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In reply to the discussion: Are thinking skills generally absent among theists? [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)intellectual energies on the Bible is this: The Bible is the original short attention span work. There is absolutely no sustained narrative, and those who study it take great pride in being able to quote many verses, all of which are about 25 words or less.
And it's the lack of sustained narrative that is the real problem. If everything you think is important or worth knowing can be expressed in so few words, after a while you have no ability to follow an argument or line of reasoning that takes very much longer. Especially if it takes several thousand words to build the information and evidence you need to present. Bible readers quickly lose interest and start thinking, "yadda, yadda, yadda" and entirely miss the point.
Which is quite close to no critical thinking skills, come to think of it.