# What good is the Bible? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718 "2014-05-05T16:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/142 "2014-06-02T22:36:41Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > You guess or you know? I took Theory of Knowledge in college, so I claim to know very few things. In any case God is just a house pseudonym, so saying God is anything is kind of misleading. BTW my opinion of the Christian Bible did not change after I became an atheist. Those who were brought up being taught it as children, or even not being taught it but accepting the general cultural view that it is special, understandably have a hard time seeing how silly it seems to those of us who got taught otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/143 "2014-06-02T23:27:16Z")
Well, if that’s your position, I would consider it futile to ask your evaluation of anything; whatever you speak well of would be odious to me. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/144 "2014-06-03T02:20:03Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > And, of course, they didn’t have as swollen an ego as you do.:rolleyes: I really don’t get why you said that. Did you think I was saying I’m better than people who lived in Biblical times? That’s nowhere near the point I was trying to make. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/145 "2014-06-03T02:44:09Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Well, if that’s your position, I would consider it futile to ask your evaluation of anything; whatever you speak well of would be odious to me. Whoa, dayum! Smack down dougie style. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/146 "2014-06-03T03:34:16Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Well, if that’s your position, I would consider it futile to ask your evaluation of anything; whatever you speak well of would be odious to me. Exercise and diet are very good things. Eating healthy is a good thing to do. Look both ways when crossing traffic, and obey the signs and regulations. Wash and cook vegetables before dining on them. Washing one’s hands after using the bathroom is a mark of civilization. Posting on the SDMB is a good thing. Yes, it’s just about the best thing there can be. Keep breathing… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/147 "2014-06-03T04:21:05Z")
I guess some think that people who don’t believe in the Bible walk on their hands and eat with their butts. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/148 "2014-06-03T06:05:00Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I guess some think that people who don’t believe in the Bible walk on their hands and eat with their butts. Oh, I’d like to see that sometime. Sounds like a neat trick. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/149 "2014-06-03T06:07:22Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Exercise and diet are very good things. Eating healthy is a good thing to do. Look both ways when crossing traffic, and obey the signs and regulations. Wash and cook vegetables before dining on them. Washing one’s hands after using the bathroom is a mark of civilization. > > Posting on the SDMB is a good thing. Yes, it’s just about the best thing there can be. > > Keep breathing… I learned all those things between 50 and 60 years ago, probably before you were born, Smart Guy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/150 "2014-06-03T06:08:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I really don’t get why you said that. Did you think I was saying I’m better than people who lived in Biblical times? That’s nowhere near the point I was trying to make. If you want to make a point, try giving me one off the top of your head. 😛 ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/151 "2014-06-03T06:26:53Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I guess some think that people who don’t believe in the Bible walk on their hands and eat with their butts. I think that was an episode of _South Park_. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/152 "2014-06-03T06:36:26Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Well, if that’s your position, I would consider it futile to ask your evaluation of anything; whatever you speak well of would be odious to me. Don’t you love the smell of special pleading in the morning? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/153 "2014-06-03T07:12:50Z")
Isn’t that a line from _Cats?_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/154 "2014-06-03T07:26:10Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > No–considerably _ **worse,** _ unless you can produce evidence to support your claim of ‘historical inaccuracy.’ Virtually all of Genesis and Exodus is historically inaccurate. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/155 "2014-06-03T12:23:06Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > If you want to make a point, try giving me one off the top of your head. 😛 Uh, OK… I think I get it now. Is it still frowned upon to call somebody a troll here? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/156 "2014-06-03T16:59:30Z")
Back to the original question. The bible is good for Jeopardy. They get a lot of questions from there. A good working knowledge of the bible might help one go far on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/157 "2014-06-03T17:11:20Z")
[A list of Bible verses that make great conversation starters at social gatherings.](http://infidels.org/library/modern/donald_morgan/vulgar.html) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718/158 "2014-06-03T18:57:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Uh, OK… I think I get it now. > > Is it still frowned upon to call somebody a troll here? It’s more than that, it’s against the rules, so don’t do or imply it again unless you’re in the BBQ Pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-the-bible/687718.md?page=7)