I like some parts of the Bible for its literary qualities.
2007-10-11 06:56:52 · 18 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
1 corrintians 13 :11
When I was a child I spake as a child, I thought as a child, I understood as a child, but when I became a man I put away childish things.
Do you think Paul understood irony?
2007-10-11 08:26:17 · answer #1 · answered by Gawdless Heathen 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oh, like actually like? I was gonna be all sarcastic and point out a few of the funnier one's I know.
Yea, actually there are quite a few. The Gospel of Mark in it's entirety actually. Revelations for it's...unique...literary style. Psalms is pretty amazing stuff, very lyrical (Being that Psalms means "Poems" or [sometimes] "Songs" it should be).
My absolute favorite moment is when Lot's wife does the most beautiful thing I could imagine. Upon leaving their smoking hole of a city in Sodom, she does something that is so great I cry when I think about it. She looks back. It's the most human thing I've seen in the bible, and I love her for that. She of course get's turned into a pillar of salt, but that's not really the point (well, not my point, it actually WAS the author's point).
2007-10-11 14:01:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I think there are verses (especially in the New Testament) that contain wisdom. Although, it usually helps to take them out of context. And there are parts that evoke striking imagery and are quite poetic. Revelations comes to mind. But taken collectively as a basis for living your life? Sorry, no.
2007-10-11 15:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, there are some parts that I like for several reasons. There are some parts that are very lovely and poetic. (Song of Solomon, for example). Some I just consider to be interesting fables, and I look at them in pretty much the same way I look at Greek myths. Some parts actually have good things to say; things that are applicable to life.
2007-10-11 14:05:05 · answer #4 · answered by Jess H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure, I believe that there are some stories in the bible that translate into good lessons for anyone. Kind of like Aesop's writings circa 600 BC.
2007-10-11 14:03:24 · answer #5 · answered by pukkz89 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Titus 1:14, and the entire first book of Samuel - I rather liked reading about King Saul's antics.
2007-10-11 14:00:50 · answer #6 · answered by nobody important 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None come to mind. There are, of course, many verses less objectionable than Genesis 19:8.
2007-10-11 14:18:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ecclesiastes, almost as a whole, for a general take on the realities of life.
I've always felt that the writer included God in a few places just because he had to.
(Like a science writer going for the Templeton prize)
2007-10-11 14:16:13 · answer #8 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like Songs of Solomon, for it's romantic and sexual poetry.
And some philosophical verses (or sections) found in Proverbs, the parables of Jesus and some of the NT.
2007-10-11 15:48:40 · answer #9 · answered by Quelararí 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The book of Psalms in general. I hate to be unoriginal, but who doesn't like Psalm 23? I also like some of the OT stories -- especially Joseph, that wacky clairvoyant with his coat of many colors.
2007-10-11 14:05:41 · answer #10 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