aube said:
Catholic Bible has 73 books. 46 in the Old testament and 27 in the New testament.
ummm...so yeah, which bastardized, customized, revised, re-told, re-perspecitivized, re-biased, re-printed version of this fable is the "correct" version to read if one was planning on trying to get through this mess? I don't mean which one is "right" for you. I mean which one is the worldwide accepted "real" version that's as close to the original writtings as possible?
On topic: I started to try to read through from beginning to end, and couldn't make it. I really believe that the percentage of "christians" that have read the entire thing from beginning to end is very, very small. Most like to pick and chose the passages to meet their particular needs and desires. It's easier to justify your actions when you only use bits and pieces of it.
I could not believe that any real God would have so much bias against females, and allow innocent children to pay for the sins of their parents. The very idea that we are born with sin keeps me from ever wanting to believe in that kind of God.
The only thing people need to use to live by is:
"Do unto others, as you would have then do unto you."
Which is not from the bible, but could save people so much time, energy, hatred, and hypocracy.