Next time someone says "all you need is the bible"

Respond with the following:
"Prove it. Take off your clothes, leave your phone, money, shoes, water, food and all other luxuries. Walk out into the nearest forest and take only your bible. If what you say is true then prove it. Stay in the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights. Return to me once you have done so. Show me how committed God is to humanity".

They can stay in their never neverland. Keep it to themselves.

Because thats all they use when they ignore you.

I think they're delusional and mentally unbalanced.
That's extremely narrow-minded thinking.

They are probably very simple minded.

stop breathing and it will become obvious very quickly that is not the case.

You would think that if they really believed that, they would read it. Try quoting Isaiah 45:7, and watch their eyes loose focus. They don't worship God, they worship the Bible. They view it as something to worship, not something to read. (as in cover to cover with an open mind)

You should never read one book on a subject because books are written by different human beings. Different human beings interpret things differently so to get a good perspective always read more than one book. The same is true about the Bible it probably has mistakes in it to,, I'm sure.

They better Not ask me to Loan them Money.

You're not wrong. They've never read the Bible without study guides or preachers just telling them what to read. Or they have been so thoroughly indoctrinated and they are so stubborn in their views that they can't read between the lines. Or a mixture of both - which is the case with my family. It's sad but those people are often too far gone to make a difference in conversation.

I think the Bible would only be necessary if a) I was on a desert island with no food and b) It was made from beef

Whomever told you this likely hasn't ever read a book, or any book, including the bible.

If they insist that everything a person needs to know is in the bible, then they probably are frightened by not just books but knowledge in general. If a person can rely on one source of knowledge then anything outside that narrow scope is wrong. It's comfortable to be sure you are always right, it's safe and the only things that can hurt you are evil.

Living in reality is not always comfortable, it's not safe and is down right scary. How a person copes with that fear, is a true measure of who they are.The best way to combat fear of the unknown is to know as much as possible Depending on a single source of knowledge whether it's the bible or Origin of the Species can really narrow your scope of knowledge.

Those that believe in only dogma are ignorant sheep and possibly dangerous as well.

I could explain and point out the things that have been proven wrong. Or I could show all the contradictions in the bible. But they have books and websites devoted to that subject. People choose to be ignorant and believe on faith and nothing you say will change their opinions.

I think hunk they need to forgo getting medical treatment.

They are so full of themselves.

It's an interesting read, I'll give it that, But this kind of person could benefit from an encyclopedia to read.

I think they're woefully uneducated and closed-minded.

To be completely honest when answering the question I would need to use several expletives

Um... my sister never told me that. But she knows I can grow larger like a cat in a fight and my eyesight can be fixed in the back of her head while I display this insane laugh before I request to repeat last thing she said.

I find these people scary, mainly because they're allowed to vote.

If the bible were re-vamped to be a guidebook to wise quotations, parables & fables with some honest & sensible facts, like the commandments, thrown in, then I would approve of it being taught in schools. This book contains sufficient excerpts, written by our forebears, to help pave the way to a better breed of people & then the Neandertals might finally become extinct.

I spent some years hitchhiking alone across the globe, & on many occasions faced difficulties & dangers that were life-threatening. I carried in my back pocket, a handwritten copy of both Rudyard Kipling's poem, 'If,' & Max Ehrmann's poem, 'Desiderata,' which I still have to this day. Together, they were my bible & gave me the strength needed to overcome all obstacles.
I never taught either of my children to follow my religious beliefs but did insist that they kept copies of both these poems & to read through them periodically. In these later years, they have both thanked me for this.
I changed the last line of the last verse of the poem 'If,' from, "You'll be a man, my son" to read as "You'll be a grown woman" so that it was more befitting for my daughter.