The bible as a fiction?

[s.gal83]

If you remove the 'bible is inspired by god' from the bible itself and see it as a fictional book written by men, what genre will you classify the bible under?

I will probably classify it under the fantasy genre.

1) There are God and gods mentioned in the bible.
2) The miracles in the bible can be seen as magic.
3) There are dragon mentioned in the final book of the bible, the revelation.

What are some of the themes you will think the bible contains if it is a mere fictional book?

Do you think it is good to read the bible as a mere fiction? Why yes and why no?

[theVOID]

Fantasy/Racist/Sci-Fi

[Retorth]

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Medieval...to name a few.

[s.gal83]

Why will the bible be classified under science fiction?

[Tiberius]

Wherever it ends up, it'll be in the fiction section.

[Kyuuketsuki]

If you remove the 'bible is inspired by god' from the bible itself and see it as a fictional book written by men, what genre will you classify the bible under?

I will probably classify it under the fantasy genre.

Fantasy but if I'm honest I don't even think it would have got to publication it's that badly written.

Do you think it is good to read the bible as a mere fiction? Why yes and why no?

No ... it's long, it's boring, it's full of contradictions and it's very badly written.

Kyu

[chatpilot]

I would personally classify the bible in the category of mythology.In my view the bible is a complete work of fiction as are the many Greek myths that have survived to this day and age.

[downbeatplumb]

Question, where in the bible does it say it was inspired by God?
My recollection was of a badly written narrative that had god as a major character.
Where does it actually say God inspired it or 'it was god wot wrote this'?

[Darwinian]

Question, where in the bible does it say it was inspired by God?
My recollection was of a badly written narrative that had god as a major character.
Where does it actually say God inspired it or 'it was god wot wrote this'?

"The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it."

Psalms 68:11

[Retorth]

Question, where in the bible does it say it was inspired by God?
My recollection was of a badly written narrative that had god as a major character.
Where does it actually say God inspired it or 'it was god wot wrote this'?

Yeah. The inspiration was probably from the imaginations of the men and women of that time.