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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Absurdity Revisited: A Perfect Example
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Date: Thu, 26-Jul-84 12:46:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 26 12:46:14 1984
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I think that the Bible is a very interesting book.  However I think
some people (like my own sister) get carried away with its
educational value.  I have given my sister numerous books on
Buddhism, the nuclear arms race, evolution, and so forth.
She never seems to read them because she is too busy reading the
Bible.  I just finished reading the New Testament in a week--my
question is: how many times can you reread the same book? Wouldn't
it be wise to read some other sources or viewpoints every once
in a while?  Now of course I know some people will criticize a one-week
reading of the Bible as shallow and trivial.  But if it takes a week
for me to read the New Testament, in a year I could read it 52 times.
But what is served by that?  Might I not be more informed by reading
other religions sacred works as well? Or reading Darwin's "Origin of
Species" (even if superficially) and so forth?
I think it is very worthwhile to read the Bible but I think it is foolish
to make it the only thing you read--there is too much to be learned
for such a narrow vision of life!