How can I finish the bible?

[zoltanspawn]

You need good historical commentary for it to become interesting. Without that, you will likely WTF to death.

Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Old-Testament-5th-Edition/dp/013092380X

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

Take a hammer and smash yourself in the face Pete.

Anyway back to topic. If you want to read fairy tales and can't then go watch a disney movie.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

Pretending this thread is remotely serious/genuine, my advice would be to forget reading the Bible.

If the only reason you're doing it is because of some "Bucket List", I'd re-evaluate the Bucket List and only put on it things that REALLY mean something to you, and not do things just for the sake of doing them because it seems like something a majority of people are doing.

Do what interests and excites YOU... instead of making lists to keep up with the Jones' and are things you don't really want anyway.

What kind of Bucket List is that, anyway? You want that on your tombstone? "He forced his way through the Bible".

What's next? "War and Peace" ? "Gone with the Wind" ?

 

[G-Lexington]

Three chapters a day, seven on Sundays, will get you to the end in about a year? I think that's right. Not how I did it, but I've heard from others.

I'd also suggest getting an annotated version, or getting a separate book that explains who/what/where/when. Otherwise, it's simply a lot of words.

Lex

 

[piano1]

Don't try to read it in a year. Take 2 chapters a day and make sure that you have at least two Bible Commentaries to read along with it. See what other scholars have gleaned out of the chapters. I started this year by reading the New Testament since I finished reading the OT last year. It was very helpful to me and I have certainly gained more knowledge by taking my time as well as making notes on those new discoveries that I should have known when I was much younger.

 

[zoltanspawn]

What's next? "War and Peace" ? "Gone with the Wind" ?

War and Peace is surely a better choice than Gone with the Wind.

But, why not the Mahabharata?

 

[borg69unimatrix]

War and Peace is surely a better choice than Gone with the Wind.

But, why not the Mahabharata?

I felt good just getting through Arabian Nights, and most of the Ann Rice Vampire series.

 

[Kulindahr]

You don't need to finish the bible.
All you have to do is ask yourself, do you believe the supernatural events happened in the bible and why?

That is, do you believe in water turn into wine, virgin birth,
all the world animals can get in the Noah's arch ... etc

So you're recommending that he make a decision about something without examining it?

Wow.

 

[Kulindahr]

I'd suggest knowing how to start the Bible before even contemplating finishing it. Without knowing what you're reading, it's pointless anyway.

For example, in the much-discussed first chapter of Genesis, there is no claim made that it was all done in six literal days. Why? Because in the type of literature that is, the time framework is just a tool to make it memorable. The people who first heard that read out loud wouldn't have thought they were hearing about literal days, so neither should you. The summary statement of Genesis 1 has nothing to do with days, but would be something like, "God the great king created everything there is by commanding it into existence". The tale is told in contrast to all the creation accounts where gods took sticks or something and made animals and people; God is shown as not needing those crutches: He commands land and sea into existence by just speaking it, and then the sea and land bring forth life because He tells them to. As Peter the Apostle would sum it up later, God spoke to things that didn't even exist, and gave them being.

 

[frankfrank]

A suggestion for reading The Bible, through: Say some prayers to God, asking Him to guide you along through the process of reading The Bible in a way that will help you to understand and retain what you read, and His help to adjust you to a reading pace which is appropriate for you to retain the knowledge, while also taking the realities of your day-to-day activities and obligations into account.

all the world animals can get in the Noah's arch ... etc

Somebody I know - I wanna say it was former JUB NineOfClubs, but it may not have been a past or current JUBBER, or even anybody gay - suggested that Noah was actually able to preserve all the animal species in the world (except one) by taking their DNA instead of the actual physical animals themselves.

Putting all the world's animals on a boat the size of The Ark would be impossible, and the place would REALLY start to stink after a while. How would any of the purely-aquatic animals survive INSIDE a boat?

Noah must have goofed and put two male or two female UNICORN DNA's on the boat.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

Putting all the world's animals on a boat the size of The Ark would be impossible, and the place would REALLY start to stink after a while. How would any of the purely-aquatic animals survive INSIDE a boat?

Noah must have goofed and put two male or two female UNICORN DNA's on the boat.

In a flood, why would the aquatic animals need to be on a boat? Why wouldn't they just stay in the water???

 

[frankfrank]

^ Well, yes, I guess...but what about the differences between those that cannot live in fresh water, and those that cannot live in salt water?

 

[borg69unimatrix]

^ Well, yes, I guess...but what about the differences between those that cannot live in fresh water, and those that cannot live in salt water?

I'm guessing God... in his infinite wisdom and abilities was able to keep the fresh water separate from the salt water... assuming you do believe that the Noah flood was global, and not some localized tsunami that just seemed global to them at the time of devastation.

 

[SamsDad]

With A Grain of Salt

 

[Kulindahr]

With A Grain of Salt

A number of grains.

And tequila, and a lime wedge.

 

[Daximus]

No I was talking to our newest resident troll who thinks it's clever to post these stupid question threads when the answers are obvious or one simple google search away. All he does is spam these threads after the whole "my name isn't PcPete" fiasco where he got all pissy over his friggin name. This is his retaliation I'm guessing.

 

[Kulindahr]

Noah must have goofed and put two male or two female UNICORN DNA's on the boat.

 

[medic1]

Daximus be Careful he may report you, for making a personal attack.....

 

[palbert]

How is this for a rousing ending?

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

T. S. Eliot, The Hollow Men

 

[blackbeltninja]

You can bet on it, that's his whole game here.

^Tinie Tempah.














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