How "Holy" the Bible Is

Ashleigh 2022-03-19 09:01:03

I used to like to watch Agatha and "The Little Prince". They are all known as best sellers "after the Bible". Probably the two are tied for second place. Anyway, how "sacred" the Bible is, in fact, I have never known, although there has always been such a book by my side.

My Bible was given to me by an aunt who believed in Jesus about 20 years ago, when I was 7 years old. That year, my parents and I took me to Jiuzhaigou to play together. A serious accident happened. When I came back, only my dad was left. The three aunts in the same tour group voluntarily gave up the rest of the journey and stayed to help take care of me. I gave me this Bible before I left. It's a pity that I have watched popular science since I was a child and have never believed in religion. After many years of Dianpei, even the aunt's contact information was lost, but the Bible was always by her side.

In the past 20 years, I have read only the first page of the Bible: Old Testament·Genesis. God said there must be light. But every time I pass by the church (and I can't tell whether it is Christ or God), I will be infected by the atmosphere there. How powerful is this book to go beyond reality and reach the noblest spirit of people's hearts?

Although the film "The Book of Avery" is too old-fashioned, I still like this idea: When the world returns to a barbaric state, what will it depend on to re-sustain human society? It is not an exaggeration to get the only bible in the world to rule the world. This is why the emperor sent Tang Seng to Xitian to learn the scriptures.

So I always have a humble reverence for religion.

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The Book of Eli quotes

  • Eli: They say the war tore a hole in the sky, you've probably heard the stories.

    Solara: Yeah.

    Eli: The war tore a hole in the sky, the sun came down, burnt everything, everyone, I wandered, I didn't really know what I should do or where I was going. I was just moving from place to place, trying to stay alive. And then one day I heard this voice. I don't know how to explain it, it's like it was coming from inside me. But I could hear it clear as day. Clear as I can hear you talking to me now. It told me to carry the book west, it told me that a path would be laid out before me, that I'd be led to a place where the book would be safe. It told me I'd be protected, against anyone or anything that tried to stand in my way. If only I would have faith. That was thirty years ago and I've been walking ever since.

    Solara: And you did all this because a voice told you to?

    Eli: I know what I hear, I know what I heard, I know I'm not crazy, I didn't imagine it

  • Hoyt: [seeing two dead hijackers] It's like he's protected somehow. Like there's nothing that can touch him

    Carnegie: Oh, he's just a fucking man. You put a bullet in him, he'll go down like any other.