Ask HN: Have you read the Bible in its entirety, and what was your impression?

Re:Ask HN: Have you read the Bible in its entirety, and what... by paulryanrogers on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:43PM (#31211446)

Have read several times over and lost decades and some mental health to religious dogma. It's a massive waste of time IMO. Plenty of other batshit crazy 'sacred' texts out too if that's your fancy. Don't let true believers pressure you into anything you don't want to do or not do. Their mental gymnastics and manipulation techniques are legend.

Anyway, just because stuff is old doesn't mean it's true or even useful for anything except archeology. And sure may be there's a nugget of truth ("everything is meaningless") yet even a broken clock is right twice a day. Signal to noise ratio is still comparable to useful calories in a pile of manure.

Get the Cliff Notes and read some critical analysis _first_ if you really cannot stay away.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you read the Bible in its entirety, and what... by Minor49er on Friday April 29, 2022 @10:11PM (#31212737)

Out of curiosity, if it's such a waste of time, why did you read it from cover to cover multiple times? There was not a moment of insight or value in any of it?

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Re:Ask HN: Have you read the Bible in its entirety, and what... by paulryanrogers on Friday April 29, 2022 @11:14PM (#31213045)

Indoctrination from birth is a powerful thing. Couple that with isolation from softcore cultism and it's not trivial to break out of. Thankfully public schools with a lot of patient teachers, curiosity, and some luck broke the cycle.

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