i am still reading the bible nightly. if i know i'm going to be away from home i'll read ahead. i dont mind it because it's written in plain english so it eliminates the oddly phrased words and "begats". the bible is divided up into an old testament reading, then a new, a psalm and then a proverb each day. it takes about 5-10 minutes to get through each reading and it's been kind of interesting so far.
but what kills me about it is how mysogynistic the bible is, especially in the proverbs. there is a lot of yammering about laying down with the adultress and how she will take your life from you. it's really kind of extreme and doesnt address at all the man's doing in anything. reading that kind of stuff gets me angry and i dont enjoy reading it. it's the root of mysogyny if you ask me.
same deal with the old testament...there is a lot of hatred toward women and a lot of implications that women are either stupid or are sluts or are both. not a single woman is lauded as a heroine (so far) and most of them are considered evil in the lord's eyes. i dont get that at all. i'm sure there were plenty of good god fearing women in those times who followed the word and instructions more than some of the men out there.
at times it is a real chore to read through those parts of the bible. and god at times comes off like a real asshole. same with jesus. in parts of matthew he is always quizzing and testing the pharisees and it seems that it doesnt matter what answers they give, they're wrong and selfish and doomed to go to the place of gnashing teeth and darkness. there are a lot of parables in matthew that give me the impression that we are damned if we do and damned if we dont.
i am not sure what i was hoping to achieve by reading the bible day by day. enlightenment? understanding? perhaps on both counts. right now though, i'm kind of feeling as if it's a colossal waste of time. i'm going to perservere and hope that there will be better passages and stories which are more interesting.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
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i am still reading the bible nightly. if i know i'm going to be away from home i'll read ahead. i dont mind it because it's written in plain english so it eliminates the oddly phrased words and "begats". the bible is divided up into an old testament reading, then a new, a psalm and then a proverb each day. it takes about 5-10 minutes to get through each reading and it's been kind of interesting so far.
but what kills me about it is how mysogynistic the bible is, especially in the proverbs. there is a lot of yammering about laying down with the adultress and how she will take your life from you. it's really kind of extreme and doesnt address at all the man's doing in anything. reading that kind of stuff gets me angry and i dont enjoy reading it. it's the root of mysogyny if you ask me.
same deal with the old testament...there is a lot of hatred toward women and a lot of implications that women are either stupid or are sluts or are both. not a single woman is lauded as a heroine (so far) and most of them are considered evil in the lord's eyes. i dont get that at all. i'm sure there were plenty of good god fearing women in those times who followed the word and instructions more than some of the men out there.
at times it is a real chore to read through those parts of the bible. and god at times comes off like a real asshole. same with jesus. in parts of matthew he is always quizzing and testing the pharisees and it seems that it doesnt matter what answers they give, they're wrong and selfish and doomed to go to the place of gnashing teeth and darkness. there are a lot of parables in matthew that give me the impression that we are damned if we do and damned if we dont.
i am not sure what i was hoping to achieve by reading the bible day by day. enlightenment? understanding? perhaps on both counts. right now though, i'm kind of feeling as if it's a colossal waste of time. i'm going to perservere and hope that there will be better passages and stories which are more interesting.
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