Have you tried reading the Bible?

Reading the entire Bible can be a hard slog. To make it a more meaningful experience it is a good idea to learn something of the time it was written about, who wrote it and the myths that preceded it which it was built on. You need to understand that the Bible we have today is an arbitrary collection of books that represent the work of people whose agenda was the preservation of the Roman Empire and in no way represents all that was available. There are many different Gospels that did not make the cut to be included in the Bible because they did not meet the criteria of the compilers. Read with informed understanding and you will find fascinating insights into the history of the Christian religion.

I tried reading the Bible,because I want to learn more about the myth of the West.Read the upper half,I felt the power of the Bible is the time to cross the eyes and brain can understand.I repeatedly find,ultimately did not come out.I know I could not find that part of the lost soul of the

Yes I am in the process now. It's taken me years literally and I'm just started Exodus. I read some of it in school for English class. I'm not Christian and I don't believe in the bible but I'm reading it because I want to know what it says and my boyfriend wanted me to read it. I'd like to read all the religious texts maybe one day I will get around to reading the Quoran and Hebrew books, Buddhist books and all major religious books.

First off the Bible is written in an old world language that does not exist no more. I have skimmed through it years ago and it does not hold my interest, it has too many twists and turns. I would rather read a good Stephen King book than the Bible. After all the Bible is fiction anyway. Maybe it should be re-written and broken in parts. I didn't know they had pencils and paper back then.

I have tried actually. My aim is to read the Bible from Genesis to Revalation. At of this time, I'm still at Exodus. I beleive reading the Bible needs concetation which sometimes I lack of. I hope evetually, I could finish it and understand fully.

Not i didn't tried, but i think someday ive gonna try it . :) I will try dont fall asleep like you did. Haha ^^

I think it's best to read one of the gospels and then the book of Acts. Those two will give a very good impression and information of what the bible is saying. If one starts from Genesis, it gets a little dry after the first few chapter, what with laws and a national history (mostly of wrongdoing!) I find summaries of the books of the bible to be very enlightening. I find it very strange that so many accept every judgment against the bible as fact when they've never read the bible so wouldn't have a clue.

I used to read it more. Now I have a hard time getting around to reading it daily. Yes I believe in everything it says and I try to be a good christian to follow God's laws in it. but I read other books or play on pc more than I read the bible. I listen to it sometimes on my ipod, especially the short books of the bible. I figure if I do that maybe I can call to mind a verse from those short books. I don't read the bible to go to sleep I figure it's a during the day reading or studying at night when a person is not going to sleep.

I seldom read Bible because the content of it are hard to understand. I picked only some important verses like Rome:16:16, Acts (Lamsa version)20:28 and Colossas 1:18 This three are few of my favorites. Cheers!! Mobhomeir here..

Yes, i have read the Bible, and would love to read it over and over again but there is always time constraint. It's been a few days since I had my quiet time with a Bible verse because of piles of work to do. I feel inspired and blessed everytime i read it.

For me yes I have read it many times I love it to read because I love to know about Jehovah God he is the almighty God ever.

I think the difficulty in understanding the bible comes from that most read it like any other book...and I did that myself at first. The bible cannot be read in that manner, really...it's a complex series of books. The approach I take, as do most pastors, ministers..etc...is I just open it up and start reading. I will usually make notes and indicate the Book I read, ie, John 3:5...random notes about what I just read, even if it doesn't mean much at that time. The next time you randomly read it, make notes again on what you just read. Eventually what happens is you'll read something at another time, then you realize you read something that said something very similar not long ago, then you grab your notes, and compare the two together ...that's when things start picking up because it becomes very interesting because now you're wondering what else you can find. The bible is like a puzzle more than a regular book, and when you put a puzzle together, you pick up random pieces and see how it fits with another. Works for me, maybe it will for you as well.

I have read the bible but not cover to cover. I read it cause I am a sunday school teacher for young adults in our church. I enjoyed reading it especially when I am already relating the principle to my students and making them understand it.

The Bible is an excellent collection of books that I very much enjoy reading. Though I will admit, there are some books I enjoy quite a bit more than others. Also, I prefer reading from easier translations such as Contemporary English, and The Message.

Hi, ganza-lovers and welcome to myLot For me it is easier to listen to the Bible as the readers are very good and it becomes more interesting, even the parts with a lot of numbers and names.. I go to jw.org and except for the Bible, there is other interesting literature in a lot of languages and books in many sign languages too. It is not necessary to read the books in order, some have chosen to read different parts of it on different week days and that is great too. We have to find the way that suits us best.. Thank you for this interesting discussion..

I haven't read the entire Bible, but I have read a lot of it. I don't really have a hard time understanding it most of time, but I do have to read some parts of it more than once. I also have a hard time staying awake when I read the Bible at times, but I think the reason I have this problem is because most of the time I am lying in bed reading it before I go to sleep at night. However, I have also fallen asleep reading it at times during mid-day as well, but I don't really think this is anything to be ashamed of. Some people just get really relaxed when they sit and read, and they fall asleep. I also had this problem when I would try to study for tests in college...