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The Velveteen Ocelot

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10. I can't think of a better way to make a person run away from religion screaming

Reply to trotsky (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 26, 2019, 11:48 AM

Apr 2019

than to force them to write a summary of every book. If a person is going to seminary, yes, or maybe studying anthropology, but they'd be doing it voluntarily. Otherwise it would be just excruciating to have to review the whole damn thing (and in the process start noticing how weird, contradictory and improbable a lot of it is). If a member of the clergy wants to steer a young person toward atheism I can't think of a better way to do it.

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LifeWay Research: Americans Are Fond of the Bible, Don't Actually Read It [View all] MineralMan Apr 2019 OP

I read all of it when I was a teenager, not because I was (or am) religious, The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #1

I've read the whole thing half a dozen times, in MineralMan Apr 2019 #3

There's some great writing in KJV. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #5

That's my preferred translation, by far. MineralMan Apr 2019 #7

Wow! According to the chart abqtommy Apr 2019 #2

Me, too. I credit that for my atheism. MineralMan Apr 2019 #4

I had to read the whole thing, cover-to-cover, and write a summary for each book... trotsky Apr 2019 #6

That would do it. MineralMan Apr 2019 #8

I can't think of a better way to make a person run away from religion screaming The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #10

Many great the Bible like they do the flag The Genealogist Apr 2019 #9

Hence the term "Bible Banger" from its use as a bludgeon, I suppose. MineralMan Apr 2019 #11

A lot of people rely on what their pastors tell them the Bible says, The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #12

I remember this or a similar letter floating around The Genealogist Apr 2019 #13

It's been around for years and it still cracks me up. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #14

I was laughing so hard Doreen Apr 2019 #16

I have never read it cover to cover ( never will. ) Doreen Apr 2019 #15

Well, clearly you are in the majority in that. MineralMan Apr 2019 #17

I could never get into it enough for cover to cover. Doreen Apr 2019 #18