You've read plenty of other books, what could it hurt?

I've read it. A bit preachy for my taste and the characters aren't relatable.

Ah no! They died from reading the Bible! Why wasn't I told?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand died on account of those who read it. Today even. Present day.
Cuz Mohammad told them to.

You have a problem with preaching XD

Most of the second act of the book is just St. Paul's comments sections to some of the memes going around at the time.

Who has time to read through that kind of trolling?

To be serious for a sec, I've always been fascinated with really old writings, the Illiad, Caesar's The Gallic War, Herodotus's histories. So I liked The Bible even when I was hostile to all organized religion.

Yeah, to be sure - the Aeneid, Tacitus' History, Ovid's Metamorphoses, the Smut of Catullus - but they're all actually better written than the books of the Bible. Even the Four Gospels read more like pamphlets custom-tailored to their respective audiences.

Everything he ever wrote, pretty much.

Fun fact, Catullus is perhaps the most reprinted poet ever to be censored. He's most famous for the line "pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo" which was considered just too dirty to print for hundreds of years. I don't even like his poetry that much but I respect him just for that.

I'mma let Google translate do the work ;)

I know you'll just bash it again but I think Ecclesiastes and the Book of John are some great writting.

share to own atheists

Good job Russell!