I set out to read the bible when I was a teenager, but after so many "begats" I said, "fuck this" and skipped right to the bloody ending, Revelations. About six months ago I decided I would read the NT, so I could actually engage in the debates here. I realized quite quickly that it was not worth the trouble, and the boredom was not worth the ability to debate its veracity.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
