Is it normal normal to stop reading the bible after gen 17

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Sometimes when I am in a crisis, or I am very curious, I try to read the Bible. Try, being the operative word, because I always stop at Gen:17 "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

I stop because basicly it's a metaphor. To read the Bible and understand the knowledge of good and bad would be just like Adam eating the fruit of it. There are many, many people who go to church regularly, have read the Bible at least once, and commit sins. Wouldn't that be worse?

Wouldn't it be better to be a good person naturally than forcing yourself to abide by rules just so you can go to Heaven? I know I have committed a lot of sins, knowledgeably and un-knowledgeably, but does anyone else think like this, or have trouble reading the rest of the Bible?

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    i like the story of job, it gives strength and parts are funny...sorry go ahead

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    "Wouldn't it be better to be a good person naturally?"

    How would you do that? If you aren't led by your thoughts, virtues, and ideals you'll be led by your most primal impulses. And any man led by primal desires is no better than the unthinking animal. Both are selfish and both think only of survival.

    "There are many, many people who go to church regularly, have read the Bible at least once, and commit sins. Wouldn't that be worse?"

    So you're saying because people try to be good and fail occasionally they should give up altogether and live a life free of virtue?

    Should we also stop trying to succeed in life since we occasionally fail?

    I understand what you're saying but a life lived trying to be virtuous(and failing) is better spent than living life by impulses alone and wallowing in human failure.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    No, the best thing to do is what God tells us to do in his word, not what you think you should do, you silly human.

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  • Timmeyh
    13 years ago

    Oh try a different translation too, I can't hang with the king James version

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    • [Old Memory]
      13 years ago

      "The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures" is my favorite version. It was translated directly from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek scriptures into modern English, and the name of God, YHWH (Jehovah), has been restored where it had been removed in the King James version (over 7,000 times).

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  • Timmeyh
    13 years ago

    Try reading other parts, after all it is 66 different books. Try reading the new testament first.

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  • xxx123
    12 years ago

    read the quran is is just one copy , orginal copy from 1400 years ,the quran came from the god , only one god ,not two gods ,just one,and u will got any information about the Universe in quran , the quran respect the jesus and mary ,and respect the human ,not like the bible
    Calling the people (sheep and donkes), in quran you cant fined any word sword , but in bible you can fine sword 200 times , i was christian befor but now i am good muslim .

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  • Treez
    12 years ago

    I thought the bible was funny til I realized god could do that to me

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  • lalashabang
    12 years ago

    Well the whole point is that Adam did eat the apple and so man (all of us) have the ability to understand good and evil, thus we all die. It doesn't matter if you read the Bible or not...we are all judged the same in the end. You should read it so that you understand it as a whole. It's like reading the inner leaflet of a book, you have no idea what is all going on if you don't actually take the time to read and understand what it's about and how it all ends.

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  • Jweezee
    13 years ago

    I don't read the bible, I'm more into non-fiction

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  • aussiewolf
    13 years ago

    i tried reading the bible but couldnt get past the bits where god blessed people who would rape and murder family. kinda turned me off.

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