Hi Jaffacake. I think that we both agree that the Bible is a deeply flawed ancient document. It clearly contains contradictions, absurdities, 'god'-ordained barbarities, agonizing ambiguities, scientific inaccuracies, failed prophecies and extreme punishments for so-called sins. Faced with this, we each have a choice: Either we try to reconcile all of this to the Bible's statement that "God is love" or we don't. You'll forgive me if I don't.
Like you, I'm not making any bold claims that I'M RIGHT and everyone else is wrong, after all I have a long history of being a great believer in God, Christ and the Bible, which I now recognise as myths. It would be a bit rich if I, having been wrong all these years, now started to proclaim myself as right ( my track record of being RIGHT is clearly poor ).
As you know, my questions on this site aren't directed at the type of Christianity that you represent. I have no great problem with people viewing the Bible in the way that you do, after all it does seem completely harmless. My questions are aimed at Christians who feel that they have to: Abstain from blood, shun disfellowshipped relatives, view women as having a secondary role to men in the congregation, view homosexuality as abhorrent, view sex before marriage as sinful, view non-Christians as under the spell of Satan and on their way to a violent execution at the 'end of the world.'
I didn't expect anyone to reply to my questions. All I want people who believe the above things to do, is read my questions and think about them. Maybe that will make a small contribution to their leaving born again Christianity or Jehovah's Witnesses sooner than they otherwise would.