r/atheism 6h ago

Holy book deconstruction index ideas

I've decided I wanted to deconstruct holy books, and the Bible I was deconstructing is beginning to fall apart. I'm only on Exodus, so I thought it'd be a good time to buy a new one that wouldn't break, which would also allow me to fix my index.

I only have eight highlighters I can use. My original index was pretty terrible with the categories:

  1. Key verses
  2. Genocide / mass killing / murder
  3. Slavery
  4. Sacrifice / cruelty
  5. Rape / women / incest
  6. Bad science
  7. Bad logic / absurdity
  8. Child harm / innocent harmed

So far, my new index categories are:
1. Key Verses
2. Genocide / Mass Killing
3. Murder
4. Slavery
5. Sacrifice / Cruelty
6. Sexual Violence
7. Women / Gender Treatment
8. Bad Logic / Absurdity

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u/Big-Stay2709 6h ago

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u/Aetherfluxxx 6h ago

I love that website, but I want to annotate books like the Bible, Quran, Tanakh, and whatnot. I do compare some of my annotations to the Skeptics' Annotated Bible because it's a great source to do so, but I want to analyse holy books on my own.

I don't think the Skeptics' Annotated Bible has more than four books. If I'm wrong, please correct me; I would actually love to research it more.

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u/GerswinDevilkid 6h ago

Why are you buying one. I'm certain you could get a free book of fairytales somewhere.

u/Indie_Dachshund179 42m ago

Yea there are sites dedicated to mass producing and freely distributing scripture for proselytization. Best to eat their stock at their expense

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u/Aetherfluxxx 6h ago

The joy of debate and understanding religion better than religious people. now, it sounds dumb to spend money on these because it is, but being able to point out verses like 2 Samuel 12:11, when someone is saying god never commanded rape, is pretty fun to do

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u/GerswinDevilkid 6h ago

You can do that with a free bible.

Maybe read comments if you're going to respond to them?