(March 8, 2015 at 3:38 am)warrior02 Wrote: All I ask of you guys here, is to read a bible. For me, the bible personally enlightened me and reinforces my religion. Instead of retaining your knowledge by what you hear from Christians, actually read the scriptures that the religion is based off of.
I've read it completely through (including all the Behoozebub begat Geboozephats) at least once. I've read all the non-genealogy stuff several times, and the most popular parts (Genesis, New Testament, etc.) many times. I do consider reading that book enlightening. It shows how strong beliefs can make the seemingly impossible seem possible, and it shows examples of self-sacrifice.
The parts about God, when taken together, provide a pretty schizophrenic view of a deity: all-loving genocidist, all-forgiving but punishing a father's sins to his descendents even to four generations.
Good read, not a particularly coherent work on which to base a sensible world view, however. Not if you actually take ALL of it as representative of proper Christian beliefs.
