WTF? What's hardest to read: 'Twilight,' the Bible or a credit card agreement?

[tylerdee]

And I thought I was the only one who was confused by my credit card agreement.
Obviously not.

Source

[joeybee12]

1. Credit card agreements...because somewhere in them (you have to look hard)

there is at least one sentence that makes sense. Can't say that about the other two.

[snooper2]

2. The bible, does anyone ever read all that begot shit?

Sitting in jail at 19 years old from unpaid tickets...WTH, start reading the bible ..

begot jason who begot who begot who begot...page after page...

Whatever, back to scratching crap on the walls :rofl:

[AnArmyVeteran]

9. If simplicity is genius, then the writers of the Bible were babbling idiots.

It's hard to imagine the Bible being written by an 'all knowing' and 'infallible' god using men to write it. If a god wanted to spread his message then why did he have a book written that was so complex no two Christians can agree on everything in it? There are thousands of different churches/Christian religions in the US because they all have different interpretations of the Bible.

And why would an all-knowing god have his book written by primitive men instead of waiting until modern times? It would make sense to have your story unfold when cameras and audio recordings were possible. It makes me skeptical about all religions because most of them were dreamed up thousands of years ago when only a handful of people were literate and or could even write. And of course, it was a time when men were the rulers of society and their homes. One of the Ten Commandments even equates women to oxen, asses and manservants (slaves). Women were not allowed to participate in the Bible because they were considered to be property.

Look at the Middle East and other countries where they have theocracies. Women live in oppressive societies where men can do virtually anything they want to them and the women have almost no rights. The same thing would happen in the US if religious fanatics gained control of our country, as fundamentalists are trying to do. Liberty University, where Glenn Beck spoke, is nothing but a diploma factory to get their students into positions of control within the government so they can change our laws, which would eventually lead to the same oppression seen in theocracies.

[KansDem]

16. There are about 38,000 Christian denominations in the world...

There are approximately 38,000 Christian denominations in the world. This statistic takes into consideration cultural distinctions of denominations in different countries.
http://christianity.about.com/od/denominations/p/christiantoday.htm

As for me, I've never understood why "God's word" requires a thousand pages and someone with a degree to interpret it...

[AnArmyVeteran]

19. Thanks for that information. I didn't know it was 38,000.

That's ridiculous. If god is 'all knowing' I would hate to see how dumb his half witted brother was. :)

[woodsprite]

3. Credit card agreement! No contest!

I started reading all that 'begotten' stuff until I realized that my NIV Bible has a family tree in the back of the book. I figured it's kinda the 'cliff notes' version of those passages ;)

[yella_dawg]

4. Bible

When it gets to the proper technique for animal sacrifice, I freak out.

[uncommon]

5. "Readability experts recommend that important documents -- such as credit card agreements -- be

written at a ninth grade level for to ensure widespread comprehension."

Well that's a little insulting. But it also makes some sense.

[tylerdee]

11. Great minds think alike.

Thought the same thing.

[Stevenmarc]

6. Credit Card, because when you get to the end they send you a new one to read

[pipi_k]

8. I always tell them, "Thanks, but I'll watch the DVD when it comes out"

:7

[pipi_k]

7. To be fair, though...

at least credit card agreements are mostly based on some semblance of reality.



:+

[zeemike]

10. You don't need to read the CC agreement.

Because it basically says that they can do anything they want and you can do nothing about it.
But of course no one reads the bible for the story it tells...and so why bring it up.

[hedgehog]

12. I don't think I ever tried reading a credit card agreement

for the simple reason that the bottom line is that the Credit card company can change your rates and its rules at any time. I think that situation has changed since the reform went into effect.

[stopbush]

13. At least the credit card agreement is based on facts.

Not a reality that anyone enjoys, but at least it's not just made up shit.

[scheming daemons]

14. Lots of bloodsuckers involved in all three texts...

...

[asdjrocky]

15. Mormon vampires, just what the world needs.

Want cool vampires? Read Brian Lumley.

[Hannah Bell]

17. i don't have any trouble understanding an nyt editorial. i do have trouble with credit card agree-

ments:

1. they're written in tiny, tightly spaced print
2. they use terminology that i've not been trained in or often exposed to, so that i have to think about the meanings
3. they're written in a style -- "legalese" -- that i don't use every day, so i have to think to parse it
4. the implications of the clauses aren't always explicit
5. interest rates/math = you have to calculate to really understand, e.g. how high your payments could become under certain conditions/situations


bill of rights & dec of indep are written in a different style too, but because of frequent exposure & training in school, they're easier than a credit card agreement.

i save myself that trouble by only having one credit card, & using it about once a year.

of course, that lowers my credit rating.

[Ikonoklast]

18. I don't read fiction, so none of them.

All three are outright fabrications or nonsense.