Bible Quiz

17. Oh, well, I've never been able to get all the way thru the Bible.

And yes, it does seem to have a very \"Anti-God\" agenda. Yet another reason why we should take Mr. Campbell's advice and read it as Poetry, not prose (i.e, recognize that these are metaphors, and not necessarily actual historical occurrances).
IMHO

Precisely, Dave.

The Bible isn't the law. It's a book. So treat it like any other book.

Take from it what you need to take from it. And put it into your own life as you see necessary.

The bible is NOT the word of God. It is a compilation of works by PEOPLE trying to spread the word of God. Their interpretation is not the correct one, just because it's in the bible. It's what they believed at the time that they wrote it.

Things have changed since then.

I got a passing grade.

A lot of the bible is beautiful- I'll give you that. But none of it can be taken literally because if the bible truly is the Word of God then it ALL must be taken literally, including the stuff that contradicts the other stuff, to paraphrase Ned Flanders.

There's a lot of activities described in the bible that would cause anyone attempting them to become either dead or a doodle-less prisoner :laugh: .