I’ve taken up the Bible again somewhat in the spirit of W. C. Fields – loooking for loopholes.
Bible Quotes
And this manner of speaking of the Almighty, as one would speak of a man, is consistent with nothing but the stupidity of the Bible.
I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good of the Savior of the world is communicated to us through the Book.
Historical investigations have revealed to us the origin and growth of the Bible. We know that by this name we designate a collection of writings as radically unlike in origin, character and contents, as if the Nibelungen Lied, Mirabeau’s speeches, Heine’s love poems and a manual of zoology had been printed and mixed up promiscuously, […]
The Bible and the Testament are impositions upon the world;… the fall of man, the account of Jesus Christ being the Son of God, and of his dying to appease the wrath of God, and of salvation by that strange means, are all fabulous inventions, dishonorable to the wisdom and power of the Almighty.
In the first place, God made the sky and the earth. The latter was empty and shapeless. It was quite dark on the ocean, where God’s spirit was reconnoitering. Then God ordered some light, which he rather liked. He thought Day would make a good name for it.
It has been well said that upsetting the Bible is like upsetting a solid cube of granite; it is just as big one way as the other, and when you have upset it, it is right side up, and when you overturn it again, it is right side up still.
But the Old Testament, beside the numberless absurd and bagatelle stories it tells of God, represents Him as a God of deceit, a God not to be confided in… This, so far from being the Word of God, is horrid blasphemy against him… put thy confidence in thy God, and put no trust in the […]
I do not like your Bible verse, It makes no sense, it is too terse, It is devoid of all context, What will your Holy Book say next? I do not like your Bible verse, it seems to go from bad to worse.
One of the many divine qualities of the Bible is that it does not yield its secrets to the irreverent and the censorious.
