The easiest answer to any of that is, history has very little significance of any kind other than to fulfill that old adage, "Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it". If we hear stories about the fuck-ups of people in the past, and avoid those fuck-ups ourselves, then that history has served its purpose, whether true or not. Only those historical claims pertaining to religion are significant SOLELY on the condition that they are true. So they can't even use that analogy effectively.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.