Which part of the bible is your favourite?

[Pultost]

Mine's the wedding of Cana. Wine to water and all that.

So, believer or not, for all who read the bible, despite your beliefs or the lack thereof, which part of the bible is your favourite?

Lemme know. ^^

[HeyCameron]

I've always liked the Gospel of Mark. It's the shortest and most to-the-point of the Gospels and it contains some anomalies. For one, Mark includes this passage following the arrest of Jesus, after the Apostles have fled:

Mark 14:51-52

"A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him. But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked."

For some reason, Mark felt the need to include this little tidbit about a young man who was with the group running off naked. Why include this? It seems so extraneous. But I like the theory that this young man is Mark himself. He included this passage because this was his experience.

The end of Mark's Gospel also presents an interesting situation. Biblical scholars contend that Mark 16:9+ was added later and that Mark's original Gospel ended with verse 8. The later verses were added perhaps because the original ending at verse 8 was seen as too blunt:

Mark 16:8

"They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid."

To me, this is exactly how Mark would've ended his Gospel :)

Mark's Gospel is also unique in containing numerous passages where Jesus urges people to secrecy about his miracles. He wants them to keep it on the down low. That isn't emphasized in the other Gospels.

So that's probably my favorite book of the Bible, though admittedly I'm mostly familiar with the NT and haven't read much of the OT apart from Genesis.

[Sillymouth]

Mine's the part where god said "fuck it" and flooded his people to death.

[Shiny Moon]

I've never read the bible, so... none.

Mine's the part where god said "fuck it" and flooded his people to death.

I'm pretty sure his face at the moment was like your avatar :P

[LiberalTurboprop]

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Ezekiel 23:20

[Uniquemind]

It changes, but I’m in a dark mood right now.

So the answer is Revelation “The End”

Why? Because whomever made it to kingdom of Heaven made it and whomever didn’t make it didn’t, and we get answers. Lots of answers, about everything we struggle to understand here on earth today.

[Adamant]

Maybe the bit that is easy to understand and nice is Psalm 23. "The Lord is my shepherd"
I kind of like the idea of a God who gives me a helping hand and mean I don't have to be scared. if this is not getting too serious the bits that say you can have your sins forgiven is important to me.

[ska8er]

Ecclesiastes 3

For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven

a time to be born and a time to die
a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted
a time to kill and a time to heal
a time to break down and a time to build up
a time to weep and a time to laugh
a time to mourn and a time to dance
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing
a time to seek and a time to lose
a time to keep and a time to cast away
a time to tear and a time to sew
a time to keep silence and a time to speak
a time to love and a time to hate
a time for war and a time for peace

[Uniquemind]

Ecclesiastes 3

For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven

a time to be born and a time to die
a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted
a time to kill and a time to heal
a time to break down and a time to build up
a time to weep and a time to laugh
a time to mourn and a time to dance
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing
a time to seek and a time to lose
a time to keep and a time to cast away
a time to tear and a time to sew
a time to keep silence and a time to speak
a time to love and a time to hate
a time for war and a time for peace

The problem with that verse’s message though, is it begs the question....so there’s a time to sin?

And if you assume the answer is yes, then that explains why God didn’t stop Satan in genesis and has allowed these events to playout for humanity to experience in the middle of the story, before the end.

[lliam]

not a favorite, but the only part of the bible I ever read ..

Genesis 19:30-38

The story of Lots' escape with his daughters before the downfall of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, when Lot's daughters got their father drunk, in order to father children with him because they did not want to marry dudes from barbarian neighborhood.


I was 13 when someone gave me that part to read. For an atheistically brought up boy, a confirmation that the Bible should be read only by adults, because I thought that was porn.

[Uniquemind]

not a favorite, but the only part of the bible I ever read ..

Genesis 19:30-38

The story of Lots' escape with his daughters before the downfall of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, when Lot's daughters got their father drunk, in order to father children with him because they did not want to marry dudes from barbarian neighborhood.


I was 13 when someone gave me that part to read. For an atheistically brought up boy, a confirmation that the Bible should be read only by adults, because I thought that was porn.

Yeah, also unfortunately, because in that scripture God appears to permit the actions of the daughters to their father, (meaning God doesn’t send any blessing or punishment), that same verse of scripture in the OT, has been used by many a cult-leader, to justify incestual behavior within power structures of cult design.


Also medically, there have been cases of daddy-daughter incest, and one that’s a crime but two, the resulting offspring CAN have deformities. I read one case where a little girl’s heart was born outside of her chest because her mom was raped by her dad.

