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# Ken's Guide to the Bible Paperback – September 18, 1995

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## Customer Reviews

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    Irreverent and fun
  

*by B***I on Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2000*

This little book is a hoot.  Ken takes the veil away from many of the less well advertised aspects of the biblical "message."  Too bad the people this could really help either won't read it or won't get it.I'd  have given it all five stars but for a couple of things.  First, Ken misses  some of the most outrageous "family values" tales in the OT.  The  one that tipped me off about the "value" of this book, way back  when I was a little nipper, was the dreadful tale of Abraham and Isaac.  The story of a god repulsive enough to command a man to murder his own son  for no reason other than to prove what a brainless sheep he was, and a  father who was perfectly ready to do it.  This story should terrify any  child with half a brain.Then there's the charming story of Lot,  supposedly the only honorable man in Sodom, who, in order to preserve the  dignity of a couple of God's angel spies, appeased a mob by throwing them  his two virgin daughters.  Oh, yes--this book is a great guide to high  family values.The other reason I can't give Ken five stars is that he's  a bit behind on his New Testament scholarship.  It's been quite well  established that (1) none of the gospels was written by anyone who ever  knew Jesus, despite having the names of apostles, (2) in fact, there's not  a single word of "eye witness" testimony re. Jesus in any part of  the Bible, (3) the oldest part of the NT is, in fact, some of the stuff  written by Paul, so arguably *his* version of the Jesus/Christianity stuff  is more accurate (and this stuff was written many years after the death of  Jesus--if, in fact, Jesus was a real person, which is quite questionable),  and (4) the oldest of the four gospels was Mark; Matthew and Luke simply  plagiarized Mark, beefed up and tweaked stuff to meet their particular  liturgical needs, and invented stuff like birth myths to make Jesus seem  more supernatural than Mark's rather pasturale depiction seems to indicate.  So it's not very surprising that John is the odd man out--this is the only  one of the four gospels that's somewhat independent of the others.  Both of  the (contradictory) birth myths are just that--completely fabricated.  In  fact, Joseph, the supposed father of Jesus, is probably also completely  fabricated.Sorry, True Believers.  Your faith is based on shifting sand.  Were it not shielded by layer after layer of religious gauze, the Bible is  a book which no one would consider to be suitable reading for anyone under  the age of 21.  Let's get those Bibles shelved where they belong--in the  mythology section, right next to Bullfinch's.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Not Quite Sunday School Material...
  

*by E***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2013*

Recently I got into a bit of a Facebook debate with a friend who claims that she "knows a lot about the Bible" and implied that any problems one has with it are based upon ignorance.  That might be the case if you stick to reading Christian apologetics or listening to sermons, but there is a lot of secular scholarship out there that has uncovered various problematic aspects of the Good Book.  "Ken's Guide to the Bible" is one of the easier and more humorous ones to use as an introductory reference when debating theists."Ken's Guide to the Bible" is kind of set up like a "Dummies" book, with various easy-reference icons used to highlight Biblical categories such as Weirdness, Bunk, Divine Wrath, and Gender Bashing.  Mr. Smith goes through the Bible from start to finish and deals with most of the mayhem, madness, mix-ups, and malice that Christians tend to ignore, gloss over, rationalize, or defend with leaps of logic or soothing pastoral sound-bites.  If you were once a Christian, as I was, you'll arrive at the end of this book wondering how you became a believer in the first place.After reading a couple chapters, you might ask yourself why Christians still hold the Bible in such high regard, or at least don't voice more concern about its contents.  That's a valid question.  One reason is because many Christians don't read their Bibles.  Others read only certain parts, often focusing on the more palatable New Testament and a couple of Old Testament books.  Devotional Bible reading is often accompanied by "helpful" commentary, and again usually centers around the more digestible passages.  Finally, faith tends to require that the reader find ways to explain or rationalize the nasty parts, which is a whole different ballgame.If you want a good overview of Biblical wackiness but don't want to slog through the whole canon on your own, "Ken's Guide to the Bible" is just what you're looking for.  I wouldn't rely upon it as the only resource for Biblical criticism or debate ammunition, but Mr. Smith has created an excellent starting point.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    great weapon against Bible snobs
  

*by L***N on Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2022*

If you need a quick resource for Bible scripture when the moral police out and a about, this is your reference.

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