what are the reasons that some people abhor the bible?

I believe there is only one reason a person would "abhor" the Bible. They live in darkness and prefer it that way. The Bible exposes the sins of mankind brings it into the light. If they truly came into the light, they could no longer hide that which the dark hides.

Hi cfmedrano, I think that some of it is that a few of those who go to church give people the wrong impression of what it means to be a Christian. Also, we all know that there are some stories in the old Testament that are not not great. Others hear teachings about a God sending people to hell because they don't believe a certain way. It really depends upon one's introduction to the Bible and what you hear about first. Blessings.

because they are possessed by the evil one. the evil one works within them. Of course the evil one dont want people to be saved and believe in God so they throw darts, negative thoughts to people so that they will not love the Bible, or they are not interested in the bible or they do not believe that the Bible is the word of God.

I abhor the Bible because I love myself. In my opinion, it is not possible to love the self and Bible simultaneously. I love myself with all my heart, all my soul and all my strength. the god of the bible. especially the old testament, is a terrible and cruel God. I am far more loving and compassionate than him. Jesus is far better, but even Jesus cursed an innocent fig tree and frightened people about hell. Anybody who says people will go to hell if they rejected him are cruel. And do not tell me I should not question God's wisdom. I have every right to quesstion. Also, do not jutify the actions of the Biblical God in front of me. I cannot stand such absurd justifications because I am a loving sol.

One obvious reason why some people don't want to read the bible is that it contains the whole truth about God and people prefer to live in the "lie" rather than in the truth. In fact the answer can be found in the bible itself especially in the Gospel according to John. People know that the bible contains the truth and in fact, the truth itself because it is God's Word and God does not err yet people love darkness more than the light because their deeds are evil. You can find it in the first three chapters of John. People love to sin and they are even enjoying them unless they accept the Good News about Jesus and Jesus Himself, they are in bondage to sin. I was also like this before but since accepting Christ as my Savior and Lord, changes start to come to me. I began to love and appreciate the bible and my faith grew. You must also understand that the devil does not want the truth and hates it and he does not want people to know it because he wants people to be with him in eternal punishment in hell. The devil hates God and man because man is created in God's image and likeness. That's why he continues to tell lies among people that the bible is merely an old book and we can't profit from reading about it. But it is ironic that the bible continues to be the world's best-selling book of all time and the most read book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_books http://bookstove.com/book-talk/10-most-read-books-in-the-world/

I think some people don't want to read the Bible is because they don't merely understand it. I mean, they only see Bible as a book of stories and not as a Word of God. Some other things that I can think of is because they afraid to know everything as a sinner and the more they read, the more they feel guilty (I felt that before). Another one is they afraid to know what will happen in the future, especially reading the Revelations book. But now, I still continue reading the Bible despite of the fact that I'll feel guilty as a sinner. It is because through His words I am well directed to the right path. And Jesus through His blood will cleanse my sins... And inorder to help me understand the Book, I ask the Holy Spirit to act as my interpreter as I read the Bible.