What is the bible to me? A smattering of fictional short stories.

The bible is BS to me.

A story book

The most misused publication in mankind history.

Historical fiction

I'm sure there is some actual human history in it -- or at least how those people perceived their world. Or at least however it was altered by the Church.....

The notion that this "Jehovah" or whatever was from another world / time makes an awful lot of sense to me!

Never give it any thought.

First is not a book, but a collection of books, a portion of them Judaic and another portion Judaic Christian. As any ancient book, is a collection of poetry, allegory, myth, legends, history based more on propaganda than historical analysis. It should have the same level of respect like any ancient book, as the Book of the Dead (Egyptians), Homer The Illiad or Odyssey (Ancient Greece), The Upanishads or Vega (Ancient Hinduism), etc. So I like reading the Bible, and I respect the Bible as I respect other ancient Books, because they were attempts by early Human Civilizations to make sense of the world, humanity and the meaning of life. What I do not respect is to grant superior status to all other ancient books and philosophies and religions, all attempts by all humans to make sense of life, death and the meaning of living in this universe.
This video summarizes what the Bible is:

A doorstop.

By design, a tool of control, and like so many tools, most dangerous when poorly used.

A book of stories. fables

The women setting up my estate sale found a bible in the home my family has been in since my Dad built it in 1956, and gave it to me in a box of other personal items. Turns out it belonged to my Aunt who had briefly lived with us in the 70's. I noted her and her husband's birthdays in the late 1800's, then chucked in into the trash. A few days later I had a cleaning lady work my new place over, and she found it...sure it was in the garbage by mistake. I told her to simply leave it right there (which got me a frown in return)...unless she wanted it. After she left that night it was gone.

When I had briefly thumbed through it (looking for stashed $100 bills) and smelling of mothballs, I wondered how something as simple as thin paper, ink, some gold leaf and leather could be the genesis of so much hate, bias, dysfunction and endless wars over the millennia. It sure as shit isn't the materials...its the flawed individual human mind and its ego thinking it is the only one that can correctly interpret the words within. Common sense tells you that if something causes worldwide chaos and always has, it should be eliminated. Well, I did my small part in getting that nonsense the fuck out of my house. That's how much the bible means to me.

Toilet paper....although the crap in it renders this book useless.

A band I played in spent the night in jail in Texas in the 70's. There was no toilet paper so the regulars in the drunk tank used pages out of the Bible. I thought that it was appropriate. That is what I think of the Bible. It was a bogus arrest and they dropped the charges. So it was all good.

A leg for my couch

I've read more entertaining anthologies of fiction.

As one who has a Doctorate in Theology plus a Degree in both Ancient and Modern Histories I can simply say that the bible, starting with the O.T. is little more than a sordid mish-mash of mythologies and legends, etc, plagiarised from much older cultures/civilisations around the Mediterranean Region and twisted and contorted to suit the desire of the Hebrew Peoples in a vain effort to validate themselves and their perpetual war-like natures.
The N.T. also simply a re-think apology effort to put their god into a more favourable light than it was in the O.T..

A distorted blend of mythology & history ~

An ancient manuscripts edited over the centuries by despot leaders to conquer followers.

An old fiction book that is considered to be true by vested interests, and a large number of people who believe the vested interests, that the book is true.
It is the same for all religious texts.

Absolutely nothing, zero relevance.

A waste of trees, and a money controlling tool, nothing more. Only the strong will break free and see it for what it is: a joke and allow themselves to be free..

Just another book with stories contrived to a specific agenda, such as men superior to women, whites over blacks, and also meant to rule by fear of a vengeful god.

Its just a book in my eyes. Filled with a lot of scrap.

A book of beautiful poetry and imagery with a sometimes divisive and zealous fanbase - kinda like anime.