Originally Posted by Il Duce

but there are great stories there - division of an entire sea into half, a trumpet sound destroying an entire city, 10,000 laws which make no sense, some guy offering his virgin daughter to a man wanting to rape another man, bread falling from the sky, some delusional man putting evil spirits exorcised from a mad man into a pig which fell off a cliff, weird food recipes

i don see the problem with reading it - it's terrific literature, unless you're afraid you'd get converted - don't let the fire and brimstone preachers scare you

it's a fun read if you don't take it seriously