If you're a Christian, do you feel bad for not reading the Bible?

Simply reading Holy Bible or any other sacred Books will not give any good. You should realize the truth inside those and try to live accordingly.Reading everyday and behaving opposite to it will not give any benefit.

Hey der...how are you doing? Well i am a christian, and yeah, i do feel bad, if i don't read the bible at least whenever i can, coz' ost of time, im busy, and whenver i know i can spend time to read it, well i spend it doing something else. But not always, i do attend my bible meetings, and so on. And one more thing, for me bible is not just a book, as a remembrance to God, but that's my daily life, im in trouble, and i find answers in that book, that no therapist or counselor can provide me with.

I am not a bible christian. I only read when I want to. There is no hard and fast rule that as a christian one must read the bible. I say my rosary everyday and not reading the bible does not make me 'unchristian' or less of being a pious christian.

Although I was born Christian and studied the Bible in school, I follow mostly the Zen-Buddhist teachings and what is quite amazing is the parallels between the Buddhist Precepts and what is said in the Bible in parable form. I would say that the main lesson in Zen is that whatever you do to other, you are really doing to yourself. When you judge others, you are judging yourself. Zen meditation is the practice to realise this experientially.

well, i have to admit that the bible is a good and hard written book. i can imagine how great the effort involved in the bible writing. and, like other good book, the bible also contains moral lessons and wisdom. as a philosophical book, the bible shouldn't be interpreted literally. it is not enough to just read it. we should dive deep in the bible to understand what is the true meaning of its words. it is what some believers don't do, so that they just take it as it is. when the bible said that this vast and complicated universe was created in six days, they take it as a real fact, despite many scientific proofs that it is created gradually in billions of years. it is a long process.

i am a christain but have never found the bible to be interesting reading. i have tried a couple of times to start reading it all the way through & never have done that. maybe i shoulf try again now that i' older. i haven't read any harry potter books either by the way.lol

Personally, I love my bible.. and when I've been lax on reading it I feel more distant from the Lord.. (and even more prone to troubles, and instead of the joyous and peaceful voice and spirit of the Lord the darker voices of worries, troubles, etc, begin to hold more sway). I've preferred these many years to read on my own, and I've come to some rather joyful conclusions which differ with one or two strongly held doctrines of most christian believers, and these insights have given me great joy.. Though it doesn't make me love my fellow believers any less.. There's many things in the bible which indicate that God is perfect and the 'end' result of this life (life as we know it) will be far greater than what most believe.. I think we highly underestimate God, and His Power and ability.. (I'm a little off topic.. sorry it's late! or late for me anyway!) Thank for the nice topic.

I read the book once in a while... It helps me get balanced.

Reading the Word of God, the inspired word of God, the instruction book for humanity and how we should conduct ourselves, our lives daily is a book of many depths, levels and is a book of romance, mystery, adventure, education, entertainement, beauty, poetry it covers all genre's of life and living. If people read this book and asked and prayed to God to help them understand it and applied its principles, teachings, truths. We would have a much better world than we live in now. However most "Christians" rarely read this book they claim to uphold and obey. They do not obey it, they make excuses why they should not obey it. They let men tell them what it says rather than reading it for itself. The think a college theologian has more understanding than they do. This book has a primary author it is God the word, Jesus Christ and if you turned to HIM and prayed to his Father for understanding we would not need anyone else to teach us. But mankind is all to willing to follow the teachings, traditions and doctrines of men rather than the word of God. We go after strange gods and embrace the pagan traditons and customs and call them Chrisitan holidays. We do NOT remember his SABBATH day the ONLY one he set aside, kept, sanctified and hallowed. We make excuses for that too. We say we keep his commandments but we don't keep the 4th one or most don't. Christ said if we break one we break them all. We say well they were the laws of Moses. But who GAVE those laws and if anyone really undertood they were given at creation. I read my bible and I learn new things from it all the time. Things I over looked before. I pray to God to have the Holy Spirit lead and guide me and I do not follow after men and their teachings, they can be and often are wrong. We have a savior a teacher, a high priest and he hears us. We have someone to show us what his word says if we just ASK.

