The Born Again Skeptics Guide to the Bible

• Habitation
• My Books

Open Preview

See a Problem?

We'd dearest your assist. Permit us know what's wrong with this preview of The Born Again Skeptic'due south Guide To The Bible by Ruth Hurmence Green.

Thank you for telling us about the trouble.

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Reader Q&A

Exist the offset to ask a question about The Built-in Over again Skeptic'south Guide To The Bible

Community Reviews

 · 136 ratings  · viii reviews

Start your review of The Built-in Again Skeptic's Guide To The Bible

This volume is near a lady who read The Bible and found the God of the Bible cruel, inhumane, unjust, masochistic, etc.. Ruth Green manages to be halarious and very clear. I couln't put it downwardly. Read the whole thing in ane sitting. This volume is about a lady who read The Bible and found the God of the Bible cruel, inhumane, unjust, masochistic, etc.. Ruth Green manages to be halarious and very clear. I couln't put it down. Read the whole thing in one sitting. ...more than

Feb 08, 2018 Prooost Davis rated it it was astonishing

Life is unfair, unpredictable, and sometimes brutal. Humans look for an explanation, and think that there may be a being, or beings, behind mysterious events. The writers of the Old Testament found exactly the sort of God who would account for their cute, but cluttered, world. He was capricious and vehement. Much of the Onetime Testament is a bloodbath, directed by God himself. The characters in the stories become in for every kind of misbehavior, but these are not tales with morals: the wrong people Life is unfair, unpredictable, and sometimes fell. Humans look for an caption, and recollect that there may exist a being, or beings, behind mysterious events. The writers of the Old Testament plant exactly the sort of God who would account for their beautiful, only chaotic, world. He was capricious and violent. Much of the Sometime Testament is a bloodbath, directed by God himself. The characters in the stories become in for every kind of misbehavior, simply these are not tales with morals: the incorrect people nearly invariably get punished for the sins of the favored. As an explanation of the world, God satisfied, but needed an explanation himself: why the evil and suffering from a loving God?

The New Testament is besides no walk in the park. Much of information technology has been used to justify the subjugation of women, besides as slavery, for instance. Paul, Peter, and even Jesus counsel their disciples to obey the earthly powers that be, on the assumption that all ability comes from God, and therefore people are in power because God wants them to be. Jesus instructs his disciples to abandon their families without explanation, and follow him. Jesus has, in fact, done the same with his family unit of origin, and the few times we see his interactions with his mother, he is non kind.

Ruth Hurmence Kelly, who became known informally as "Missouri's atheist," grew upward in a adequately well-off family in Iowa. They all went to the Methodist church, but for Ruth it was mainly the center for community social life. Every bit a child, she thought that the Bible was supposed to be treated like Grimm's fairy tales, and was surprised when she got a petty older to find that the stories were supposed to be true. Every bit an developed, she decided to read the Bible all the style through, and what she found turned her firmly into an unbeliever.

The author writes well, but is sometimes a bit snide, which would exist fine with me, except that the remarks normally aren't really funny. But I learned a lot about the parts of the Bible that the church normally avoids delving into.

...more than

November 02, 2020 Charles Wagner rated it actually liked it

A realistic appraisal of the Judeo/Christian message

Fascinating as it is, Jesus appeared offering those who would be his spiritual slave eternal life. What almost those who died prior to his announcement, which patently included his "father" Joseph. Ruth tells u.s. information technology was Paul's opinion that No they would not make it to the great beyond. This is the same accept we get from Billy Graham who said that but those who accepted Jesus Christ equally their savior and yap, yap would be welcomed in sky, pre

A realistic appraisement of the Judeo/Christian message

Fascinating equally it is, Jesus appeared offering those who would be his spiritual slave eternal life. What about those who died prior to his announcement, which apparently included his "father" Joseph. Ruth tells us it was Paul'south stance that No they would non brand information technology to the not bad across. This is the aforementioned take nosotros go from Billy Graham who said that only those who accepted Jesus Christ as their savior and yap, yap would exist welcomed in heaven, precluding everlasting happiness to every other religion, those who died before making the slap-up step, etc.

Ruth explicates fascinating and disgusting details from the scriptures. The Christian apologist would come back that is not what the scriptures really mean, and quote other scriptures, only, indeed, that is what the holy book says.

