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> It wouldn’t be the most famous painting in the world if it wasn’t interesting or moving.

The most popular book in the world is the Bible and I never found it very interesting

The overall human majority probably falls upon the side of (people who don't find the Christian Bible very interesting), as opposed to those who worship it. After all, Wikipedia tells us there are only about 2.4 billion total Christians on the planet.

Therefore, you fall in line with the dominant human viewpoint, the popular opinion.

I don't know what my point is, apart from a friendly irony that in eschewing (the) popularity (of the Bible), you're actually doing the popular thing.

I bet you the majority of the population doesn't think Mona Lisa is anything amazing and is just a famous painting. They just don't come out of the woodwork to tell you that

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