Jim Randolph read and liked Rosalie's review of Holy Bible: King James Version (LDS Edition):

"Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

It took me over 3 months to read this book. Let's be blunt. It's...more Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

It took me over 3 months to read this book. Let's be blunt. It's crap. The reason for my abandonment of Christianity was in reading this book written by ignorant men. The sexism, racism, violence and utter stupidity (a bat is a bird and the sun revolves around the Earth) was enough to toss any interest in its supposed goodness to the trash heap.

“The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief--call it what you will--than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.”
-- A.A. Milne, cited in 2,000 Years of Disbelief by James A. Haught

“The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church.”
-- As attributed to Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), Portuguese navigator, by Robert G. Ingersoll. Source: The Great Quotations edited by George Seldes.

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Jim Randolph read and liked Ryan's review of Holy Bible: King James Version (LDS Edition):

"Hard to follow, serious plot inconsistencies, characters not believable. Pretty lousy writing. Needs an editor. "

Jim Randolph read and liked Pete's review of The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments in the King James Version Translated Out of the Original Tongues (Self-Pronouncing Red Letter Edition Gift and Award Bible Black Leatherflex #162M):

"inconsistent narrative; main character seems fickle. interminably long passages about wandering, followed by some pearls of wisdom, songs, lots of war, and plenty of stonings. passages can be interpreted or misinterpreted as mysogynistic, racist, and...more inconsistent narrative; main character seems fickle. interminably long passages about wandering, followed by some pearls of wisdom, songs, lots of war, and plenty of stonings. passages can be interpreted or misinterpreted as mysogynistic, racist, and homophobic, if the reader tries real hard. apparently, every sperm is, in fact, "sacred". evolution and genetics called into question without convincing arguments or statistical data. last chapter seems to be written under the influence of psychoactive chemicals. overall, self-indulgent hodge-podge with snippets of good story-telling; marxist bent in latter third, with a nice buddhistic/shared society twist. (less) "

Jim Randolph read and liked Jonny's review of The Holy Bible (King James Version):

"If it wasn't for the fact that some people actually took it seriously, this book would be a fantastic read. It's action packed, full of death and destruction, as well as advocating murder, vengeance, wars, sacrifice and rape, and even the stoning of ...more If it wasn't for the fact that some people actually took it seriously, this book would be a fantastic read. It's action packed, full of death and destruction, as well as advocating murder, vengeance, wars, sacrifice and rape, and even the stoning of adulterers and homosexuals - it's definetly a thrilling (if somewhat disturbing) read!

However, if you wish to read the original stories, then you may want to refer to Mithraic holy scripts, which predate the Bible by several thousand years, yet amazingly contain many of the same stories. Mithras, for example, was the son of God, born on the 25th December of a virgin in a grotto, where he was attended to by shepherds with gifts. He was, according to Mithraic holy texts, sent to Earth to live as a man, and die to redeem the sins of mankind. He requested people drink of his blood and eat of his flesh (which Mithraic followers did symbolically in Communion) and had a meal with his 12 followers the night before his death. However, do not be concerned, for he was resurrected shortly after, and followers were also baptised so that they too could be resurrected after death. I smell plagiarism here... (less) "