So incest is very risky, and evolutionary bad, even animals avoid mating behaviors from the same family; especially primates. For insects and rodents it doesn’t matter as much though it depends on the species complexity of DNA.

[SouthernDude]

Some of my favorites (and yes, it's a long list)

Daniel (all of his life story)

Jesus's Story

Noah and the Ark

Jonah and the great fish (we don't know if it was a whale or not)

Conversion of Saul

The Revelation

Parting of the Red Sea

Moses's Story

The general books of Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Esther, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Daniel, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 & 2 Timothy, Hebrews, Revelation

[Adamant]

Some of my favorites (and yes, it's a long list)

Daniel (all of his life story)

Jesus's Story

Noah and the Ark

Jonah and the great fish (we don't know if it was a whale or not)

Conversion of Saul

The Revelation

Parting of the Red Sea

Moses's Story

The general books of Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Esther, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Daniel, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 & 2 Timothy, Hebrews, Revelation

You are right. It is a long list.:)
Have you actually read all of all of them?

[SouthernDude]

You are right. It is a long list.:)
Have you actually read all of all of them?

The stories, yes

The books, some not all the way through, but in bits and pieces. They're all very good, though

[RCT109]

Mine's the wedding of Cana. Wine to water and all that.

So, believer or not, for all who read the bible, despite your beliefs or the lack thereof, which part of the bible is your favourite?

Lemme know. ^^

I like Revelations

[Falcons_11]

Book of Job.

If any dude went through all the crap that Job had to go through he would be a Super Hero.

[pauly]

I like reading the Ten Commandments, which appear twice in the Old Testament.

I then ponder on how far the vast majority of people, even including those who claim to be religious and believe in the Bible, have strayed from them over the centuries.

[Katie2003]

The entire New Testament is my favorite.

And yes I have read the entire Bible cover to cover, and attend church weekly and have done the Bible study series as well. You might not think so because of my sometimes total disregard for rules regulations and behavior, but that is being addressed and for the most part already behind me now.

Too many people seem to think that the commandments are only the Ten Suggestions........

[Karalectric]

I like the story of the good Samaritan and what is says about loving our neighbor and who we should consider our neighbor. I wish we could all live our lives a little more like that. :)

Oh and the OPPOSITE of that story .... in the old testament, where kids are making fun of a guy's bald head and he sends a bear after them. :lol: i don't remember which book, but it is in there i promise!! lol

[Falcons_11]

I like the story of the good Samaritan and what is says about loving our neighbor and who we should consider our neighbor. I wish we could all live our lives a little more like that. :)

Oh and the OPPOSITE of that story .... in the old testament, where kids are making fun of a guy's bald head and he sends a bear after them. :lol: i don't remember which book, but it is in there i promise!! lol

Hi Kara,

About the opposite of the Good Samaritan story, I believe you were thinking about the story from 2 Kings 2:23-24.

"Therefore, Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking the road some boys came from the town and mocked him. They began saying, "Get away from here baldy! He turned around and looking at them, cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then, two bears came out the forest and mauled 42 of the boys."

It's pretty gruesome that a prophet in the Bible would curse some people in the name of the Lord causing a bear to come out a forest and injure 42 kids. But, then the Old Testament is full of some pretty strange and gruesome occurrences.

[Emilyfox]

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Ezekiel 23:20

Does that mean they had big dicks like donkeys and cum loads like horses??

[Pultost]

Does that mean they had big dicks like donkeys and cum loads like horses??

Yes, let's go with that. :lol:

[LiberalTurboprop]

Does that mean they had big dicks like donkeys and cum loads like horses??

Yeah. I'm pretty sure. What studs!

[Karalectric]

Hi Kara,

About the opposite of the Good Samaritan story, I believe you were thinking about the story from 2 Kings 2:23-24.

"Therefore, Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking the road some boys came from the town and mocked him. They began saying, "Get away from here baldy! He turned around and looking at them, cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then, two bears came out the forest and mauled 42 of the boys."

It's pretty gruesome that a prophet in the Bible would curse some people in the name of the Lord causing a bear to come out a forest and injure 42 kids. But, then the Old Testament is full of some pretty strange and gruesome occurrences.

Thanks. :)

And ikr??? The New Testament is rated E for everyone, but the Old Testament should be rated M for mature. lol

[Gazebo]

https://i.imgur.com/Eqvp894.jpg

[Spooky_Eli]

Oh, I don't know, so many wonderful passages....

