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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday January 17 2017, @02:48PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday January 17 2017, @02:48PM (#454901)

    Thusly, it becomes self evident that the Bible is actually a completely terrible work of fiction.

    For an example of how mindbogglingly boring it is, try reading 1 Chronicles - it's the perfect bedtime reading, because it will put you straight to sleep from boredom. The nearest equivalent is the second book of the Iliad, in which Homer lists out in painstaking detail how many ships each of the Greek city-states sent and who was leading the contingent.

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday January 19 2017, @09:09PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday January 19 2017, @09:09PM (#456230) Journal

    The nearest equivalent is the second book of the Iliad, in which Homer lists out in painstaking detail how many ships each of the Greek city-states sent and who was leading the contingent.

    Really? The Iliad put me in stitches at points. Spending half a page going on and on about how awesome this dude was, how shiny and strong his shield was, how like a son of Zeus he was, and...he's abruptly cut in half by a spear. We turned it into a drinking game.

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    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Friday January 20 2017, @01:01PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Friday January 20 2017, @01:01PM (#456503)

      Most of the Iliad is fantastic writing - there's a reason it's stuck around for about 2700 years.

      The section I'm talking about, though, is often called the catalogue of ships [poetryintranslation.com], and it's a long list of how many ships each city-state brought and who was leading the contingent. It's almost as boring as the begats in the Bible.

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      • (Score: 2) by Jerry Smith on Tuesday January 24 2017, @04:44PM

        by Jerry Smith (379) on Tuesday January 24 2017, @04:44PM (#458140) Journal

        We had to learn some of the begats by heart ._.

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