Do you think you'd still be a believer if the bible were more pleasant/accurate?

[Chad32]

Sure. If the Jesus stuff wasn't connected to the old testament, and it really was just about loving your neighbor, giving to the needy, and stuff like that, I'd still be a believer. that's how it was sold to me in the church, more or less. That kind of mindset doesn't really hurt anyone. Hippie Jesus is a cool guy. It's just the other stuff that kind of wrecks it for me. Though the fact that the Jesus story isn't very unique, or original, kind of wrecks it for me too.

Well, don't forget that Jesus sometimes fell into fits of madness which spawned such unfortunate sayings as:

I mean, sure, apart from his utterly grotesque message of the perils that await nonbelievers after death, and his advocating blind adherence to authority rather evidence or reason, he was a "cool guy."

Some of the things he says are wrong. Like abandoning your family, and giving away every one of your possessions. Of course most people can say some things that are wise, and then some things that are stupid. My church didn't focus much on the stupid things Jesus said.