I was curious at first... so I read it. =)
I like Proverbs
2006-06-11 02:47:07 · 11 answers · asked by VAVAV 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have because I think if you're going to follow a religion that's based on a holy text, it's important to know what that text says. Yes, Proverbs was good; my favorite was the one about how a good wife is worth more than pearls. I think it's towards the end. Leviticus, on the other hand, was dry as dust, and the geneologies were seemingly endless. I liked the Song of Songs and Esther. The Epistles were really interesting because they showed the problems of the early Church and how they dealt with them. It kind of lent a personal touch that I could relate to.
One of the biggest things I realized, though, was that the Gods of the Old and the New Testament really aren't radically different. There's a lot of love and understanding in the OT that frequently gets skipped over, and ditto for some of the sterner stuff in the NT. That was kind of a revalation to me. Still, I need to read it again sometime. I got a lot out of it, but there are more things I need to go over.
2006-06-11 03:58:23 · answer #1 · answered by Caritas 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Me, but better yet, who has understood it? Better to understand one line of it than to read and interpret the whole thing ten thousand times.
2006-06-11 02:55:21 · answer #2 · answered by Love is the principle thing 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Racists wrote bible, illiterates read it, idiots believe it.
2006-06-11 02:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read it first, then studies from front to back; every word.
2006-06-11 02:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by Marty 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gets a little draggy in the middle.
2006-06-11 02:50:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cover to cover. And I'm no xtian either.
Skepticized, you do yourself no justice. How can you know your 'enemy' if you refuse to put yourself in their shoes?
That really wasn't an intelligent answer now, was it!?[Rhetorical]
2006-06-11 02:55:27 · answer #6 · answered by googlywotsit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have; many times. I'm in the process of doing it again.
2006-06-11 04:10:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like ROME in the new testament
2006-06-11 02:51:53 · answer #8 · answered by Zenrin Y 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you read Leviticus, too?
2006-06-11 02:50:10 · answer #9 · answered by dgrhm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have, several times.
Proverbs is great but all of it is amazing.
2006-06-11 02:51:21 · answer #10 · answered by Tom C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