It’s a book with power in it. Like any other tool though it’s your belief that empowers it.
Pros:
Safe. Compared to many other systems it’s safe especially since believers believe they are always protected though their paranoia for demons and evil spirits does affect this safety.
Powerful magick. I recall a type of Magick using psalms which is very effective.
Yahweh is actually a nice entity when you stop feeding the egageore version of him.
Can be very inspiring. I know plenty of people who use quotes from the Bible to draw inspiration in dark times.
Cons:
Extremism but this happens in all faiths.
Imo it’s meh like most othet religous books. Not saying it’s not powerful but it doesn’t always resonate with me perfectly.
You can loose your mind if you get addicted to it. Then again this happens in Magick too.
Even if it’s not true, I think we might just be at war with ourselves. People’s egos and the natural rules of the universe can get in the way (by causing great problems, like wars, for example).
You can use a lot of stories for personal growth, strength and endurance, and doing good deeds to others. If you see the stories for what they are. Legends, myths, tales.
But it gets instrumentalised as the ultimate truth that leads to restrictions and conflict.
Could the bible be the ultimate truth for the people who make it out to be and make it their reality.
I know it’s twisted, but they don’t know better. To them that’s their truth.
This 100% . It’s as you said stories in lessons. I never believe the Bible because is was of man for man. I always just when to the sources when I learned how to.
