I mean, many aspects of US constitution is being debated to death in regards to founders' intent and interpretation, and it's only been 200 some years with original, non-translated text, so to speak.
No, but the phrases derived from the bible are legion.
Even “[to be] legion” is from the bible.
Legion was a bunch of demons posessing some dude. The best Jesus could do is drive them all into some sheep and then drive the sheep off a cliff or something.
No, it just happens to be an influential book that adds context to the way people were thinking when history happened. And the original meaning of English phrases.
The bible is an incredibily boring, badly translated hodge-podge of dozens of other religious books randomly edited together by idiots. It barely tells any story, constantly shifts in tone and era without explanation, there's no central theme or characters, there's no plot, there's no moral that isn't contradicted in other chapters, and the entire story is told in passive third person. As a religious text, it sucks. As a book, it fails to educate or entertain. As a guide for behavior, it flounders.
It is badly written trash that I wouldn't recommend anyone seriously read unless you're already telling other people they should read the bible. Which since you are, I suggest you try reading it cover to cover and treat it as a book.
There's definitely a lot of coherent stories in there, though. And throughout most of Christian history, nobody read the damn thing, they just had that collection of tales and the follow-along triptychs at Church.
Taken as a book, the overall story is incoherent. As a short story collection, it fails to entertain. It is rife with misinformation, inaccurate history, contradicts reality, and going from Old to New testament even god's character is inconsistent.
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u/selfrespectra Apr 27 '22
But then the same people will say the bible is authentic and relevant in our day.