Comment Re:It's kind of long and meandering (Score 2) 796
Seriously, this is something that can be read when the attention span is longer and there is more context for the naughty bits. No one wants boring lists of who begat whom and who tried to kill whom. The incest and polygamy and slavery will appeal to many the undeveloped mind, but again, is this what kids should be exposed to?
If you want to indoctrinate a kid into the religious cult, use Little Pilgrims Progress. It is short, sweet, and makes everyone seems like loser. It is more effective at creating Christians than Twilight is a creating Vampires.
If you want just general 'miracles happen' try The Little Prince.
If you want debauchery and long winded elegant writing, then you are to the Canterbury Tales. This will help with the SAT scores
Yes, the bible is cultural model, but, as shown by the behavior of the average christian, it is not that is read as whole. Rather it is taken piecewise and then used to construct a reality that is acceptable to the user. As has been my experience, as one who was read it, the main use it to tell others that their bible based beliefs are much less than that. For instance, as those who push school prayer don't want to accept, the bible says that praying in a public secular setting is exactly what one does not want to do.