The foundation of all Christian and Jewish religions is based on the Bibles.
There is NO - NADA evidence the Bibles are the word of any Gods. They are no more than the words of hundreds of errant religious leaders motivated to impress and control their flock.
There are NO original copies of the Bibles. They are all ALTERED hand copies of copies of copies etc. by hundreds of scribes over a period of thousands of years. There is no
Accurate objective way to determine their authenticity or historical accuracy.
The Bibles obviously contain a plenbreastude of myths, fables, legends and totally
impossible tales. NONE of the Bibles were written during Jesus' 'claimed' life time.
Time and distance was required to allow the creation of fictional stories and the embellishment of history.
There is also the matter of the Biblical canon itself. After all, ancient Israel and the early church knew of many more religious books than the ones that now consbreastute the Bible. For example, there were 50 gospels in circulation at the time the New Testaments were chosen by church leaders, yet only four made it into the New Testament. Who decided which of the books would become part of the Christian scriptures, and again, "Why?" Who decided, "This book belongs... this book doesn't..."? What were their reasons? What were their motives? How do we know if ANY of them were authentic? In addition there is evidence that the Bibles were altered by church leaders to support their personal motives and ambitions..
The fact is, there are no clear records available which document the church's process of determining which books were acceptable and which books were unacceptable and why. The general consensus of opinion among scholars is that the decision was based on whether or not the book agreed with the prevailing theological thought and motives at the time. In other words, the only books accepted were the ones that agreed with the opinions, desires and motives of the church leadership at the time
This means that the fundamental religion is not based on the Bible, as they claim so fervently... it means the Bibles were selected and embellished to support the claims of the church leadership at the time.
It is also interesting that, even though the Biblical canon was purposely chosen to include only books that met the church leaders opinions at the time, there is so much inconsistency and contradictions in the Bibles. And it is even more interesting that so many fundamentalists proclaim that there are no contradictions in the Bible! If that were true, then why are there so many different sects of Christianity and different Bible versions?
For example, Christianity is basically divided into three main sects: the Roman Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, and the Protestants. And the Protestant branch alone is divided into numerous different sects: the Adventists, the Amish, the Anglican Church, the Apostolic Faith, the buttemblies of God, the Baptists, the Brethren, the Christian Church, the Church of Christ, the Church of God, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons), the Church of the Nazarene, the Congregational Christian Churches, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Congregational Church, the Friends (Quakers), the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Lutherans, the Mennonites, the Methodists, the Pentecostal Churches, the Presbyterians, the Salvation Army, the Unitarians, the United Church of Christ, and at least 66 other sects!
And that does not count the different sub-sects of these sects! For example, the Baptists are further divided into: the American Baptist Convention, the Southern Baptist Convention, the American Baptist buttociation, the Baptist General Conference, the Bethel Baptist buttembly, the Christian Unity Baptist buttociation, the Conservative Baptist buttociation of America, the Baptist Church of Christ, the Free Will Baptists... and at least 19 other sub-sects. And there are no "minor differences" between these sub-sects. For example, the Southern Baptist buttociation was formed in 1845 in large part because of disagreements with other Baptists concerning slavery.
The other Protestant sects are also broken up into various sub-sects. For example, the Methodists have 23, the Mennonites 15; the Presbyterians 9; the Mormons 3; etc.
And yet (especially for the more right-wing sects), these numerous sects and sub-sects claim to possess the truth of the Bible in its purest form... and each one are able to quote verses from the Bible to prove it! The Bibles are so loaded with vague stories and unsubstantiated claims that one can find texts to support almost ANYTHING. So much for the "harmony" of the Bible.
Anyone that reads the Bibles objectively can see that they are books of fables, myths, legends and totally impossible tales. They are certainly not the word of any god unless he was an absolute idiot.
Believing in the Bibles is not much better than believing in Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter or Aesop's Fables. At least the latter are good literature.
