The Bible

[Raliegh]

I wouldn't claim to be a biblical scholar, but I did go to Catholic school, so I've had plenty of exposure to it. It's like a collection of short stories, some better than others, some so painfully boring, I can't get through them.

I think it's like Hamlet. A very important work, which contains things that you encounter in everyday life, but how much does it really matter that "Brevity is the soul of wit" comes from Hamlet and not the Bible. The argument that you "can't be an educated person" without reading the Bible doesn't ring true to me, unless you put all of the great works of western literature on that list.