Numbers 31, verse 7-17:
7 They fought against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and killed every man. 8 Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. 9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder. 10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps. 11 They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals, 12 and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
13 Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. 14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.
15 “Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them. 16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the Lord’s people. 17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

Cheery stuff. I'm also "fond" of Hebrews 13, verse 8:
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

How about Romans 1, verse 22-32:
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Or Exodus 21, verse 20-21
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

And so, so many more...


It changes, but I’m in a dark mood right now.

So the answer is Revelation “The End”

Why? Because whomever made it to kingdom of Heaven made it and whomever didn’t make it didn’t, and we get answers. Lots of answers, about everything we struggle to understand here on earth today.

Revalation is a great book to read with weed.

[Gazebo]

I’m just getting about to reading the Bible now. I’m finally up to the New Testament, and this Jesus guy is pretty cool. I hope nothing bad happens to him!

[Gazebo]

Oh what the hell

[HeyCameron]

Revelation is one of my favorites because of how oddball it is. It's written by "John" but this John doesn't appear to be anyone of note. It seems to be more influenced by Greco-Roman imagery than any other book and is essentially one long fever dream. Its inclusion in the Bible was controversial at the time as well.

[Stanley]

I like the story of Lott and his wife... hehe...salt

[Spooky_Eli]

I like the story of Lott and his wife... hehe...salt

Are you serious?

[Stanley]

Are you serious?

yeah

[Karalectric]

I’m just getting about to reading the Bible now. I’m finally up to the New Testament, and this Jesus guy is pretty cool. I hope nothing bad happens to him!

*pulling my copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy off the bookshelf*

"And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything."

[Zika]

Thanks. :)

And ikr??? The New Testament is rated E for everyone, but the Old Testament should be rated M for mature. lol

That's a pretty bigoted, if not ignorant statement. I think there's a whole religion which would object to that characterization. In fact, I know they would; I just asked the parent of a friend of mine of that religion.

[Spooky_Eli]

That's a pretty bigoted, if not ignorant statement. I think there's a whole religion which would object to that characterization. In fact, I know they would; I just asked the parent of a friend of mine of that religion.

Its only bigoted if you accept that the new testiment is equally bloody.

[Zika]

Its only bigoted if you accept that the new testiment is equally bloody.

And it is, certainly in practice. The Crusades, anyone?

It's also important to realize they were written 1500 years apart; they served different purposes and at different points in societal development.

[thebestusname]

Oh, I don't know, so many wonderful passages....

Numbers 31, verse 7-17:
7 They fought against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and killed every man. 8 Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. 9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder. 10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps. 11 They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals, 12 and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
13 Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. 14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.
15 “Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them. 16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the Lord’s people. 17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

Cheery stuff. I'm also "fond" of Hebrews 13, verse 8:
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

How about Romans 1, verse 22-32:
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Or Exodus 21, verse 20-21
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

And so, so many more...




Revalation is a great book to read with weed.


30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents
My favorite part

[PlasmaHam]

I enjoy the historical aspects of the OT. I guess my favorite would be Joshua - II Samuel, aka Israel from conquest to Solomon.

And it is, certainly in practice. The Crusades, anyone?

It's also important to realize they were written 1500 years apart; they served different purposes and at different points in societal development.
The OT is a collection of books written from about 1600BC to 400BC by 20+ separate authors. Latter parts of the OT even refer directly back to the earlier writings. It's a little simplistic to say that the OT is 1500s years older, when the majority of it is actually only 1000-500 years older.

The Crusades are such a fascinating time period. I'm amazed at how many history books just do a cursory mention of them and nothing more. The simplistic knowledge most people have of it is astonishing. For instance most people don't realize it came after centuries of Islamic aggression against Christendom instead of just blind religious fervor, and that the roots were more political than religious. This just reminded me of a great podcast I listened to 3 years ago about some grand battle during the Crusades', I need to find that and share it, intensely fascinating.

[Kastanis]

The cover

[Pultost]

The cover

The cover is nice. :lol:

[state-of-ill-annoyed]

"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence" - Timothy 2:12

(Amazing how i never had a girlfriend)

[Ralph.S.G.R]

Its a boring one but, despite not being overly religious, I have always found creation stories from any religion to be beautiful and the christian religion is no different.

It may be provably untrue but it is lovely to read or hear.

[Thomas52]

Mine's the wedding of Cana. Wine to water and all that.

So, believer or not, for all who read the bible, despite your beliefs or the lack thereof, which part of the bible is your favourite?

Lemme know. ^^

Jn 3, 16 im christian so...

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

[pauly]

The opening chapter of the book of Genesis. It makes me reflect on all the possibilities of what might have happened before our world came into being.