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Question 125

Do any of the atheists reading this question own a Bible and read it?

No.

Now watch the Christers go, "Aha... that's why you're an atheist. All you have to do is read it." (Steve Knight #855)

I own (and have read more than once) a King James Version of the Bible. It's on my bookshelf where it belongs, between Bullfinch's Mythology and Homer's Iliad. (April #1723

I have read all of the Protestant version of the book-o-blood. I'm currently working on reading the Catholic version. Quite a good textbook of the Catholic version of the xian delusion. (Nemo #1431)

Yep, an RSV and a Gideons. The former from school and the later from a work colleague.

I've read most of the RSV - that's how I became an atheist. I occasionally pick it up and have a browse, but the more I read, the less comfortable I am about those who believe it. (Sleepalot #1385)

There are a couple of them in the house, even an NT, as well as a book of mormon. Do I read it? No.

If there's something I want to look up, I utilize a search engine and then read the chapter. (Stoney #9)

I downloaded the Bible from some e-lit website and have used it when looking into some claim or other made on this newsgroup (usually by theists). It is handy to be able to search on a particular word. Do you know where the word "Lucifer" occurs in the Bible? Does the word "Satan"? etc. (red foster)

I probably own four or five, but I don't read them much any more. I prefer to spend my reading time either on entertainment or enrichment, and I'm afraid that the bible rates pretty low on both scales for me. (Eric Gunnerson #31)

The one I own was given to my mother on her wedding. Even then, she was an atheist. I've tried to read it, but it makes me quite groggy. Not nearly as entertaining as the greek myths. I finally made it through Genesis about a month ago, and haven't touched it since. (Decimal #482)

I do have a book of Bible stories given to my daughter, and she sometimes asks me to read from it. The stories are very peculiar, since they are short and stick to the bones of what's in the Bible. As a result, they are amazingly violent. (Niall McAuley #36)

Nope, don't personally own one, though I always have had access to one (either when I lived with my parents, or currently, my wife has one, and I also have a searchable website bookmarked). The last one that was "mine" was one I had until about 28 or so years ago when I disposed of it, several years after becoming an atheist (it's not even good fiction, so I saw no reason to keep it around).
Other than reading/searching for certain passages for knowledge/argument sake, I haven't read great lengths of it for 30 years, when it helped me become an atheist. (Keith Brannen #713)

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