News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following a fake account?. Parent comment

Re:Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following ... by Wowfunhappy on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:16AM (#24578308)
As an atheist, putting the Bible in non-fiction makes sense to me because it's a true statement about the beliefs of a certain people. Whatever your religion, few people would consider reading the Bible to be "story time" in the same sense as Harry Potter, A Tale of Two Cities, or even something like The Odyssey. You're either studying the Bible to learn about God, or you're studying it to learn about other people.

That's not to say the line isn't murky, but that's true of any human classification system.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Should social networks tell you if you’ve been following ... by WillDaSilva on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:27AM (#24578388)
> no one reading the Bible is settling down for story time

Speak for yourself. Several atheists including myself read some of the Bible for our book club. In particular the wisdom literature has value as a fiction removed from the religious context. Beyond that, the Bible is the earliest work we have which exhibits several tropes, and western art has been heavily influenced by it.

[ Parent | on HN ]