How many here have actually read and studied the Bible?

Question

As well as arguments for and against it? (it always annoys me when people argue for or against it when they have never read it)

Now I'm also curious as to how many people could make a decent argument for the Bible if you're against it and against the Bible if you're for it?

Answer 1

I read my bible (KJV) everyday, usually two chapters at a time with a Companion Study Bible and a copy of Strongs coded to the Hebrew and Greek handy.
I just love reading how prophecy has and is being fulfilled and the entire plan of God has been unfolding and is unfolding today.
Right now I'm studying in the book of Isaiah and have reached Chapter 22.
Some years ago I used to think the Song of Solomon was a poem to one of his many wives but after reading it again and doing an indepth study recognized that it is actually an allegory describing the love our Heavenly Father/Jesus who is shown as the Shepherd/ King has for the Bride/elect who is shown as the Shulamite girl and vice versa. Our Fathers Word is just too awesome!

Answer 2

Well the thing is, if I were to make an argument against the Bible I would just have to dish up a bunch of arguments that I already know are a bunch of hogwash. I've read and studied the Bible and I often defend the fact that it is God's divine revelation to mankind here on Y/A. So I've seen the arguments against it and clicked on the links that go to different sites that are devoted to trashing the Scriptures, but after I've considered the arguments and found reasonable objections to them I don't keep a list of them in my mind.

Answer 3

I have read the Bible but not straight through in one shot. I have studied and taken classes while in college. I have done many Sunday school lessons, taught missions classes, and taught children's lessons. I have written papers on various stories and books from the Bible. I have read commentaries and other books sharing other people's studies. I am not sure I could come up with an adequate argument against the Bible, I am ok with that.

Answer 4

I've studied the Bible for most of my life -- both in formal classes and on my own, using reference works and study guides. I still have my first Bible, that I got for Methodist Confirmation and which is now 40+years old , if that tells you how old I am! ;-)

I've read just about every arguement for and against the Bible that you can think of, and no one has ever disproven its historical, moral, and spiritual value to me. The Bible's teachings are the rules by which I base my life.

Edit:

Given enough time and access to my library of reference materials, I could build a pretty good case for the Bible.

Answer 5

I have read and studied all the New Testament. I am still working my way through the Old Testament. That is a bit harder but I have found a good Bible Study which has really helped me to understand a lot about the culture and what the symbols mean.

Answer 6

Read and studied from cover to cover (took a REALLY long time) and despite all the effort my teachers put in to trying to convince me it was the word of God, I had problems accepting that. There are too many versions, too many interpretations and contradictions ... and to get down to the nitty gritty ... while God may have been the inspiration ... it was written by men (humans) and I think we've pretty much screwed up everything else so why not the Bible. Just my own P.O.V..

Answer 7

If you are a Christian it will be a life-long progression to read and study the Bible. As for me, yes, I've read the Bible (maybe not in entirety) and I study it all the time. You can never "be done" learning what the scriptures have to show you.

Answer 8

Well you can read it till you're blue.
Doesn't mean anyone really understands it.
It's laughable to me how many people think they understand it and don't.
I asked my priest what a virgin birth meant, after I found out what it really means.
He said the same thing any 5yr old would say.
Anyone who claims they understand the Bible from reading it is wrong.
Because the answers... the meanings in the Bible are not in there.

Answer 9

I don't need to read a work of fiction to know that it has no basis in reality.

The bible is a work of fiction from the imaginations of men.

Although I did study the bible, solely as a literary work, for college literature class. From a writing standpoint, it is mediocre, and indicative of the education, technological,
and scientific knowledge of the era in which it was written.

Answer 10

I've read all of the New Testament, and a great deal of the Old Testament. As to the Old Testament, I couldn't stand it - Chronicles was just a history, and I think it was Leviticus that had all the rules - when I read that I said, "Well, I guess I'm just gonna have to go to Hell then."

Yeah, I could present plenty of arguments either way. But I'm for it, and I've put it to the test.