I have not read the entire current Constitution of the U.S. and I have not read the entire Bible.

[MoonRiver]

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And that means....what?

[JJChambers]

1. Your opinions on the subjects carry less weight?

Idk

[MoonRiver]

2. I guess

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. You shoudl read both

one is entertaining fiction, the other is civics 101.

I will let you decide which is which.

Suffice it to say, I have, but I had to in school.

[MoonRiver]

7. Well, I probably did read the Constitution in high school but that was,

er, um, a while ago. Can't say I totally absorbed it at the time.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Well, it is short enough to read over the course of a fourth of july

I at times do such, and have a copy with me, since at times it is even relevant for work. It is rare, but at times it does.

[MoonRiver]

21. Yay for you!

I guess I have a limited interest in both topics.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. I live and die by the first ammendment

[Butterbean]

4. Lots of folks here have strong opinions on the ACA...

yet I doubt many people have read that monster bill cover to cover, word for word. Just sayin'.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. I am a glutton for punishment

the several versions, including the final version.

But I admit, I am a glutton for it.

[seattledo]

29. Exactly

None of the critics are qualified to have that opinion.

[shraby]

5. That's okay. I can't seem to get past the begats in the bible and for questions I have about what

the constitution says, I can find answers because there are no begats.

[dorkzilla]

6. What it means is...

that you have not read the entire Constitution and you have not read the entire Bible.

That's all!

(You probably did read the first one in school...)

[MoonRiver]

9. Whew, I thought I had something really serious, like ignoramatus.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. If you do decide to read the entire Bible, drink lots of coffee.

For every "Thou shalt love thy neighbor" or some major city being destroyed, there are 100 or more "And Jesaphat begat Sammai who wed Ruthella and they lived in Nonia until blah, blah, blah...and begat Esua..."

[Democracyinkind]

30. Then again, those parts are very conducive to be speed read.

[CK_John]

10. The constitution is a better read and more factual.

[NoGOPZone]

11. It means you're qualified to be a Republican Senator. nt

[MoonRiver]

13. That would not be a job I aspire to.

?

[MineralMan]

12. It means just what you said.

Nothing more.

[fujiyama]

14. I have read most of the Constitution and it's a great document

drafted by brilliant men, with many flaws. And like just about any document, parts of it are open to interpretation (regardless of what "strict constructionalists" will claim).

The Bible, of which I am not intimately familiar with, is a book of amusing fables covering a large time span. Its authors were of questionable intelligence and the book is ultimately a product of its times. It contains such useful moral lessons about eating shelfish and whatnot is morally evil and it too can be interpreted in many ways, though the notion that the words contained in the book are inspired by some supernatural sky deity should be laughable for any person of rational thought.

[Egalitarian Thug]

15. It means that one of the "Great Authoritahs" had his "authoritah challenged, or even worse, ignored.

So now we will be treated to a few days. maybe a week of image repair.

[KG]

17. chuckle....

[LeftyMom]

16. How did you get through school without reading the whole Constitution?

We broke it down section by section at least twice that I recall- in the 8th grade and again in the 11th.

[MoonRiver]

19. Well, I probably did read it at that point in life.

But I assume some things in that document have changed since then.

[Egalitarian Thug]

22. One of the byproducts of believing that allowing "real Americans" to establish over 14,000 separate

and independent bureaucracies (school districts) was a good idea. There have always been large disparities in our non-system of education and until the last 30 - 40 years, it was post-secondary standards that somewhat evened them out. One of the worst effects of our national self-identity has been the criminal neglect of general education.

I like you, went through one of the better systems, but more than half of us went through a worse and possibly far worse, system.

[Iggo]

26. Yeah but that was way more than three years ago...

...which, for the purposes of the poll/survey, doesn't count.

[FarCenter]

23. Which Bible? Protestant, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Syriac, ..., ???

[handmade34]

25. and which version??

Kings James (KJV); New International Version (NIV); The Good News Translation (GNT); The New Revised Standard (NRS); The Message (MSG); Lexham English Bible (LEB); or any of the others dozens of translations?????

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. I confess, I read the Hebrew Bible (old testament)

in Hebrew, and the new Testament in Spanish, a version authorized by the SPANISH Catholic church.

So there you go, add a new version to the collection

(or is that two?)

The song of songs is poetry (as intended) though.

[gopiscrap]

28. doesn't mean anything

look at the Cliff notes!