YOU KEEP STICKING WITH?!!!?"
Thursday, October 13, 2011
The Bible
"If you want to read a book, don't bother with this one."
"this Bible is just plain HUGE."
"It is much like Tolkien's 'Silmarillion' which could be basically seen as an improved, and definitely more interesting version of the Bible."
"if the bible is perfectly gods word then why so many denominations and different beliefs on the same book. If something was perfect then there would not be any debating it. It would simply just be. Like if something is black its black. A circle is a circle. Same with atheism. If there were no god then there would doubt or question. Wheres the proof of anything but what we have here. Grammer due to cell phone."
"bible perfect? nah theirs are new bible out each month . its wrong only religion thats true and states the most facts and proof of a god existence is the holy quran ."
"If dino bones were buried by atheists, why do atheist scientists claim they are millions of years old?"
"Above all, maintain a superior attitude when dealing with lesser cultures than your own. Know that God will punish them all for their disbelief."
"I am an atheist, but I've always wanted to read the bible cover to cover. I've just finished Genesis. It's worse than I expected. Genesis really sets the stage for the misogyny and homophobia that follow."
"To all people who disagrees that the bible is perfect , please answer this:The Word of God is our sword and how can God equip us with a sword that is not perfect and can break? (Ephesians 6:17)"
"I cant BELIEVE that someone wrote this book for children! It's nothing but genocide and rape, how horrible! It is poorly written, and the story doesn't even make sense, or tie together. It gets one star because i cant give it less."
"Also, Thx to my faithful Mentor Mr. Indra who give me this Great Book. And of course, My Utmost to God Only ^_^"
"The worst propaganda tract incurred upon poor humanity. Or is it the best because it actually worked? Most (notice I wrote 'most') of the 'demonizing' and the warped 'morality' in our society can traced back to this book. It may have been necessary to have its 'laws' and uphold them in ancient times, when humans were too stupid to govern themselves, but even though they are outmoded (how many don't understand that killing and stealing indiscriminately are not the best ways to get along with fellow humans?) people, like junkies, simply can't let go of 'big daddy' religion and 'law.' It is also racist as ol jehova states over and over how he hates all other peoples, 'gentiles', all but the Hebrews (didn't he create everybody?)."
"Gods word is true, but imperfect man reads it through often preconcieved ideas. Most of witch are recieved by people who do not read the bible but ' thinks it says something. Like most people think the bible says ' spare the rod and spoil the child'. Whereas the word says that a man who spares the rod hates his child.Or for some moronic reason people think God wants people to be poor." (MATTHEW 19:21) "Thus whole denominations take stupid vows of poverty."
"The most dangerous book ever written. Ignorant and fucking boring to boot."
"Hated by those who dont understand it, dont believe in it nor want to believe in it; so they can continue in their own ways giving into their own selfish impulses & those impulses that God list as sin such as: adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, bisexuals, lying, killing, thieving; lovers of money, material pleasure instead of seeking God"
"Anything About God I Love too Read it"
"all I can say is that it is very ...'holy'"
"I found the mixture of brutal horror in with children's fairy tales to just not be the sort of thing that should be combined."
"Character development was in most cases nearly non-existant. I found that nearly all of the female characters in the book were villianized with very few exceptions."
"This Author really should at least name his antagonists that just smacks of lazy writing."
"Ugh! This book if full of horrible, contradicting stories! The people in this book are very degrading to women and seem to have sex with whoever they want, whenever they want. And women are the property of men? Gag me. And this God character is supposed to be loving and kind and forgiving, but he makes those two bears rip apart all those children in a bloody massacre - just because they made fun of some bald guy?? What happened to forgiveness and turning the other cheek? This is a horrible book full of immoral stories and atrocious 'teachings'. We should try to get this book banned from all libraries!"
"this Bible is just plain HUGE."
"It is much like Tolkien's 'Silmarillion' which could be basically seen as an improved, and definitely more interesting version of the Bible."
"if the bible is perfectly gods word then why so many denominations and different beliefs on the same book. If something was perfect then there would not be any debating it. It would simply just be. Like if something is black its black. A circle is a circle. Same with atheism. If there were no god then there would doubt or question. Wheres the proof of anything but what we have here. Grammer due to cell phone."
"bible perfect? nah theirs are new bible out each month . its wrong only religion thats true and states the most facts and proof of a god existence is the holy quran ."
"If dino bones were buried by atheists, why do atheist scientists claim they are millions of years old?"
"Above all, maintain a superior attitude when dealing with lesser cultures than your own. Know that God will punish them all for their disbelief."
"I am an atheist, but I've always wanted to read the bible cover to cover. I've just finished Genesis. It's worse than I expected. Genesis really sets the stage for the misogyny and homophobia that follow."
"To all people who disagrees that the bible is perfect , please answer this:The Word of God is our sword and how can God equip us with a sword that is not perfect and can break? (Ephesians 6:17)"
"I cant BELIEVE that someone wrote this book for children! It's nothing but genocide and rape, how horrible! It is poorly written, and the story doesn't even make sense, or tie together. It gets one star because i cant give it less."
"Also, Thx to my faithful Mentor Mr. Indra who give me this Great Book. And of course, My Utmost to God Only ^_^"
"The worst propaganda tract incurred upon poor humanity. Or is it the best because it actually worked? Most (notice I wrote 'most') of the 'demonizing' and the warped 'morality' in our society can traced back to this book. It may have been necessary to have its 'laws' and uphold them in ancient times, when humans were too stupid to govern themselves, but even though they are outmoded (how many don't understand that killing and stealing indiscriminately are not the best ways to get along with fellow humans?) people, like junkies, simply can't let go of 'big daddy' religion and 'law.' It is also racist as ol jehova states over and over how he hates all other peoples, 'gentiles', all but the Hebrews (didn't he create everybody?)."
"Gods word is true, but imperfect man reads it through often preconcieved ideas. Most of witch are recieved by people who do not read the bible but ' thinks it says something. Like most people think the bible says ' spare the rod and spoil the child'. Whereas the word says that a man who spares the rod hates his child.Or for some moronic reason people think God wants people to be poor." (MATTHEW 19:21) "Thus whole denominations take stupid vows of poverty."
"The most dangerous book ever written. Ignorant and fucking boring to boot."
"Hated by those who dont understand it, dont believe in it nor want to believe in it; so they can continue in their own ways giving into their own selfish impulses & those impulses that God list as sin such as: adultery, prostitution, homosexuality, bisexuals, lying, killing, thieving; lovers of money, material pleasure instead of seeking God"
"Anything About God I Love too Read it"
"all I can say is that it is very ...'holy'"
"I found the mixture of brutal horror in with children's fairy tales to just not be the sort of thing that should be combined."
"Character development was in most cases nearly non-existant. I found that nearly all of the female characters in the book were villianized with very few exceptions."
"This Author really should at least name his antagonists that just smacks of lazy writing."
"Ugh! This book if full of horrible, contradicting stories! The people in this book are very degrading to women and seem to have sex with whoever they want, whenever they want. And women are the property of men? Gag me. And this God character is supposed to be loving and kind and forgiving, but he makes those two bears rip apart all those children in a bloody massacre - just because they made fun of some bald guy?? What happened to forgiveness and turning the other cheek? This is a horrible book full of immoral stories and atrocious 'teachings'. We should try to get this book banned from all libraries!"
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