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>thinks he’s wellread
>hasn’t read the Bible

>> No.12041024

>can’t make it past Genesis
Bible has such a boring start 2bh, does it actually get better from Exodus onward?

>> No.12041053

>>12041024
>reading the bible for entertainment, not enlightenment

Whew

>> No.12041055

>>12041024
I only read the Gospels and a few sections from the OT, like the solomon books.

>> No.12041094

>>12041024
I hope you're excited to read about the specifics on how to build a Jewish temple and how to a robes for priests should look.

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>thinks he's wellread
>has read books other than the Bible

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>>12040984
>reads the Bible
>thinks he's well-read

>> No.12041118

>>12040984
I feel stupid for having read War & Peace, TR, GR, and other tomes, rather than just reading the KJV

>> No.12041126

>muh holey buuk with endless genealogies, mad ramblings, and contradictions

>> No.12041153

>>12041024
Start with the Gospels

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>>12041118
Fucking this, I feel like a fraud
I should just read it already, the fact that I haven't is digging at the back of my mind

>> No.12041454

>>12041118
>>12041163
Its a ton of small books put together, just start with one anons

>> No.12041458

>>12040984
I read the God Delusion instead.

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>>12041024
>does it actually get better from Exodus onward?

>> No.12041471

>>12041458
Cringe

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>>12041024
> does it actually get better from Exodus onward
Oh you poor soul. You poor, poor soul

>> No.12041493

I have read it. Let me save you some time.
TL;DR
Jehoshaphat begat beshimel who begat shakira who begat joseph who begat ad nauseum. You are all but dirty menstrual rags to me. I cast you into the lake of fire. I am your lord. God is love.

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>>12040984
Sorry I don't read fiction

>> No.12042413

>>12041458
based

>> No.12042440

>>12041024
>1Chronicles, chapters 1 to 9

Learn how to parse the text and watch out for the most boring parts of the old testament, and you'll reap great reward

>> No.12042806

>>12041024
You're supposed to skip the parts where they give you humanity's entire family tree up till that point

>> No.12042950

>>12042053
Those atheist are now deus vult spouting christards.

>> No.12042954

I read like 15 pages but the protagonist was a total asshole

>> No.12044047

>>12041024
You don't read the book like its there for your entertainment.

You read it because of its wisdom, its historical context, and its themes. You learn from it, and you grow from it.

>> No.12044049

>>12041118
>I feel stupid for having read War & Peace, TR, GR, and other tomes, rather than just reading the KJV

Tolstoy is pretty proud of you Anon.

>> No.12044053

Was a kid last time I touched a bible. There are some bad fucking ass stories my man. Ignore these people saying it's not for entertainment.

>> No.12044077

>>12044047
Joke's on you, I read it for fun and it mostly worked. The major exception being the part about how many cubits make up the Temple.

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>>12041024
>the fucking genealogies

>> No.12044182

Religion is utter poison. Its like, theres a lot of things out there you can eat and then there's some things that if you do you die. Same goes for books. Read the bible and rot your mind with garbage if you like, but, to extend the analogy, people don't go around claiming to be a connoisseurs of food who also claim that one cannot aspire to that end without drinking bleach.

>> No.12044188

>>12044182
cringe and fedorapilled

>> No.12044189 [DELETED] 

>>12040984
I remember pouring over Revelations every Sunday during mass. It was fascinating and horrifying all at once. All of the symbolism is coming to pass, manifesting in reality.

>> No.12044200

>>12044188
Case and point.

>> No.12044210
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>don't think im wellread
>have read the bible

>> No.12044219

What part of the Bible is most referenced? For example, what parts of it do I have to read in order to understand Paradise Lost or The Divine Comedy?

>> No.12044244

>>12044219
I'd say Genesis, Exodus 1-24, 32-35, Joshua 1-13, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, Job, some Psalms, some Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, some of the Prophets (perhaps Jeremiah and Daniel), and all of the New Testament.

Also Judith was popular as a subject of visual art, but it's not in Protestant Bibles.

>> No.12044245

>>12042950
No, they're still screaming how they want free abortion and free college against anyone to the right of Lenin.

