>Reading Demons by Dostoevsky. >MFW all of The Bible references

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Sounds like a pleb didn't Start with the Greeks.

>read Dosto, Lewis, Milton and all the other christfags without reading the Bible first
>completely miss the whole point
>read the Bible
>have 20 epiphanies at once
>die of insult and intracranial bleeding
Is this the most /lit/ suicide or what?

>>9556826
>Read The Bible
>Don't read any Christian lit
Am I a reverse pleb?

Alright niggers is the bible a good book? I think religion is evil and avoid it. But if the bible is good I'll read it.

>>9556443
>take a Bible
>divide the number of pages by 30
>read 1/30th of the book every day
>after one month you've read the entire Bible and can understand major references in most of the Western culture

>referencing bible
Only pseuds do this.

>>9557037
Bible is shit, read the Quran

>>9557037
Why do you think religion is evil?
Religion, from an evolutionary standpoint, is used to promote ideals throughout time and societies.
Without religion, would we have gotten this far? Is it even possible for us to evolve WITHOUT religion? What is the alternative?

>>9557097
Common sense desu senpai. Stop watching peterson.

>>9557037
>I think religion is evil and avoid it

>>9557097
He frequents a website called 'reddit'.

>>9557096
Quran is the worst religious book ever written. It's basically God shitposting about the fact you'll go to hell.

>>9557102
>Common sense
What did he mean by this?

>>9557037
you should just read it for its massive influence on the English language and literature written in that language

also some solid lit in there, like the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes

>>9557102
Is evolutionary psychology a meme? How Peterson describes things kind of just make sense desu

>Reading Under The Volcano
>Every Bible reference is null and void
>Every Divine Comedy reference is wasted on my brainlet
>can only relate to the drunkard parts

Wew

>Reading through pre-Biblical apocrypha
>spend months trying to make sense of Gnostic cosmology
>havent even reached the Bible

but when im done with all this i will pseud the shit out of biblical discussion

>>9557124
Kys

>>9557164
Nice argument.

>>9557174
I'm not going to argue with a dude that watched the Joe Rogan experience lmao

>>9557037
*Tips*

>>9558492
Why is not believing in God fedora. Like suck a dick all you fucking losers and weirdos on 4chan don't believe in God. Being religious is just a meme I guarantee none of you belive in God. 4chan is where the rejects of society go and the rejects aren't fucking religious. Sick of this being religious meme. It's bullshit. None of you believe in God. That's so fucking stupid. It's like believing in the easter bunny. You don't need some fucking bible to tell you how to be a good person you need common sense. None of you are religious fuck yourselves

>>9558534
Boy do you have some growing up to do.

>>9557141
I was about to start under the volcano, should I at least to some research on the bible and Divine Comedy?

>>9558534
>common sense
>that thing stupid people compare to rocket science

>common sense is applied, unwritten, often vague and subjective rules that differ between cultures, let alone individuals within each culture
>rocket science can be broken down into easily understood components in specific fields, usually with an agreeable consensus from specialists across multiple fields

You're bitching on a sexy bamboo-eating panda photoshopping board about social miscreants not believing in a fictional character? Really?

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>>9556443

different anon.

the bible is mind control anyway

there is good writing in it, but reading it with this idea that it is completely true and fact is ludicrous, it is full of broken logic that only makes sense with the assumption that this was written to subjugate people. it should be enjoyed just as a mythological tale instead of believing it as absolutely true.
ultimately it is just a doomsday tale to infect the minds of people with shit authoritarian ideology.

>>9558624
>that only makes sense with the assumption that this was written to liberate people
ftfy

>>9558577
>>9558624
TOP ZOZZLE LADS CHOICE MEMES MY MY DO I LOVE IRONY

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>>9558534
You seem to be knowledgeable of the good. Do most people have a sense for the good?

>>9557037
New Testament + Ecclesiastes is top tier. Old testament is required reading with some great moments. Either way, read it.

>>9558638
Oh and Job. So at the very least read Job, Ecclesiastes, Mark, and John. Start with those and then read Acts and Romans.

