Is it because of Religion? Your parents, friends, its written by men.
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The Bible (King James version) is not a bad read but ti's let down by plot holes and glaring inconsistancies. Also many parts of long winded and in need to some serious editing to keep the narrative moving. Some useful messages and some nice symbology. It's a story book ad I can no more "believe" in it than I can in The Lord of the Rings or Star Wars mind you jediism has a lot going for it, I hear there are over half a million members of the church of Jedi now..
Religion is myth, it is not to be believed in merely to be studied and if there are some useful philosophical ideas in there then fine but so do many other works and people don't go around believing in them.. oh, except Scientologists of course.. darn
I found keys to understanding the Bible is to have the right attitude. Accept the Bible as God’s Word. Be humble, since God opposes the proud. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; James 4:6) However, avoid blind faith—God wants you to use your “power of reason.”—Romans 12:1, 2.not what people says.