How can a Christian reject part of the Bible and still call themselves a Christian?

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Wait, so I may have to be 'prompted' by your god to (a) read the Bible and (b) believe its claims about this god?!?

Well, "a" is simply false. I have read it in its entirety and I've read several of its books several times. As for "b", how am I culpable for not believing these claims ("the truth" as you would have it) in the absence of such prompting? As Simon pointed out, in so many words, this hash of historical falsehoods and scientific knee-slappers doesn't immediately leap off the page and strike certain readers as "the truth". It didn't, in my case. But that's my fault somehow?

I'm telling what I think about the nature and message of the bible. I can't say much further about your situation. I don't know what is in your mind and your heart. You've read the bible and you're going with what you've concluded from that reading.