Who else thinks the bible is the best fiction book ever written?
407377
i am agnostic... i beleive the bible is a compilation of myth and legend. kind of like a really good tall tale. i have been known to compare jesus to paul bunyun... yeah their was a big axe wielding lumberer named paul bunyun but did he really have a blue ox... hell no.. sure jesus was a good dude, but did he really do any miracles... i kinda doubt it.
420099
You are correct, according to the book of mythology, Satan is God's fall guy and just doing what he is told to do, and that is tempt humans to turn away from the one true God. He changed  his name to Jesus and has had outstanding success in the Christian community.\n\n\nThe bible is the greatest work of fiction ever told, full of drama, suspense, intrigue, sex & violence. Why do you think so many have been sold?
324218
the dinosaurs have my vote! as long as the bible is written by man, we can only hope to believe it is true - (like all things historical...)
497170
People who think The Bible is such a great book clearly haven't read much of anything else. Frankly I'm not sure they've even read The Bible.
353540
That it was written by men whose stories were inspired by their savior. There is tons of truth to the Bible and there has been plenty of scientific evidence to prove some of the stories.
683390
The writing in the bible is one-dimensional and often immorality is portrayed as moral.\n\nMost importantly, Mr. Brown lists his book as fiction.  The Bible claims it's ludicrous stories are absolutely true.
565633
"Angels and Demons" was a better book than "The DaVinci Code".  In fact, "Angels and Demons" is one of the best books I've ever read and I've read tons of them. But "The DaVinci Code" was still a really good book.  And how could it be a total farce?  It's a work of fiction.  It's not real.
230320
Many people seem to have a problem remembering that this book is fiction.  Some Christians take offence because it is important to them that Jesus was a virgin all his life.  I think these people somehow see sex -- even in marriage -- as "dirty" -- otherwise, why would it sully Jesus' purity to have a wife and children?  They seem to think the possibility detracts from His perfection.  \n\nFor me, it makes no difference.  Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, whether He was married or not.  And the possibility of His bloodline continuing seems to me to be important only to those who think His blood contained some special DNA that would be passed down.  Unless that DNA somehow makes people better people, more likely to love others and change the world -- what difference does it make?  And from what I see of the world, any DNA that makes people better has been as diluted as the Truth He brought (sorry, Christians).  It would be nice if His Teachings existed and were followed in their entirety, but if they were, the world would not be in the state it is in now.\n\nI don't read too much into "The Last Supper" -- it's a painting, not a photograph!  It was done centuries after the fact and the people shown *represent* the people who were there but do not look like them -- since no one knows what they looked like.  If the figure to Jesus' left looks feminine, it is only because da Vinci painted it that way -- and reflects da Vinci's beliefs and/or skill -- not reality.  \n\nI enjoyed the book, but really don't understand the furor.  There are so many books that are more interesting and controversial -- but many of them aren't fiction.  :-)
370223
My favorite characters in the Bible is Job. When my son was suddenly taken from me at the age of 10, I read the book of Job because I wanted to know how he walked through this difficult valley to come out with victory. What a powerful story. It gave me hope when I read it.
1032310
yes because it is written in the bible
779081
Some say that the Bible is nothing more than fairy tales. But this cannot be for it contains great wisdom and truth and it has been verified throughout history as being accurate.  Its historical accounts are flawlessly accurate. In fact, archaeology routinely demonstrates the accuracy of the biblical records concerning locations and events recorded in the Bible.  \n\nThe Bible is a collection of 66 books written by about 40 authors, in three different languages, on three different continents, over approximately 1600 years. The Bible claims to be inspired and inerrant. This means that the Bible claims to be from God and that it is without error in everything it addresses.\n\nThe Bible contains many different styles of writing such as poetry, narration, fiction, history, law, and prophecy and must be interpreted in context of those styles. It is the source of the Christian religion in that the Bible contains the words of God and how the Christian is to apply the words of God to his life.\n\nBasically, the Bible describes the origin of man in the Garden of Eden along with his fall into sin and out of fellowship with God. It then describes how God called out a special people to Himself, the Israelites. He promised the Israelites a future Messiah who would restore mankind's relationship with God. The Bible is the account of the work of God in history bringing to fruition His prophetic declarations concerning Jesus.  Jesus was born of the Virgin, died on the cross, and paid for sins, just as the Bible prophesied in the Old Testament and fulfilled in the New.  In short, the Bible points to Jesus, "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me," (John 5:39).  \n\nFurthermore, the Bible teaches us that forgiveness of sins is found in Jesus alone, "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved,” (Acts 4:12).
560074
Why is "The DaVinci Code" not fiction anymore? I missed that announcement...Anyhoo, if you want to hear solid evidence for Christ, I suggest reading The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel. I am reading it right now, so I can't tell you too much about it, but he talks to all sorts of scholars, some Christian Bible Scholars, some atheists like himself. He presents the evidence (eyewitness, documentary, corroborating, rebuttal, scientific, psychological, circumstantial, and fingerprint evidence). I'm still in the chapter about eyewitness evidence, but it is really, really good. Reading this is a great way to get multiple views, so you can choose.
460014
It's completely fiction. It degrades the divinity of Christ, among other things. I believe this book, with all it's lies, may lead weaker Christians and non-Christians astray, to think that Christ's deity was decided by men. (Among other false assumations made in the book.)
1067838
You do realize that the bible is a work of fiction, don't you?
383402
Yes, mainly the Bible, people thing the Bible is fiction but they don't understand that its real and whats in it is scietificly all true and possible, the end of the world is soon, read the Bible revolations and you will understand how its all going to end.\n\nExamples:\n\n1.War in middle east\n2.Earth is going to burn instead of flood like Noahs ark\n3.Nations will fight\nSoon to come:\n1.World hunger will be solved\n2.one currency\n3.one ruler (anti-christ)\n4.false prohfets (however you spell it)
718310
Da Vinci *code* is more accurately an deluded absurdist lie, a sacrilegious acid trip, based upon ZERO evidence, and so acknowledged by its own author, as he DID list it as what it IS: FICTION!\n\nThere are many in this world who make every attempt to discount God, or put themselves in His place, to attempt to belittle those of faith.  But God IS GOD, the mere mortals HE CREATED have ZERO power to make Him more or LESS than what he IS.  That which is ETERNAL FACT is NEVER FICTION:  one can declare that ONE IS ZERO, for example, but the mere saying of it will NEVER make it SO.\n\nIn general it is beneficial to guard what you read or watch, because once you have put the information IN your head, to mix with everything already there, it is IMPOSSIBLE to simply *delete* the inaccurate/absurd information from truthful information of merit.\n\nBest wishes.
408203
Yes, I have read the whole Bible, and much of it repeatedly.  Almost every time I read it I either am enriched by something I may have already learned years ago, or I learn something new and am enriched by that.  \n\nI discovered that preceding my reading with a quick prayer to God that He help me see or understand whatever it is that He wants me to see or understand, He does that, and I learn and benefit even more.\n\nI agree with the following quotes:\n\n"The Bible is the chief moral cause of all that is good, and the best corrector of all that is evil, in human society; the best book for regulating the temporal concerns of men, and the only book that can serve as an infallible guide to future felicity."  - Noah Webster\n\n"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."  - Theodore Roosevelt\n\nI have also read many books about the Bible and which make reference to the Bible in the areas of history, archeology, astronomy, creation vs. evolution, sociology, etc.\n\nI wouldn't trade the Bible and its wisdom for all the money in the world.  That's how much it means to me in my daily life.