Bob the Unbeliever
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Though I'm unusual in having read fully through all the collection called the bible more than one time, what I tend to find is that non believers that claim to know the bible well don't. They seem to overestimate their comprehension and ability to get full situations, etc. They tend to make gross errors and think they have it right. It will usually involve projecting interpretations onto the text that contradicts the full context which is plainly in the text, which at times will involve more than one book. It's overconfidence and arrogance it looks like, most often. Non believers could learn a bit from someone like Joseph Campbell, to help them get an attitude that would be less error prone.
I've read Joseph Campbell, more than once.
Whereas I do not pretend to know the bible perfectly? I do know it's internally inconsistent.
Normally, nobody would care about that-- but.... people are making laws that curb the rights of minorities, based on their reading of the bible, because they insist it's Magic in some way.
Even those who just say, "It's inspired by God", that is Magic.
As such, it should have been perfect, what with being a Magic Book From God.
Since we can easily show it's the opposite of perfect, by any measure you care to use?
Well. There you go. It cannot possibly be from a Divine Source. Unless that "Divine" source was beyond inept, or perhaps just evil.