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>>12040984
>he thinks he's well educated
>he can't read Latin

>> No.12044284

>>12040984
>thinks you have to read specific books to be well read
>probably thinks reading wide is reading well
>probably brainlet

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>>12044269
>Thinks he's well educated
>Not a Priest

>> No.12044310

>>12040984
>>hasn’t read the Bible
nobody "reads the Bible" retard, the bible is not a book

>> No.12044494

>>12040984
>be me
>have a friend who's a die-hard atheist
>often makes fun of religions people, esp. christians
>ask him what parts of the bible he dislikes
>says he hasn't read it

I'm not meming, the fuck do I do here?

>> No.12044503

>>12044310
If it's not a book then why is it on my bookshelf?

>> No.12044548

>>12044503
i have a porcelain cat on my bookshelf, doesn't make it a book

>> No.12044563

>>12042806
Absolutely not. You’re not even supposed to skip the construction of the Tabernacle you pleb

>> No.12044567

>>12044548
But have you tried reading it, anon?

>> No.12044714

>>12044494
Start him with Buddhism and slowly inch him thru the world religions.

>> No.12045196

>>12044494
Your friend is going to hell, if this troubles you at all, the very least you could do is find a way to open his eyes. I mean, no one on here probably knows your own friend better than you.

>> No.12045223

>>12040984
I have read the Quran which is better as made up shit that christians added into the Bible are removed from it. Only God's real word is in it.

>> No.12045235

>>12040984
depending on where you grew up and what your hobbies pertain to, the average reader probably knows enough about the bible without reading it already

>> No.12045237

>>12045223
>the romans were the only people to add fotm ideology to their scripture
oh lad i feel for you. have you even read the quran? lol

>> No.12045242

>>12045235
not really
yes big parts of NT and smaller parts of OT are quite common knowlege but it's equivalent to reading synopsis instead of a novel.

>> No.12045301

>thinks he's well read
>hasn't read the bible
>hasn't read the nine songs
>hasn't read the rig veda
>hasn't read huai-nan tzu
>hasn't read theogony
>hasn't read timaeus
>hasn't read metamorphoses
>hasn't read the bhagavad gita
>hasn't read the epic of gilgamesh
>hasn't read the bacchae
>hasn't read man'yoshu
>hasn't read the georgics
>hasn't read t'ien wen
i can do this for hours punk

>> No.12045331

>>12045301
too bad only the bible counts :^)

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>>12044085
What would be the problem?

>> No.12045347

>>12045301
It's pretty absurd to believe that you can be well-read.

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>>12044494
Your choice

>> No.12045349

>>12041024
I've read the bible so many times, i can't get enough of it. Genesis is amazing.

>> No.12045370

>>12041458
Cringe and redpilled
>>12041471
Based and bluepilled

>> No.12045377

>>12041458
If God is a meme, God is real.

>> No.12045382

>>12045347
i agree. i believe what people mean when they say they're well-read is, "well-read in relation to [something]". considering the amount of information available today, it's physically impossible to be well-read in general.

>> No.12045385

>>12041024
>Doesnt like genesis

Jhc

>> No.12046086

>>12041024
>Needing something to be totally engrossing in order to read it.
You won't go far my friend.

>> No.12046449

>>12041024
Genesis is one of the highlights of the book and you're a pseud if you don't appreciate it. If you read on you would have gotten thrilling descriptions of tabernacle construction and 9 chapters straight of genealogy.

>> No.12046460

>>12044310
I bet you got bullied in school.

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>tfw read The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost without even the slightest intention to touch the Bible

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>>12040984
>begat

>> No.12048066

>>12041024
leviticus is unreadable

>> No.12048077

>>12044244
If you're going to read the Bible you might as well get a Catholic or Orthodox Bible so you can read all of it.

>> No.12048102

>>12040984
Alright tough guy, what's your interpretation of the story of Micah in the book of Judges if you're so wellread?

>> No.12048141

>>12040984
Worst fanfiction ever.

>> No.12048155

>>12041053
>he was enlightened by the bible

little brain over here

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>>12040984
Joke's on you pal I have the Douay-Rheims app on my phone, I have the word of God on me at all times

>> No.12048388

>>12048155
i cant tell if your being ironic

>> No.12048886

>>12040984
i don't care about being "wellread". i actually enjoy books.

>> No.12048912

>>12048886
cringe and bluepilled