The Folly of Biblical Ignorance Since the Bible Is a Great Book | The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow
John Mark Reynolds shares some excellent insights in the anger of some people towards the Bible...
Whenever I quote the Bible in a large group, there is sure to be at least one dismissive and angry person. In fact, it isn’t just that they they don’t take the Bible seriously, but they hate anything in the Bible just because it is in the Bible. I use the word “hate” carefully, because there is no other way to describe the weirdly passionate reaction.
There is evidently something about the Bible that irritates a few Americans the way the sight of a stake disturbs a vampire.
I don’t generally get the same reaction when I quote Darwin (even favorably) to conservative Christians, Dante to Protestants, or Calvin to Wesleyan churchmen. They might not agree with the totality of the writer’s work, but they can learn from it and admire what is admirable in it.
Since is uncharitable to assume that these angry Americans are just too boorish to recognize a great book, I have tried to understand what causes this reaction to the Bible. I usually get some combination of four responses and over time have learned why I get them.
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