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Old 08-07-2007, 10:52 AM   #1
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Default Atheists, what are your favorite Bible books?

I always hear atheists complain about the parts of the Bible they don't like. I thought it might be fun to ask you all which books you do like?

I'll be happy to start:

1) Gospel of John (despite it being the Gospel with probably the least authentic Jesus material)

2) Gospel of Mark (after reading Mary Tolbert's book 'sowing the Gospel' and probably because it was the first Gospel and Luke and Mathew copied from him)

3) Genesis (so many classic stories)

I almost put one of Paul's letters at 3, either 1 Corinthians or Romans, but I think there are just too many classics in Genesis to leave it out
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I liked Genesis, not really anything else though.
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Favourite books?

From what standpoint?

If you mean from the standpoint of Pythonesque humour, Leviticus wins hands down.
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Hard to beat Revelation -- if you like seriously wacked out druggie surrealism...

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I always hear atheists complain about the parts of the Bible they don't like. I thought it might be fun to ask you all which books you do like?

I'll be happy to start:

1) Gospel of John (despite it being the Gospel with probably the least authentic Jesus material)

2) Gospel of Mark (after reading Mary Tolbert's book 'sowing the Gospel' and probably because it was the first Gospel and Luke and Mathew copied from him)

3) Genesis (so many classic stories)

I almost put one of Paul's letters at 3, either 1 Corinthians or Romans, but I think there are just too many classics in Genesis to leave it out
I like the Bible because it is the evidence of its fraud.
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I like the Bible because it is the evidence of its fraud.
Fraud? Of all the reasons one might like any given story you pick this one. Care to explain?
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Ecclesiastes for the win.
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Favourite books?

From what standpoint?

If you mean from the standpoint of Pythonesque humour, Leviticus wins hands down.
You may pick your own standpoint. It's just like asking what's your favorite movie, but then instead of movie fill in 'Bible book'. Leviticus isn't very humerous if you take the religious context into consideration. I'm sure you are too mature to be laughing at ancient religious laws.
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Book of Judith for kick-ass action-movie quality. Seriously, it reads like a screenplay, you could film it! Bad guys are besieging the city, disaster threatens, and Judith, a clever and beautiful widow, infiltrates the enemy camp, seduces the enemy general, gets him passing-out drunk, decapitates him with his own sword and escapes with the head, leading to total morale collapse of besieging army. No divine intervention even. It's sort of like Aeon Flux for the Iron Age.
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The Psalms, Lamentations, and Ben Sirah.
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