/lit/ - Literature

>>4881805

Why haven't you caught up with the rest of America and accepted that The Bible is the most important book in your life, /lit/?

Also,
>no more Atlas Shrugged
>Moby Dick breaks into the top 10

Is Genesis supposed to be taken literally?

"Alright Jews, take daily showers and stop sacrificing your children and you'll get more than you could ever dream of."

"Stop fucking everything up, you fucking Jews, this isn't hard."

Was Genesis written with the intent of being taken literally?

Hey atheist readers, you're not meant to take it in literally.

Going to read the bible. Which version is the best?

Which bibles have nice covers and aer easier to read?

My one is falling a part and it was basically a highschool one

Like i said im wanting one that looks a bit nicer this time. kinda like a videogame paladin one lol

>not going to a private christian high school
We also had to watch all those shitty Bible movies.

What do you think of this book, /lit/?

Is there anything in the Bible that speaks for or against using mind-altering drugs or other similar activities?

I'm going to read this book over the next couple of weeks. What were your thoughts on it? This is a serious question by the way.

Is Genesis meant to be taken literally?

What do you guys think of this fantastic work of fiction?

>>3873308
Decent place to start.

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

>>3655104

No, you can.

God.

hahah or the group of desert holy men who canonized their writings.

I thought I was going to sort my library by author, and I immediately got stuck. Where do I put the Bible? Should I put it under G, or with the oddly sized fact books I don't want to mix with my other books?

>religious texts

one thing i was surprised by was the quality of the new testament. as a philosophical book, and a introspective into human nature. so i was wondering if anyone else had any books that ended up being surprisingly good. ether to do with mythology, philosophy or religion.

Is there any point in reading the entire bible? I'm trying it now, using a Gideon bible I stole from a hotel (I think the fact that it was placed there for the purpose of spreading God's word, which it is currently doing, overrides the whole theft thing) and it was going pretty smooth through Genesis and Exodus (besides all the begetting shit, I didn't follow that at all), but now I've hit leviticus, and this is just thick nonsense. Can I just skip to New Testament now? Will I miss anything significant?

Also, I'm guessing you guys probably think I'm wasting my time, but I'm trying to get some knowledge on world religions because reasons.

Also, should I be using something other than King James? I figured it was the most common translation, so it was the proper place to start.