I am a Christian. I do not feel bad for not reading my Bible though. I have a hard time comprehending what I have read alot of times and the bible is hard for me to understand sometimes too. I work seven days a week and hardly have time for anything but work, eat and sleep.

Hi Ronreyes! I agree with you that the Bible is not at all a boring book. As it does not contain any pitcures and only words which mention chapters and paras. I am not a christian but I am a believer. I have two Testments it is old one early means before my marriage I used to read. Now means last 20 years I dont even touched but nowadays my daughter used to read the Testament. I am a Hindu but still I did not read our Mahabharat, Bhagwatgeeta. We see some TV serials of Mahabharat or Ramayan. Happy Posting and have a nice day.

i don't feel sorry..i read it some pieces some times..but never the entire bible..

As a Christian, I believe everyone should read the Bible. Even if you don't agree with, or believe all, you will be armed with the knowledge to Love it, debate it, beleive it, cherish it or however you want to use it. Knowledge is power, how can you dislike or not believe in something if you haven't even read it. That's like saying you hate Mexican food but never tasted it... Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

You may call me a Christian and I do read the Bible all the time, evenmemorize all 66 books in the bible, 39 OT and 27 OT. I memorized some verse too. I agree with you, the Bible is never a boring collection of books, In fact, I always enjoy reading the bible. But i don't stop at just reading. I always make sure I practice what I read though sometimes I don't succeed in doing so for I am not perfect. Still I'm trying. The Bible is the best book ever, and why not? It is full of God's wisdom and authored by God himself through the isntrumentation of His chosen few. Nice discussion. Have a great day!

just reading a bible make you realize what you forget to do in your life, & what will be good step to be in your life,your right lot of people now forget the bibble except the will just past by to the bookstore & buy thier favorite story book & they enjoyy reading them.

I've read the entire Bible, but only once and that's not enough. I can't say I feel guilty for not reading it more since I've had so much Bible training throughout my life, but I know I should read it more than I do. We who are Christians are suppose to be able to give an answer for the hope that's in us and that can't be done if we don't know what God's word says.

Yes, its not complete, if I have not heard or read the Bible. Its like I miss eating my rice every meal, its the food of my spirit , i have all the vitamins in it. When you read the Bible, you have nourish yourself something that your spirit will go through the day. Whom do you think responded to you when you're sick, when you're alone, when you want someone to talk to, if your friends not around, if your parents,closest kin, not around, whom do you like to talk to? . . its the Bible. Christians are not only working for spiritual bliss but for your life to keep in circle. Why we believe to things which are not visible to us, because we believe that there is one who created all around us, who live by and keep working with the nature, who help us to think whats right and whats wrong, who guide us to pray. By his presence, God is communicating with us thru the Bible. Don't let Him wait for you when you are at a fall, move on with your life.Read the Bible and your questions is there to answer them all.

Why feel sorry for not reading the Bible? Well if you are a Christian, honestly, you have reasons to be feel guilty. Why? Because reading the Bible is one way of showing that we're really obedient to God. It is HIM who commanded us to read His word (The Bible, The Scripture). Reading the Bible is one way of communicating to God. Beginning in the time Moses, God remind His people to read and meditate upon His word. Even in the time of Joshua, before crossing and invading the Land of Canaan, God said to Joshua: "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it...." Even in the New Testament of the Bible, we can see how the reading of God's word was encouraged. I Timothy:4:13 up to 15. Paul said to young Timothy: "Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture....Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress." As Christians, we are stewards of God's word...so we have a responsibility to read it and to share it as well. And of course we need to know that the Bible is not just an ordinary Book, nor it is not only sacred,rather it's inspired by God: "All scripture is God-breathed (inspired) and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.-- II Timothy 3:16-17.

No, I practice being christian not by reading the Bible but by doing what is right to others and giving what little help I could offer them. Some people always read the Bible but they do not practice what they read. Some do not read the Bible but they practice what the Bible says.....

You dont need to refer to the Bible for everything. As long as you believe you God and you do things for the better then you shouldn't feel bad.