a response to a post in challenging_god, asking how we'd reconstruct the Bible

You know, I really appreciate the mythological aspect of Genesis. I think it's a victim of fundamentalist interpretation.

So I'd keep Genesis, along with Exodus (again for myth value--I don't deeply identify with the historical story per se), I Samuel (a good example of being selected by God at an early age and staying faithful), Job (amazing literature, let alone scripture), Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Habakkuk (really, go back and read it--it's short, pithy, and has occult value), Zechariah (again, fairly short, and has occult value), John, Hebrews, and Revelation.

Then, from outside, I'd add the Gospel of Thomas, as well as perhaps other Gnostic texts (some I can't remember the titles of; others I just haven't read yet, so I can't pass judgment on them). Probably a good portion of Eastern texts such as the Tao Te Ching (which, again, I haven't read much of). And heck, some poetry. The Bible needs more poetry than just Psalms.

So, I'd have a very strange Bible. I'm not sure how many people other than myself would read it.

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