I think the Bible, as a literary work, contains a lot of interesting, useful information. I've read it, alternately loathed and enjoyed it, and in the end and I simply cannot subscribe to the idea that is is the divine, unerring word of God.
My father, one of the finest human beings I have ever--or likely will ever--know, once told me that reading the bible and declaring it the inspired and unquestionable word of God was the equivalent of compiling the complete works of Dr. Seuss, and declaring it a mortal sin to eat "on a boat with a goat", and then prophesying that the great destructor will return again, and will be known by his tall striped hat--and he will once again wreak havoc on the 'house' (which clearly means 'world') when the 'parents' (Which certainly is alluding to the 'faithful') are gone.
Beware the man who has read only one book.