So, there is the supposition that only those ordained in the book of eternal life written before they were built-in become the adept afterlife. That was not written in Jack T. Chick comics.

Ruth concluded that skepticism is the style to knowledge and that she is proud to exist a skeptic.

The bible has been ridiculed in more recent books such every bit "The Gospel of the Flight Spaghetti Monster" past Bobby Henderson and "The Gospel of the Good Fairy" past C.W. Charles, but Ruth takes a more than serious scholarly approach.

Ruth was born into a seriously religious family unit but survived. Perhaps you tin can also.

Stay skeptical my friends.

...more

Apr 11, 2019 Scott Holstad rated it it was astonishing

Unreal! Remarkable. Vivid. To remember this older woman in the 1970s, not formally educated in theology, religious studies, or fifty-fifty a basic disquisitional thinking class (I believe) could simply read the Christian Bible from cover to embrace, and find it so remarkably absurd and vile - especially after all of the proficient things she had heard most information technology throughout her life - that she took the fourth dimension to basically rewrite it with her own particular make of witty and sarcastic commentary is simply phenomenal! An Unreal! Remarkable. Brilliant. To think this older adult female in the 1970s, not formally educated in theology, religious studies, or even a basic critical thinking class (I believe) could only read the Christian Bible from cover to encompass, and find it and then remarkably absurd and vile - especially later all of the good things she had heard about information technology throughout her life - that she took the fourth dimension to basically rewrite it with her ain particular brand of witty and sarcastic commentary is simply astounding! And this book blew me away. I learned more, confirmed my own thinking more than, and THOUGHT more I have after reading the bulk of theology, apologetics, philosophical treatises, atheistic and/or scientific attacks on Christianity and theism in general, and that'due south saying a lot considering I've read a heck of a lot over the years. I strongly recommend this for Everyone, but specially evangelical Christians (who wouldn't cartel read information technology), considering information technology volition ostend what y'all know, stretch your behavior, challenge your teachings or assumptions and really make you THINK about the literal truth behind the near influential book in history. Highly recommended. ...more

May 15, 2012 Dave rated it actually liked it

Information technology took me a while to get by the writer'due south rather verbose writing style and appreciate the depth of her research and quality of the material she's presented. She also repeats the same or similar points in multiple chapters, which, while understandable as many of the accounts she'south describing span multiple categories (e.g. an Israelite destruction of a Canaanite city could comprehend genocide, child abuse, mental attitude to women, slavery and state of war crimes), they were by and large already accommodated within Information technology took me a while to get by the author'due south rather verbose writing style and appreciate the depth of her research and quality of the material she's presented. She likewise repeats the same or similar points in multiple chapters, which, while understandable as many of the accounts she's describing bridge multiple categories (e.g. an Israelite devastation of a Canaanite city could cover genocide, child abuse, mental attitude to women, slavery and state of war crimes), they were generally already accommodated within the first-class, comprehensive index.
I too wasn't particularly bothered reading the author'southward, albeit abbreviated, autobiography ...
However, all this is not to diminish the quality of the research which trumps all my other modest niggles. ...more

Enjoyable, in one case I got into it. Something of a longer version of "Ken's guide to the Bible". It suffers a little from being based on an English translation, which put me off originally, but having read more since I got it, I was more confident that for well-nigh of the quotes, the translation was audio Enjoyable, once I got into information technology. Something of a longer version of "Ken's guide to the Bible". It suffers a little from being based on an English translation, which put me off originally, but having read more than since I got information technology, I was more confident that for most of the quotes, the translation was audio ...more

Dec 30, 2010 Frank rated it it was amazing

Great insights, interpretations and sense of humor abound! Beloved this book. Thanks for leaving us this souvenir Ruth!

May xiv, 2010 Jimmy rated information technology it was amazing

A great collection of some of the absurdities of the Bible.

News & Interviews

Need some other excuse to care for yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. To create our...

"I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children every bit beautiful and as worthy of order's admiration, what types of homo behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible?" — 48 likes

"The natural is and then awesome that nosotros need not go beyond it." — 27 likes

More than quotes…

Welcome dorsum. Just a moment while we sign y'all in to your Goodreads account.

whiteheadanat1980.blogspot.com

Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/295793.The_Born_Again_Skeptic_s_Guide_To_The_Bible

Share this post