How can you prove that the gospel of Mark is not the "word of god"?

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I tend to agree with Khemikal's "magic book" musings. It's one thing to claim God exists. It's quite another to claim that one book (compiled more or less arbitrarily according to which theologians' views held prominence in the late Roman Empire) adequately and accurately describes the one true God. I've read TONS of religious texts. I see the Christian's texts as no different than any other. There is usually some sort of profound truth buried in them (which is how these texts attract adherents) but this is always counterbalanced my some sort of fable/myth/storytelling.

People believe in the Bible for one reason and one reason only. Tradition. They were either told to from childhood, or later became part of a religion in which participants all "agreed" that this one arbitrary text accurately describes God.

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I mean Joseph "whats-his-face" (Mormon guy) had enough sense to say his shit was delivered on golden tablets.

It's like they have special goggles on which can identify the "real" bullshit text. I think the same goggles let them see all the angels, demons, acts of god and all the other crazy shit that is apparently going on all the time. I didn’t get the goggles, but I’d love to borrow them for five minutes.

I feel that by assigning a text to this god, they are implying (without meaning to) that god requires the help of people to communicate, or else just enjoys screwing around and confusing people. In the latter case, he whispers in the ears of a few, and then sits back to watch what happens to their attempts to record this over time. This version of events makes more sense as it can explain all religions in one go. They’re all from the same trickster. He just spouts slightly different nonsense to different people at various points in time.