Response to Nicole

In response to Nicole - full post here

While I think it's fine to say that you refuse to see the Bible or other religious texts as anything but literature, I think that it is slightly unfair to say that such texts could not be anything more. There are many people who take the Bible to be a factual work, although you may not agree with those people. I agree that it's unfair for others to feel that they can pressure their views of the bible on to you, but it's not fair for you to do the same to them.

I also cannot say that I agree with the assertion that the Bible is dry. It's often very poetic and filled with impressive metaphors. The fact that people in this modern day are too lazy to read a holy text that they claim to support does not mean that the text itself is boring. One of the problems is that the metaphors do not apply quite as nicely in contemporary society. People would have to actually work at interpreting it to discover a more relevant meaning. I think another reason for not reading the Bible is that in our society people are all about reason, and those who take the Bible literally are fearful of relying on faith because they will receive ridicule in this society. Therefore, if they actually read the Bible, relying on reason will only lead them to contradictions and things that are otherwise unbelievable. Choosing not to read the Bible makes it easier to believe that the text does not contradict reason, and so that an adherent of Christianity does not actually have to rely on faith at all.