>>9558636
What do you mean the good? Why would someone want to do bad? Unless they are fucked in the head. As a human who doesn't partake in religion I feel it is my duty to make life better for everyone no matter how I can. Just try any way possible. I don't need a sky fairy to tell me that.

>>9558648
So how do you know it's your duty to make life for everyone better? And don't say common sense, what lead you to choose this duty.

>>9557108
t. Never read the Quran

>>9558659
Nothing at first but as I got older I noticed I didn't like people who made my life shitty and I noticed I liked people who were nice to me and made life better. So I realized I might as well pay it forward and that if I should return the favor and make life good for other people because people who made my life good made me feel good so why not do that for others. Pretty simple huh?

>>9558670
No need for a bible to tell me that lmao. People who rely on religion are weak minded haha

>>9558670
Do you know what the good is though?

>>9558684
Being a good person?

>>9558624
The subtext of this entire post is that you're angry that God doesn't want you to touch your willy. The image, the references to "authoritarian ideology" and "subjugating people," and the complete lack of any argument. Just get over yourself already.

>>9558688
That's one example, do you know what it is though?

>>9558693
Yeah being nice and not fucking people over. What stupid religious bullshit idea do you have in your brainwashed head. Please meme me. Tell me all about the meme that you don't belive in but think is funny to pretend to belive in anyway.

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>>9558698
Well you seem to say you're a believer of the good, and participate in it. Yet you what you post is contradictory to what you say you practice, your duty, and so it seems to you do not have knowledge of the good. This would mean you're a sporadic in your goodness and do not completely participate in the form of the good and so you cannot be called a "good person".

>>9558713
Kys

>>9557037
NT is an enjoyable read. Think Hobbit + LotR.

OT provides backstory for NT. i.e. Silmarillion.

>>9558721
You don't believe in a sky fairy but you believe in Misology. But don't worry, you're not entirely bad or good. But you'll never know truth, so you're no different than a zealot.

>>9558754
Lmao OK Mr peterson

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>>9558689
I can see why you could read that, but the image was just something I picked randomly from my folder that was somewhat related.

there are many interpretations of what the bible says but generally there is a prevalent concept that you can only follow GOD or SATAN, there is NO escape from the two this is a very well known idea across christianity, how can that not be authoritarian?

this is also seen in your post, the christian ideology says that God MUST exist and any one who questions or criticizes his existence must obviously really just hate God, sure it's a possibility that some dissenter
is really just a frustrated believer, but this is just the ideological programming protecting itself from being destroyed by critical thought. non-believers aren't allowed to not believe.

I don't have a problem with people who want to believe but I think as far we have come to this point we have a long way to go and things like the bible and christianity need to be discussed with earnest.

>>9558666
>Sheitan's trips

I did read the Quran. It was unpleasant overall.

>>9557080
Time to make a new Western Canon.

>>9558721
t. Anytus

>>9556826
>Read Shakespeare before reading the Bible
>in every other chapter is a line Shakespeare lifted straight out the Good Book
Holy fucking plagiarism

>>9557102
>>9558534
Note that you're conflating the question of God's existence with the question of a societal benefit from religion.

>>9558713
Kek.

>>9558534
You're projecting

>>9557037
Bible is a collection of books in different genres FYI.

>>9557037
>I think religion is evil and avoid it
No, don't read it. You won't appreciate it.

>>9558624
>but reading it with this idea that it is completely true and fact is ludicrous
Good thing no one does that.

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>>9558769
>literally plebbit: the post

>>9558677
Religion is good for the masses. A universal morality is necessary for a well rounded society. Human nature is inherently evil, we need to be taught to do good. This is why children have to be taught to share their toys.

>People who rely on religion are weak minded haha.
This attitude is inherently petty, and clearly shows a lack of moral understanding. If you are so far above a religious person, why even bother to criticize them? If you lack religious moral foundations, then you should read philosophy for moral understanding. Your attitude indicates that you are lacking in both areas, as an educated person would be indifferent to how a person develops a moral foundation.

>>9556443
What do you mean? The book itself has a lot more to it than religion anyway and you don't really need to read the bible first to understand it.

>>9558578
Just read those and take your time with them, they are both very enjoyable.

>>9557154
>hasn't started with Mithraism

Anon...