Where do I stand?

[Amphora]

I finally have The God Delusion book by Dawkins!! A close friend of mine that is an atheist got it for me.

I think it would be wise to read the holy bible first, and then The God Delusion after, to see where I stand with my faith.

Any suggestion or advice would be helpful

Amp

[Darwinian]

The fact that you are even asking the question coupled with the fact that you call it the Holy Bible coupled with the fact that you describe 'your faith' makes me think that we are soon to see your religious views change to christian.

Personally I suspect that your vulnerability towards theism is too great to start reading the Bible as you wouldn't be doing it with a critical mind. Far better to read the God Delusion first as after you will have a far better level of protection for when you do read the Bible and hopefully you will see it as the superstitious ramblings of the unenlightened age it surely is.

[fr0d0]

Dawkins is a better read - if you can stand the ignorance.

[Darwinian]

And the Bible is fantastic - From the word Fantasy

[Edwardo Piet]

I have trouble getting past page 2. That's the bible, not The God Delusion.

TGD is my favourite book of all time. So you can guess which I'd recommend.

EvF

[Amphora]

makes me think that we are soon to see your religious views change to christian.

I would say don't be so quick to judge, but you do have a very good point there.

Personally I suspect that your vulnerability towards theism is too great to start reading the Bible as you wouldn't be doing it with a critical mind.

And right you are.

Thank you for your suggestions. I will be reading TGD first.

Amp

[Rhizomorph13]

The bible is a good read if you shuffle past the begats (Yeesh).

I would suggest the OT which is full of people tolchoking and knifing each other. The NT is all preachy talking and loving one another; very different from the ultraviolence in the OT.

Darwinian makes a good point that starting with "The God Delusion" would shore you up against the pull of theism. That is why I think you should read the bible first to make your conversion story better. Take the road that SHOULD lead to theism, end up at atheism and surprise yourself. Either way, increasing knowledge is a good thing.

Rhizo

[Retorth]

I think the important thing when you embark upon this journey, is to remain open-minded and never allow yourself to accept anything without factual evidence.

[Violet]

No no no! Read the bible first, and start in the very beginning! You will learn to DESPISE it only then. You will be unable to read past Leviticus without losing your last meal... I was too sickened by it to read anything past that, last i tried.

[downbeatplumb]

If you read the bible from cover to cover you discover it makes as much narrative sense as a dictionary read from cover to cover.
Turns out the Zebra did it.