To be fair, there are some fine noble sentiments strewn throughout the bible, for instance, the prophets' demands for social justice for the poor.
My favorite book to read would be Ecclesiastes. The author was a thoroughgoing skeptic who doubted there was any afterlife and was quite sure that rewards and punishments are not fairly apportioned in this world.
If by "favorite" you mean the one I most frequently quote because it is so fucking outrageous, that would be Deuteronomy 25:11-12
I can understand how a comatose Christian would read through this without it really sinking in. I can't understand how a bible translation committee would carefully weigh the meaning of the Hebrew words, and then afterwards say, as the translators of the NIV do in their preface, that they are committed to the inerrancy of the bible.
My favorite book to read would be Ecclesiastes. The author was a thoroughgoing skeptic who doubted there was any afterlife and was quite sure that rewards and punishments are not fairly apportioned in this world.
If by "favorite" you mean the one I most frequently quote because it is so fucking outrageous, that would be Deuteronomy 25:11-12
Quote:11 If two men are having a fight and the wife of one tries to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man's genitals, 12 show her no mercy; cut off her hand.There you go. The creator of the universe is regulating street fights and legislating Taliban-like punishments for women.
I can understand how a comatose Christian would read through this without it really sinking in. I can't understand how a bible translation committee would carefully weigh the meaning of the Hebrew words, and then afterwards say, as the translators of the NIV do in their preface, that they are committed to the inerrancy of the bible.
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House
