From the evidence:
(2) I provisionally conclude, but with a high degree of certainty, NO book,,
such as the Bible, Book of Mormon, Koran, Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’,
the Communist Manifesto, the Nicene Creed, the Chalcedon Creed,
the Humanist Manifesto and any other book or document, including this one, is supernaturally ordained.
They may be interesting and/or fun to read and to ponder — you may even learn something from them, but they are not “THE truth”.
However, you can still choose to make no book or to make any book (all or just a part)
your guide and source of truth or inspiration.
As Karen Armstrong, a former British Nun, says, Religious Literature such as the Bible and the Koran are not to be taken literally or as descriptions of reality — they are myth and legend that say something about people’s thinking in the past and suggest ways people adapted to various circumstances in the past; and may point to ways people adapt to circumstances in the present. It must be remembered that people are very good at Story-telling, at Pattern-finding, at Personal relations sensing, and at imagining things.
Further explanations:
If you are in the process of leaving your religion I would strongly encourage you
to read your Bible (or relevant “Holy” book) from beginning to end without any associated commentary (including this one).
Read what it is actually saying.
This is the best way to find that it is really only a completely human work
— interesting book, but not divinely inspired.
By doing a continuous read you will also read verses in context.
Context is very important, especially in the OT verses that the NT verses claim
to be prophetic.
In the case of the Bible it seems to me that a believer checking the Hebrew, Greek of
so called earlier sources (there are no originals) says that you are
doubting God of the Bible’s guidance of the translators of the many different
versions of the Bible. The translators, all had access to the same
Hebrew/Greek/earlier sources as you or anyone else has. The existence of
many versions says that the earlier sources are just as controversial as the
various present versions. This also applies in a similar way to the other “Holy” books.
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