Would you read this blog?

[eveglass]

I had an idea tonight for a new blog. It would be called (tentatively) "The Bible for the Rest of Us." The idea would be a discussion of the Bible and its influence, aimed primarily at secularists, humanists, atheists, and "average Joes." It would look at the Bible from a non-religious, non-faith-based standpoint, and include the following general topics:

- history of the Bible (sects, heresies, conflicts, and important figures influenced by the Bible)
- the Bible's influence today (how the Bible influences modern art, literature, language, holidays, social institutions, and current events)
- little-known stories from the Bible (the bad (incest, rape, and murder) as well as the good (wisdom, love, and peace))
- life lessons from the Bible (both those intended by the text and those we can learn from contrasts with today)
- scholarship about the Bible (its authorship, context, and exegesis)
- excerpts of some particularly beautiful or relevant passages

In short, a Bible blog that deals with everything other than, "why we should believe in the Bible."

So, three questions for you, my faithful lj readers:
1. Would you read this blog?
2. Do you think other people would read this blog?
3. If you answered "no" to either of the two previous questions, is there anything I could do to change that answer to "yes"?

Comments

[swestrup]

In short: No, Yes and (I believe) No.

I've not read a huge amount of biblical history and scholarly articles on same, but I have read several books on the subject. In the end, I simply don't think it interests me enough as a subject to devote much time to it.

[hfeatherina.livejournal.com]

yes. i don't know. n/a.

[freya46.livejournal.com]

I don't know either. I don't have the patience anymore. :-(

[gurudata.livejournal.com]

Hiho,

1. On occasion. Such a topic is something of occasional but not constant interest to me.
2. In my experience, no.
3. Not really, it's just the nature of the topic.

Cu,
Andrew

[susieaily.livejournal.com]

Your Daily Breadcrumbs is already in many ways that. The little stories of good and bad events that people forgot/never heard of, and your interpretations of them, from a secular point of view. But if you have other views you'd like to express about religion/bible, yes, I would like to read about it. For some reason, religion and philosophy has just always interested me, but I can't say for others.