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yortsed snacilbuper

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Fri Apr 27, 2018, 01:16 AM Apr 2018

GQ magazine puts Bible on list of classic books not worth reading, incurs the wrath of Christians [View all]

Well, it appears this group of scribes won’t be greeted very warmly at the Pearly Gates.

GQ magazine, a bible of “grooming” tips, gadget suggestions and style advice, has sparked a social media conflagration by calling the Christian Holy Bible “foolish, repetitive and contradictory” and placing it on a list of “21 Books You Don’t Have to Read.”

“The Holy Bible is rated very highly by all the people who supposedly live by it but who in actuality have not read it,” novelist Jesse Ball writes in the magazine. “Those who have read it know there are some good parts, but overall it is certainly not the finest thing that man has ever produced.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gq-magazine-puts-bible-on-list-of-classic-books-not-worth-reading-incurs-the-wrath-of-christians/ar-AAweGHY?ocid=spartanntp

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