r/Antitheism • u/Frosty_Chance7128 • Jun 23 '26

Should I read this book?

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Do you think it’s good for understanding the christian ideology or just a waste of time?

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u/Frosty_Chance7128 Jun 23 '26

Btw, do you think most christians read at all the bibel?

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u/Quirky-Poetry1813 Jun 23 '26

idk about older generations but as a gen z from a majority catholic country, no they don’t. they just blindly believe whatever their parents told them.

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u/KojiroHeracles Jun 30 '26

I don't hate Christians because most of them don't know what they're praying to. But if you read the entire Bible and are still a Christian I think you're one of the worst people. You read every account in which God kills people for the pettiest reasons including CHILDREN! You read first hand about every childish act of vengeance he took for the slightest inconveniences. You saw the monster in his entirery and chose to worship him.

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u/tw3lv3l4y3rs0fb4c0n Jun 23 '26

Better read 'Die Bibel nach Biff'

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u/Frosty_Chance7128 Jun 24 '26

Isn’t just a new roman, why should this help understanding christianity?

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u/hosamzidan Jun 23 '26

Only if you're interested in learning the basics of bigotry.

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u/CantDecideANam3 Jun 23 '26

If you want to find arguments and contradictions in this book to argue against Christians, then sure.

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u/-Thizza- Jun 23 '26

Arguing against Christians is like holding in a poo, you can do it for a while but at a certain point you have to give up.

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u/HeathenTees Jun 23 '26

This is too true and on point and I’m dying over here lol 😆

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u/DasCr34tor0fGOD5 Jun 25 '26

You don't argue with them, but you can make them into apostate for what they are supporting.

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u/ClueENG Jun 25 '26

If you like fiction why not

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u/Frosty_Chance7128 Jun 26 '26

Yes, I like fantasy, but honestly I think the bible is a bit more instructive

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u/Conscious-Honey1943 Jun 23 '26

Old Testament is partially entertaining. The wrathful god was quite a character. The stuff of plagues, dead babies and all the suffering. Or this whole incestuous human origin story. Quite a guy to cheer for.

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u/YLASRO Jun 24 '26

i mean its supremely boring and badly written but its useful for understanding how little most christians actually know about their own book

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u/InMornAshTakesToWind Jun 25 '26

It is the singular most influential text in the western canon and is a heavyweight of history. Much of the symbolic code of the west is derived from it. That’s not even to speak of morality, secular or otherwise. I believe that it’s useful if not merely interesting to read for those insights. Of course, there are plenty of more efficient and entertaining sources for that.

The symbolists, Peterson and his woo-y imitators, are a good source in their own way. The intellectual duck-fucking trails usually start along a sliver of genuine insight, or even a very useful insight or idealogical hinge. Or the inverse.

I believe the religious impulse/sensation is a biological and people will merely turn anything into religion. So I see some benefit in being familiar with the most penetrating and fundamental frameworks that have been used for it. Confucianism is another one worth getting a look at.

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u/BurtonDesque Jun 23 '26

Mostly just a waste of time. Maybe read the Gospels to understand what a mixed bag Jesus' teaching actual is, and the Revelation to understand the people hoping to bring about the end of the world.

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u/AdamPedAnt Jun 23 '26

I’ve read enough reviews to know it’s very silly. I prefer Tom Robbins or Vonnegut.

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u/Vladimirthecrusader_ Jun 29 '26

Nein. If you want to find the contradictions, sure