I was born and raised Christian. I went to church growing up, and have always been involved with a church. I've always been a "Nondenominational" Protestant, though in recent years I've been wanting to redefine that. This year in particular, "Nondenominational Prostestant" has been feeling more and more like "I'm Christian, but don't know enough about any of it to be able to affiliate myself anywhere". I do not want to be one who considers himself "Christian" but knows nothing of the Christian backing for his beliefs and stances.
Someone I am very close with is Catholic, and will hopefully be teaching me about Catholicism as well.
The chance that I eventually convert to Catholicism is not 0.
I am starting a Holy Bible analysis project, and will be using this page as documentation. I believe it is part of my duty to have clearly defined beliefs, rather than wishy-washy opinions and uncertainty.
- The Holy Bible translation I have is the New King James version. I am aware that it has a Protestant bias, and will be picking up a Catholic version as well. Most likely the Jerusalem verion
Old Testament
Genesis Finished 9/10/24
Passages to note:
3:16
The "ruling" over women is something I struggle with in the Bible. I find it unsavory when compared to common connotations of ruling over someone
Takeaways
The book of Genesis is mostly a history lesson. It starts with the Christian creation lesson that everyone knows, Christian or not. Followed by the geneology of commonly recognized biblical characters. Specificlly Adam, Noah, Abraham, Issac, and ending with Joseph. I do find it notable that these people aren't really all that...admirable? Save for Joseph and Noah, the others are generally very flawed people. They're portrayed as swindlers, adulterers, and backstabbers to their kin.
That said, Genesis does have an overarching theme of hard work and devotion to God resulting in prosperity.
New Testament
Reading log:
Current Progress:1.5%