Are we really going to start pondering whether the illinformed actually WANT to listen to reason?! We are all fully aware that the ignorant never want to be told they're wrong, especially because they're quite often WRONG. As far as I am concerned, HUMANS wrote the bible. HUMANS are exactly what they're supposed to be, HUMAN, and I think that we do a pretty good job acting accordingly to that label. I think the book would hold more creedence if a collective group of animals sat around and wrote it, because then and only then would I be mystified because animals CANNOT write or speak! Humans lie constantly, especially if they're trying to prove a point. They will do anything to convince their counterpart that their way is THE WAY. The book is a book, and being a fan of literature might I simply add, I would rather subscribe to the religion of: "Dear: MR. Henshaw", at least that got me somewhere in the third grade.
“Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.” - Max Stirner.