The Town of Odyssey

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:45 pm**

People often talk about their favorite Bible passages, but I don’t believe I’ve ever heard anyone mention their least favorite. So I want to start that discussion.
I don’t mean this to be sacrilegious at all, as a Christian I embrace the Bible in its entirety. But that doesn’t mean there can’t be parts that just don’t sit right with me, be it because of the particular style or wording, or whatever.

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:14 pm**

Heh. You don't want me answering this one, I promise you.

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:20 pm**

The first passage that comes to mind for me is the famous seasons of life in Ecclesiastes.

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It drags on way too long for me. After four or five lines I can’t help going “I get it already! There’s a time to do something, and then to do the opposite thing!”

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:25 pm**

I find that passage beautifully poetic actually. It really embodies humanity and human nature quite well.

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:32 pm**

jasonjannajerryjohn wrote:I find that passage beautifully poetic actually.

I’m sure it is, but I detest poetry. I’m an analytical thinker. I don’t need something hammered and hammered to figure it out, and as such am unable to appreciate when it’s done for artistic affect because I get caught up on the literal presentation of it. My mind takes in three ‘Time for X, time for -X’ in a row and then locks up because it gets the point. I can input my own Xs I don’t need them spelled out.

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:42 pm**

I'm an analytical thinker and take things rather literally as well. As almost anyone can tell you. >_> Jerryfish, I'm looking at you. I used to hate poetry as well, I really had to force myself to read it and I quite enjoy it now. Albeit it's not the first thing I'd read. And I definitely couldn't write it.

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:43 pm**

All of Numbers. Practically.

Jehoshephat was the son of Nizzihumar. Alboteriya was the son of Wendishabner.

...I give up after like, one verse.

Judges is pretty boring as well... kind of depressing how stupid Israel's cycle of sin, captivity, and then turn-around was... considering it repeated. And repeated. And repeated.

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:47 pm**

Such is the nature of history, it repeats itself.

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:15 pm**

I don't really like the genealogies very much, it seems like they go on and on and I find it hard to read them after about 2 verses

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:08 pm**

Err....

"Happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us . He who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks." (Psalm 137)

"And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire." (Leviticus 21:9)

"Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go." (Judges 19:24-25)

"Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." (I Timothy 2:11-14)

"If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silvers, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days." (Deuteronomy 22:28-29)

"The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids. If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty." (Eccles. 26:9-10)

"For from garments cometh a moth, and from women wickedness. Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach." (Eccles. 42:13-14)

"Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel." (1 Peter 2:18)

The wiminfolk in the Old Testament had it pretty rough.

Posted: **Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:13 pm**

Anything that goes, "And X begat X. ."

Yeah.

Oh, and Numbers and Leviticus. Too many rules

Posted: **Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:35 am**

Agree with most of the stuff on here (aside from Ecclesiastes)...hate the lists of OT rules in Leviticus, and the endless genealogies of Numbers. I do like Judges though, despite being filled with history repeating itself...still interesting history to me! And I'm with Sherlock on the verses on women...some of the old testament ones because of how tragic and sad they are (women being abused and sold and killed) and the other verses that are always taken out of context in modern day by men who don't believe women should be allowed to think and that they exist for the sole purpose of pleasing men.

I also dislike many verses in the Song of Solomon...a bit too "R" rated for my taste

He should keep his thoughts to himself.

And as much as people think Paul is a great guy, I'm not a fan of his letters...not sure why, maybe just his style of writing or how he comes across as arrogant (despite making humble statements...that still sound arrogant, lol)...

Posted: **Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:54 pm**

What!? I am livid! how dare you suggest that there is a least favorite verse? But while were on the subject, I'm just gonna go with the whole book of liviticus.

Posted: **Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:30 pm**

I like the genealogies

They have lots of interesting names.

Posted: **Fri Feb 08, 2013 3:00 pm**

Tikvah wrote:I like the genealogies They have lots of interesting names.

Yeah! Like "Nimrod" and "Gomer"!

Hmm, I know this is going to sound weird but I don't think I really wanted to read four Gospel books... maybe just 2 or at the most 3... Mark especially was my least favorite. John and Luke are my favorite Gospels.

Posted: **Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:43 pm**

jasonjannajerryjohn wrote:Jerryfish, I'm looking at you

Life without poetry is depressing.

Posted: **Fri Feb 15, 2013 6:34 am**

Termite wrote:All of Numbers. Practically.

Jehoshephat was the son of Nizzihumar. Alboteriya was the son of Wendishabner.

...I give up after like, one verse.

Judges is pretty boring as well... kind of depressing how stupid Israel's cycle of sin, captivity, and then turn-around was... considering it repeated. And repeated. And repeated.

I've been reading through the Old Testament starting with Joshua because I've read through the entire New Testament sans Revelation straight through twice and I needed a change of scenery. It's been interesting, but I've recently hit a real wall with First Chronicles. There are like, sixteen zillion passages of geneology, and I know it wouldn't be there without a reason, but it seriously gets on my nerves having to wade through an entire passage of overly long and complicated names. I thought I was home free after it began retelling stories from the life of David, but then it got to David reorganizing the entirety of the Levites...I could almost hear God and His angels laughing at the irony when I mentioned my happiness that the geneologies were over. T_T

Posted: **Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:26 am**

Another of my major peeves is passages that read like this:

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There are quite a few others, but that one is a great example. It’s maddeningly redundant. Sometimes repetition is used for a certain effect, and I can appreciate that when it is, but that’s not the case here, this repetition is entirely unnecessary. You just said who he was reading to - I am capable of remembering that into the next sentence and realizing he is still reading to the same people!

Posted: **Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:40 pm**

Jelly wrote:
jasonjannajerryjohn wrote:Jerryfish, I'm looking at you
Life without poetry is depressing.

Life without your mom is depressing!

Posted: **Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:19 pm**

you seriously have this topic?! I mean some Bible verses can be kinda boring or hard to understand but it's still God's word and in the Bible I don't think it's very nice to say what your least favorite Bible verse is.....it's God's word guys!

Fixed double post -Termite

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