07/30/2006
The Bible
So: the Bible. I went ahead and picked myself up a copy.
Walked in to Hughes and Hughes bookstore, headed over to the religion section but no joy. When I asked one of the people there if they carried the Bible they said “Of course Miss, it’s in the classics section.”
Of Course! What was I thinking, looking for a Bible in the Religion section?
They only had the King James version. Cha! Like I have the brain for that!
Nope, no “Thee’s” and “Thou’s” for me, I figured it was going to be challenging enough as it was so I ended up getting the “Good News Bible” written in plain, understandable English.
Now, I did NOT decide to read the Bible with any intent to “convert” or to “find the Lord”. I am reading it to get an idea of where my in-laws are coming from. I want to see for myself, the source of many of their opinions and viewpoints. Research, if you like.
It’s proving to be quite the task I have set for myself. I have to remind myself to be open-minded when, truth be told, I just want to go “Oh, Puh-lease!” every other page.
My sister in Law came to mind Munchkin when we were out to the movies during the week. We discussed the Bible and I said to her that I didn’t get how God decided that he wasn’t going to let people get any older than 120, but then lets Noah and his offspring get much older than that? She didn’t have an answer on that straight away, but it must have been on her mind. When I came home that evening, and went to read a bit of the Bible before I went to bed, a note fell out. She had taken the time to gather her thoughts on the subject, and write them out for me. I was touched that she did that. And by that, she made the task that little bit easier.
By that action, she brought it home to me, once again, how important the Bible and God are in her and her family’s lives. So, I continue to read, as open-minded and respectful as I can.
I don’t have a “religion” as much as I have a set of beliefs. I look forward to the day that I can discuss this with my MIL in a relaxed manner. Sans finger pointing. (She starts waving her index finger around when she gets excited. I doubt she even realizes that she does it)
A few more pages ‘till Exodus. Almost one down, 126 to go…..
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My hats off to you for reading from the begining. It's a hard read for most people who have had it in their life the whole time.
I like alot of the stories, some of them are really disturbing, and some are funny, I could read them over and over. But my favoite are the Psalms (kind of like free verse poetry).
Posted by: faith | 07/30/2006
I read the whole Bible once and LOVE it...I want to do it again and study as much as possible. I want to know everything that I can know about it.
Posted by: Jessica | 07/31/2006
Ran across your blog as you commented on my blog. Anyway, "kudos" to you for taking the time to read through it and try to have an open mind. I have read the Bible through as well, but not from Genesis on to Revelation (in order)....I am doing that now. I started 07-07-06 with Genesis and I am almost through Judges.
I must tell you that the Old Testament (Genesis-Malachi) is a very hard thing to read. My suggestion [obviously do what you want] would be to go ahead and read some of the New Testament each day as well. It is much easier to understand, and makes more sense. The New Testament [Matthew-Revelation] is also more relevant. I would suggest John, and Romans.
Just something to remind you. The Old Testament is the "old law" therefore some of the things in the OT are not relevant. How do we know what is relevant? Anything that is reaffirmed in the NT [such as the 10 Commandments], where God mentioned these laws again....that is what we know to live by.
In the NT Jesus stressed how important it was to have faith from a sincere heart than follow the OT old laws. The old laws were based off things that helped them during their times, and their cultures.
Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are hard to read. They are full of very detailed laws, many of which are not relevant today (like "don't boil a baby goat in its mothers milk) Yah, like that even sounds right for today....and also full of detailed instructions for them building their temples and such.
Hey if you ever do have a question and want an unbias opinion, from an online friend and not an inlaw...you feel free to ask! My email is paulsfamily@cox.net
Posted by: Kristina | 08/02/2006
For more info on Bible Versions go to www.biblediscernment.com
Posted by: KJV | 08/19/2006
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