/lit/ - Literature

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I've read through the Bible in its entirety six times and probably about 7 or 8 more reading individual books. Regardless of one's opinion on its status as the word of God, it is undoubtedly the greatest work produced by man. Nothing else comes close to expressing the highs and lows of human nature. Everything is there- every emotion, every impulse, every sin, every virtue. Its poetry is more beautiful than anything else, its tragedies more heartbreaking, its joys more ecstatic. The Biblical world is our world writ large. It is so far superior to everything else that there is unironically no need to read anything else.

An argument for poetry being the highest form of literature:
1. The Bible is poetry.
2. If the Bible is poetry, then poetry is the highest form of literature.
3. Therefore, poetry is the highest form of literature.
I know it's a flawless argument but you're welcome to try to poke holes into it (in vain, of course).

Is the Bible fiction or nonfiction?