I believe the bible but I don't believe the stuff translators put in , I believe its riddled with mistakes (badly remembered histories etc..) and I think that something which was probably plain in meaning and context has been has been made so confusing by time and lack of inspiration when translating. However, as alreday said here reading reflects the reader not just the writer and so - if the bible contains truth the only way we could actually know it is if we received God's power to read it and understand it(i.e. same way that it was originally written) without that power its just another bunch of irrelevant often bonkers histories. Now of course the next question is ..is that power real or just another made up bit of religion?