RE: Why don't most Christians read the Bible?
August 19, 2012 at 8:09 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2012 at 8:41 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Well, I was Catholic and we were actively discouraged from reading the Bible lest we became confused and misunderstood.(really) So naturally ,I read it from cover and immediately understood their concerns; confused the fuck out of me,especially Revelations.
Perhaps many Christians do not have the same legalist approach as say the evangelicals.
The elephant in the room is the simple fact that millions of Christians (and others) are functionally illiterate.That means they are unable to reed an editorial of an ordinary newspaper. In parts of urban Australia, the functional illiteracy rate is in excess of 25%. The mind boggles what it must be in parts of the US and UK.
Lion may be typical of Lion's sect,but I think atypical of Christians generally.Taking him as a typical Christian would be like judging all Christian by our resident young earth creationist loons.
From Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_illiteracy
Perhaps many Christians do not have the same legalist approach as say the evangelicals.
The elephant in the room is the simple fact that millions of Christians (and others) are functionally illiterate.That means they are unable to reed an editorial of an ordinary newspaper. In parts of urban Australia, the functional illiteracy rate is in excess of 25%. The mind boggles what it must be in parts of the US and UK.
Lion may be typical of Lion's sect,but I think atypical of Christians generally.Taking him as a typical Christian would be like judging all Christian by our resident young earth creationist loons.
From Wiki
Quote: People lacking
functional literacy
skills
(% aged 16–65)
1994–2003 Notes
Italy 47.0
Mexico 43.2
Ireland 22.6
United Kingdom 21.8
United States 20.0
Belgium 18.4 Flanders only.
New Zealand 18.4
Australia 17.0
Switzerland 15.9
Canada 14.6
Germany 14.4
Netherlands 10.5
Finland 10.4
Denmark 9.6
Norway 7.9
Sweden 7.5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_illiteracy
