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How is it possible to read the Old Testament seriously?
I still get the giggles every time I think about "Stoned to death with stones! Their blood is upon them!" I picture a recurring Monty Python skit like the Spanish Inquisition, but in this one, they run in singing the tag line, stone someone to death, and run out.
Easily. It is just one of the most influential writings in the history of the Western civilization, probably second only to the New Testament.
And that's why I read it. But I could't repress the giggles. Can you?
Why, yes, I can, actually my standard reaction tends to yawns rather than giggles :-P
That's my point. The attempt to read the Old Testament seriously might be a few unbelievers. If you are discussing Christianity with a Christian and they have never seriously read the Old Testament that's the perfect thing to tease them about.
I mean if you have read the bible cover to cover and just couldn't take it seriously and the Christian you are talking to never actually read his holy book from cover to cover, they are in a hard position that's very difficult to defend.