/lit/ - Literature

To become aware of how utterly retarded monotheism truly is

>>17867865
It has influenced literature and western civilization the most. Even more than the Greeks.

>>17867865
because muh dik

To understand the majority of the Western canon.

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>>17867933
Ok so you're telling me that none of you have a good reason to defend this book on a completely secular level?

>>17867955
Weak reason desu..

>>17867865
Why should you read a book about the french Revolution?
Why should you read Plato?
Why Homer, Marx, Dostojewski, Goethe...?

Why should i read anything not directly work related?
Why am i not smoking weed 24/7?

>>17867996
Answer the damn prompt, /lit/

>>17867865
It's the most influential book in western history. Every post-Roman European artist before 1960 has read it and was influenced by it. It's the origin of all sorts of phrases and images and gives us a common cultural background. It's really the only book that is mandatory if you're in any way interested in culture and you shouldn't just read it you should study it.

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>>17867999
There is literary no reason to read 99% of all literature, except subjective ones

>>17867865
If you need a reason to read, you are better off jerking your pp in your moms closet

>>17867970
It has pretty notable literary value in its self, plus reading it will greatly enhance your ability to appreciate 99% of good literature

thats a pretty good secular reason i think, no?

>>17867865
The OT is basically the ideology and manual the jews used to spread their tentacles all over the civilized Mediterranean world. So studying it's many lies may prove to be insightful. It's a very dry read though and if you are unfamiliar with the real history that actually happened you probably wont be able to keep up.

And the NT is a guide on how to be a good goy. "turn the other cheek". Not very interesting but Revelation is pretty crazy. All kinds of monsters appear and surreal stuff goes down therein. That's basically the script they play by when shit goes down and the beast system collapses.

>>17868046
Sure, I guess.

>>17868053
you guess? how is that not a good reason with complete certainty? do you not like literature or something?

>>17868049
So whites have been ruled by Jews for 2,000 years through Christianity? Kind pathetic. Whites don’t deserve any sympathy but only mockery for this. That means they deserve to be destroyed for being weak.

>>17868061
Look I'm just a little irritated that the number 1 book that is printed and shilled by alot of people as if its something to glorify, has nothing else going for it except for spreading its religion around.

Surely there is more to it?

And >>17868049 is the only one here that can convince me to read this, however his reason is mostly negative about it

>>17867970
Uh how is influencing western civilization and literature not secular?

>>17867865
It has interesting stories and some very cool mythology. But honestly anon, the only good reason to read it is, just as with any other book, that it sounds interesting to you and you are curious about it's content.

>>17867865
Historical and cultural significance. Plus it's just interesting

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>>17868114
Bah, humbug.

>>17868088
>has nothing else going for it except for spreading its religion around.
but i literally just describes what it has to offer outside of religion

>>17868193
Yeah but that reason isn't good enough sorry.

>>17868243
so you just hate literature then? what possible reason would you need beyond a piece of work not only having its own high literary value but also influence on pretty much every notable work of literature in a way that reading it will enhance your experience with those works? do you need a book to e-tranfer you $1000 to justify reading it?

>>17868269
It isn't enough, just like your dick size, Anon.

>>17868269
I'm joking, but seriously these aren't good enough reasons for me.

>>17867865
based toilet paper