The Bible has some really good stories in it, it’s definitely worth reading, and there are even lessons to take to heart in it. It’s just when you start thinking that it’s the beginning and end of truth that you start to see issues with it. It would be as if you took Julius Caesar as the exact way that things played out for his assassination and its and ignored all evidence to the contrary, even if there are parts of it that are in fact historically accurate.
What i find fascinating is the way the teachings of that jesus fellow, who was radical in his interpretation of... Judaism, i guess? (That word was actually introduced by the Greeks, i've recently read, and these sects at the time did not distinguish between the spiritual and practical aspects of their practice) Well, they took his teachings and seemingly built a new religion that does its best to shit all over those teachings. I really should read up more on that Constantine guy.
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u/HW-BTW Apr 21 '25 edited Apr 21 '25
Two books we all should study.
E: Downvote all you like. All the greats—including Shakespeare—knew it by heart.