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This article opens with subjective judgements that do not belong in an encyclopaedia, and do not represent anything like universal consensus. For example, "The Bible is the most logical, insightful and influential collection of books and letters ever written. It includes the most beautiful book ever written, the Gospel of Luke, the most profound book ever written, the Gospel of John, and the most intellectual letter ever written, the ... perfectly written Epistle to the Hebrews, which was composed in magnificent Greek ..." Except perhaps for "influential", I don't see how these can be claimed to represent general consensus. (I don't even know what "most intellectual" or "perfectly written" even mean.) If such judgements are to be included, they should be included as quotations, not stated as objective facts. [[User:Erniecohen|Erniecohen]] ([[User talk:Erniecohen|talk]]) 21:28, 13 November 2016 (EST)
This article opens with subjective judgements that do not belong in an encyclopaedia, and do not represent anything like universal consensus. For example, "The Bible is the most logical, insightful and influential collection of books and letters ever written. It includes the most beautiful book ever written, the Gospel of Luke, the most profound book ever written, the Gospel of John, and the most intellectual letter ever written, the ... perfectly written Epistle to the Hebrews, which was composed in magnificent Greek ..." Except perhaps for "influential", I don't see how these can be claimed to represent general consensus. (I don't even know what "most intellectual" or "perfectly written" even mean.) If such judgements are to be included, they should be included as quotations, not stated as objective facts. [[User:Erniecohen|Erniecohen]] ([[User talk:Erniecohen|talk]]) 21:28, 13 November 2016 (EST)
== The Bible and death ==
Is this really true: [https://www.conservapedia.com/Bible#Unique_witness_to_truth "The Bible is the first book in antiquity to declare the revelation that death is not final"?] Aren't there several earlier texts, including the [[Rig Veda]] and the [https://www.ancient.eu/Egyptian_Book_of_the_Dead/ Egyptian Book of the Dead]. [[User:Timber|Timber]] ([[User talk:Timber|talk]]) 08:57, 20 April 2019 (EDT)
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