Reply #39: I don't think you get it.

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First of all, I said nothing about disliking Christians. I said that book was enough to turn me off of Christianity. Do you see a difference there?

And yes, I definitely do NOT believe that the bible is real truth, far from it. One of the reasons that I've always hated the Book of Job is because I did read it in its historical context, and it has the same context to this very day. It basically says, don't be upset with what you've got, no matter how little that might be. Don't be upset that there are people actively trying to make your life worse when they've got far more than any one person should have. Nope, don't be upset because everything is going to work out in the end, if not in this life, then definitely the after life. How many people do you think believed this tripe only to never have things work out for them? Perhaps faith made their lives better, but I prefer to live in reality. Tripe like the Book of Job just gets people to accept far less than they deserve.

I'm an agnostic, I'll probably be one all my life. I know that there are a few portions of the bible that encourage good deeds, but there's far too much tripe like the Book of Job that either attempts to satiate people who shouldn't be satiated or even worse, draws people to war and hatred.

Humanity has progressed a great deal since the days of the bible and decent people don't need the bible to tell them how to live moral and decent lives. If people are looking for a moral text now, I can safely recommend to them one that doesn't justify rape and owning women along with myriad other horrific things.