# "Do you read the Bible?" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 17, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365 "2002-07-17T06:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/41 "2002-07-19T01:31:30Z")
**Eve:** _When I run into frothing fundies of any religion, I have to keep repeating to myself, “Dreamer—Zev—Poly—Vanilla,” etc._ Better watch out for that little habit once “Operation TIPS” starts up in August: a mumbled “DreamerZev PolyVanilla” will probably sound to lots of eavesdroppers like some sort of weirdo terrorist bomb recipe. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/42 "2002-07-19T12:43:32Z")
Just ask them if they have read the Bible. Then point out they have \*\* NOT \*\* read the Bible, they have read a translation of it. Tell them to learn the languages and read it in the original. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/43 "2002-07-19T13:23:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*Just ask them if they have read the Bible. Then point out they have \*\* NOT \*\* read the Bible, they have read a translation of it. Tell them to learn the languages and read it in the original. \*\* I have actually done this with a few self-professed “Bible Scholars.” In the usual case, though, they haven’t a clue as to what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/44 "2002-07-19T14:17:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LouisB \* > \*\* > > I have actually done this with a few self-professed “Bible Scholars.” In the usual case, though, they haven’t a clue as to what I mean. \*\* You mean it wasn’t written in 16th century English??? 😃 Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/45 "2002-07-19T14:52:43Z")
“Do you read the Bible?” “Only for the centerfold of Lot and his daughters.” ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/46 "2002-07-19T15:02:23Z")
Do you read the bible? Yes, that’s why I don’t think much of it is true. Follow up with a passage they’re breaking (something about tolerence, proabbly, though the hair thing would get most of them) ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/47 "2002-07-19T19:09:12Z")
Only when I need a soporific. ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/48 "2002-07-20T00:57:38Z")
My response: Have you read a bio textbook? A physics textbook? ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/49 "2002-07-20T01:09:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DocCathode \* > \*\*Remember, there shall be no peace for the wicked. But the righteous shall be able to get a piece anytime. \*\* :mad: ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/50 "2002-07-20T01:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tlw \* > \*\*[prayer]Jesus, spare and save me from these pathetic so-called followers, and please don’t let them continue to make me look bad for really being a Christian, a good one, who doesn’t do obnoxious crap like that![/prayer] \*\* _:::quietly joins **tlw** in prayer:::_ Yes, Lord, please save us from the freaking zealots who insist on making the rest of us look bad. Some Christians consider their faith a private thing and would never dream of walking around harrassing people with questions like this. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365/51 "2002-07-20T01:45:53Z")
I love Christ. But some of his followers are wack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-the-bible/119365.md?page=2)