/lit/ - Literature

>>6362736
Nominal Christian as a kid.
Met a lot of atheists in college, most friends were, read lots of lit, took several comp. religion courses and ended up reading the majority of world religious texts.
Graduate and go into full on post graduate poverty. Can't afford to do anything.
Fine, I'll finally read the Bible. Got one with several translations side by side and annotated out the woz.
Dug the Pentateuch. The rest of the OT was uneven.
About on the 3rd Gospels, compared to all the other religious texts, myth, fiction, ancient history, it really struck me these read like someone relating this true event that was just fucking bizarre. Many of the actions of Jesus do not fit well into a clean puzzle either. Became convinced they described events as witnessed. The rest of the NT only helped.
Since it appeared real, accepted it and the pain in the ass life would be amongst self-described intellectuals who'd rejected it.
Believer since. And yes, especially with 'murican fundies, it's been a pain in the ass.
But truth is truth.


Bring it, haters.