Current Events > C/D: You learned Bible stories as a kid.

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C. Pretty extensively, though when I recently read through a comic book adaptation of the Bible it became apparent that there were a ton of stories that are not commonly covered.

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https://youtu.be/eA0BujmYxSo

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I have yet to step into a church for more than a wedding it when I worked as an event bartender

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D.

I think once as a kid I had this bible picture book, read up until the part with the ark, and got bored >_>

literally the only time I've read anything from the bible, or bible-adjacent

my family was never very religious

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DuranOfForcena posted...

D, i was raised in an atheist household, and i thank god every day for that

Pretty bad that they never taught you the stories though.

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C

My dad was atheist and raised me as one, but he also gave me a very basic knowledge of all the world religions so that I could pick one should I feel I should.


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I was raised catholic so yeah. I also had/have a children's picture book bible that has a pretty graphic Cain and Abel picture.
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Only knowledge of bible stories I have is from the satire of them in mass culture.


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nope. picked up the basic ones from pop culture, though. shit's unavoidable.

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C

Mainly the sanitized versions, though.
I tell ya, nothing makes a Christian kid question his faith quite like reading the Bible for himself.

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DuranOfForcena posted...

what makes you say that

Because having a decent understanding of the Bibleeven if if the vast majority of it never happenedis necessary to be an informed and educated person in the western world. If you treat it as something written for a purpose in a particular historical setting like any other culture's myths, it can be quite entertaining, especially when you understand its historical background and what was going on in the Middle East at the time.

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Yes. But even if I wasnt raised in a Christian home, Wishbone did David and Goliath one time.

...man I miss Wishbone <_<

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I went to a normal public school and in kindergarten we did a school play of Joseph and his multicolored-coat. Looking back I think its pretty f***ed up we had something so overtly religious forced on us in kindergarten. Had us singing bible verses n shit

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Dakimakura posted...

Only knowledge of bible stories I have is from the satire of them in mass culture.

Also this lol

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DuranOfForcena posted...

the bible was required reading for me during the summer before 12th Grade AP English for this purpose. i never felt i had missed out on anything having not read it at any point before that.

Fair enough. That's not the case with most people though.

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No, because I said I didn't want any damn vegetables.

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Yes, my parents were successful in brainwashing me for a number of years.
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C, brought up in a very religious family

Revelations is in my top 3 apocalypse scenarios

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I was tricked into going to a Bible camp once. shit was wack.

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Yes and some of them still resonate with me. It might sound silly to some people, but the story of cain and abel is a good and simple reference to the dangers of jealousy

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Shadowplay posted...

Because having a decent understanding of the Bibleeven if if the vast majority of it never happenedis necessary to be an informed and educated person in the western world.

I don't see how this is remotely true.

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nope. and i even did religious stuff as a kid. but trust me, none the stories ever really stuck besides whatever they've made mainstream movies out of.

though it's impossible to find stories nowadays that don't share similar things (tropes?) so we kinda all basically learn without wanting to anyway

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Funkydog posted...

I don't see how this is remotely true.

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I think you guys are conflating job training and an actual education. Seriously. How in the world do you think that a well educated person in the Western world can be someone that knows nothing about the Bible?

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DuranOfForcena posted...

nope

very easily

Well that's a testament to how little that typical middle class Americans value a liberal education.

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what, exactly, is lost by not reading the bible, tc?

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Medussa posted...

what, exactly, is lost by not reading the bible, tc?

An understanding of the most important text to the Western world for well over a thousand years and all the things that it has influenced.

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you don't need to actually read it to get that understanding, though. just pay the slightest bit of attention to the society around you.

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DuranOfForcena posted...

the bible is not typically part of a "liberal" education

umm yes it is

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The Bible is very commonly a category on Jeopardy.

You should not be proud to know nothing about it.

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Medussa posted...

you don't need to actually read it to get that understanding, though. just pay the slightest bit of attention to the society around you.

It would certainly help though.

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or, we could not read it, separate out all the dogmatic nonsense, and summarize the cultural impact it had.

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Yes I did

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yes, religion class in school

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DuranOfForcena posted...

D, i was raised in an atheist household, and i thank god every day for that

Heh...

Anyway, C. My household wasn't really religious though.

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I didnt believe them when I was younger but now older I do more and more

Guess it depends on what you get outta them

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C. i've got this pretty neat illustrated bible somewhere that covers the major stories from the old and new testament that i read a few times as a kid. i am as non-religious as possible now but the stories were interesting.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ2JuZGgHjA

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Yes, I love bible stories. It's a testament to how GOD used to interact with the world.

Used to love watching these as a kid as my grandma had the whole set. Have fond memories of watching these while eating oatmeal that my grandma made me as a kid. One of the greatest times of my life and one of my most cherished memories.

https://youtu.be/zNGWHo7FTVs

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