What is more ridiculous?

Question

the bible
or
the people that quote the bible

Answer 1

All of the above (your questions, not the people answering before me) and the people that deride them.

Answer 2

Neither the bible itself, nor the ones quoting it are ridiculous. The bible and its quote can be, and have been, used to help people live better, happier lives.

The people who take the bible 100% literally and won't even consider questioning it or researching it are the ones who are a little ridiculous.

Answer 3

The latter.

The Bible is what it is; a book written hundreds, sometimes thousands of years ago before humanity had discovered some truths that made most of it obsolete.

Modern-day people who quote it as if it lends some weight to their own words are much more ridiculous.

Answer 4

My answer would have to be: C. People that pretend to know what they are talking about and think that the Bible and the people who quote It are ridiculous.

Answer 5

I think that if you take the Bible as a literal text on History and how to live your life you are a fool. If you understand that most of the stories in the Bible have been passed down by word of mouth for generations. Information is bound to get messed up (did you ever play telephone as a kid?) If you take the stories as just that, stories that can give advice or give you a positive message, there is nothing wrong with that.

Answer 6

The Bible is a great work of fiction so I wouldn't call it in itself ridiculous. It's the people that try to use the Bible as a reference point in arguments that are a little ridiculous. It would be like me trying to back up a statement by quoting Mother Goose.

Let the thumb downs begin.....=)

Answer 7

The people that quote it. I think the bible is good for people that need direction in their life or a higher power to believe in. This is ok... its the people that push this towards those that believe in something else is the problem. You can believe in a higher power... and not belong to the words of the bible. This is how I am. A man wrote the bible... I believe in what I believe and that is that.

Answer 8

People, in my opinion. They don't even have to quote the Bible.

Answer 9

Due to the fact that these
Christians use the Protestant Old Testament which is lacking 7 entire books 2 (Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus/Sirach, Baruch, I Maccabees, and II Maccabees), 3 chapters of Daniel and 6 chapters of Esther may be one of the reasons they ask catholics so many questions.

For the Sola Scriptura this is too bad .
In the 16th c., Luther removed those books from the canon that lent support to orthodox doctrine, relegating them to an appendix. Removed in this way were books that supported such things as:

prayers for the dead (Tobit 12:12; 2 Maccabees 12:39-45),

Purgatory (Wisdom 3:1-7),

intercession of dead saints (2 Maccabees 15:14),

and intercession of angels as intermediaries (Tobit 12:12-15).

The lesson, though, is this: relying on the "Bible alone" is a bad idea; we are not to rely solely on Sacred Scripture to understand Christ's message. While Scripture is "given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16-17), it is not sufficient for reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness. It is the Church that is the "pillar and ground of Truth" (1 Timothy 3:15)! Jesus did not come to write a book; He came to redeem us, and He founded a Sacramental Church through His apostles to show us the way. It is to them, to the Church Fathers, to the Sacred Deposit of Faith, to the living Church that is guided by the Holy Spirit, and to Scripture that we must prayerfully look.

Answer 10

People who ask these kinds of questions.
If you don't like to hear Bible quoting, you are in the wrong category!

Answer 11

The Bible is no more rediculous than the Iliad.

People who quote the Bible are no more rediculous than people who quote the Iliad.

People who quote the Bible because they believe it is 100% true are no more rediculous than people who quote the Iliad because they believe it is 100% true.