2006-06-06 22:13:27 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You do it and let us know.
I will be waiting to hear from you in two (2) years!
2006-06-06 22:17:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
Oo you confrontational thing you!
Depends on the result you wanted. By benefit if you mean learn more about stuff in general then you can't go wrong with an encyclopedia, however I am worried that after spending a year reading the bible I may have nodded off and therefore not make it as far as the encyclopedia.
2006-06-07 08:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by Ice Queen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gone there and done that.
The encyclopedia puffed me up with a lot of knowledge which in a sense, a lot of it was pretty useless.
The bible, on the other hand, was much easier to read, and had a lot of teachings that was very useful for everyday life. Try just reading the Book of Proverbs (it has 31 chapters so you can do just 1 chapter in 1 day and finish it in a month) and I am sure you will understand what I mean.
2006-06-07 05:25:20 · answer #3 · answered by curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Encyclopedia that contains facts about the universe the bible is about some guy who walks around doing magic tricks pretending to be the son of god to get some free stuff then dies. None of it's true so if you have to read the bible treat it like it is a fictional story book don't treat it as fact because it simply isn't.
2006-06-07 12:01:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Encyclopedia. You would learn facts that way and couldn't really misinterpret most of it. Also, the stuff you learn in an encyclopedia might actually help you in this life. If you read the Bible from cover to cover, you would probably leanr nothing much more than how contradictory it is and that this "God" fellow isn't very nice.
2006-06-07 08:15:46 · answer #5 · answered by Evil J.Twin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Encyclopedia
2006-06-07 05:15:47 · answer #6 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both would benefit you eqaully, the bible would give you knowledge of self and consciousnes, of living a good happy life, whereas the encylopedia would give you general knowledge which is required to earn a living.
2006-06-07 05:17:28 · answer #7 · answered by sajid_icfai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no correct answer to your question. You could read he Bible 1000 times and it would be useless unless you put what you read into practice. You could also read an encyclopedia 1000 times and you could gain knowledge, but not necessarily any wisdom.
2006-06-07 05:21:10 · answer #8 · answered by lampoilman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, reading Quran will be much more helpful than bible and encyclopedia, will benefit your spiritual as well as practical life.
2006-06-07 05:54:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya noe, I would say the bible is the real source of wisdom. Believe me, as much as u can gain physical knowledge in this physical world, it will all die one day. But spiritual wisdom is one that would benefit u everyday in a wholesome, fruitful way. And the cool thing is that spiritual wisdom never fades. And the more u digest the spiritual diet,(the bible, i mean)the wiser u become as u walk faithfully in God's steps. Take my advice...^-^
2006-06-07 06:10:09 · answer #10 · answered by askin' answers^-^ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your mentality , one year reading the bible could well change you into a raving zombie, I've actually seen questions and answers from some of them on this forum!! they don't want to read anything that could make sense after reading all that crap!!
Hope this helps??
2006-06-07 05:31:28 · answer #11 · answered by budding author 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