if the bible is...

There are times when the Bible has not been awesome to me. At all. 

When the Bible is God’s authoritative word, or without error, or the handbook to life, or a science book, or anything else along those lines, I find it to be a terrible book. When people use it that way, I find myself really trying hard to be quiet. 

However. 

If the Bible is a book written by humans in a cultural context of language, understanding, and perspective… 

If the Bible is more like a menu… 

If the Bible is the world’s great myth...

If the Bible is a compost pile... providing material for new...

If the Bible is story, because story is what still speaks to us after thousands of years whether it actually occurred or not… 

If the Bible is supposed to inspire us to live our own stories of God and not to just memorize other peoples’ stories… 

Then I find it to be a rather inspiring, creative, eye-opening record of the evolution of humanity, of God, of myself, and of the world…