The Bible

[txag007]

I found this quote by one of my former engineering professors. Just thought I would post it here to see what kind of reaction it gets.

Well, it's my honest opinion, that be you Christian, Atheist or just about any other persuasion, you're really not well educated unless you've read the Bible. Cover to cover. Not because I think it would convert people, but because our entire way of life in the western world is based upon it and cannot truly be understood without reading the reference upon which it is built. Plus, it's better than any mystery novel I ever read. I love Science Fiction, and Engineering texts, but they really don't hold a candle to the writing skills and thrills and chills of the Bible. I got about half way through the old testament and couldn't help but root for the good guys, and wonder how they could be so foolish as to do some of the things they did, against strict orders, and with such obvious consequences. And how the old testament rituals that even the Patriarchs questioned were such obvious precursors to the new testament, which at that time they couldn't see. Fascinating correlations.

So my first vote would be a leisurely stroll through that book which your ancestors held sacred, for which they worked, and fought, and died, and found hope, and peace. A book that you wouldn't dare read in public in half the world because they would kill you on the spot. What a privilege to be able to study it unmolested. A book that half your professors would consider you an idiot to take seriously - but since half of your professors are idiots, that's understandable. The most widely purchased, published, quoted, read, longest running best seller on the face of the earth - unthinkable that a person with a degree in any field would consider themselves educated without having read it.