Originally Posted by Suburbanite

I've only read one book by Kierkegaard in which he retold the story of Abraham and Issac and the slaying of the Ram (or sheep or whatever). He retells the story emphasizing the personal existential dilemma of the two characters, Issac knowing his father intends to murder him, Abraham knowing he is going to slay his most cherished son.

The idea, or how it would work, and bear with me this is a recent and loosely formed idea. Basically, if one could realize that the "Bible story" was a contingent piece of fiction and yet also believe that in virtue of believing in it that you will reap some sort of benefit. Its the same as an Atheist and a good book he is reading. He will realize, the book is but a book, contingent, contextual, et al. However, he can still chose to learn from it, in fact, he can even chose to devote his entire like to a book. What if that book was the Bible?