Why religion was necessary; why it no longer is.

[Thor]

Not a fan of the oral tradition I see.

No, we're not. Oral stories passed down over generations are sure to be embellished and changed over time. I recall an experiment in grade school where the teacher told a story to one kid, who then had to pass it on to another kid.... and so on until the story was finally told to the last kid, who then had to retell the story to the class. When it was compared to the original story, there were some BIG differences.

I disagree. I say miracles happen every day.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/life-g...racle.html

This is not a miracle. A miracle is an unexplained occurrence that violates natural laws. Somebody jumping off a building and levitating in midair would be a miracle. Childbirth is not. We can explain the process and we know why it happens.

This reminds me of a comic I saw once who scoffed at supposed "miracles" like yours. He said, "I saw a headline in a paper yesterday. It said "Miracle of childbirth occurs for 20 billionth time!"

Now, do you have an actual, verified miracle to present?

I'm betting no.

Almost a million words. "cobbled" together over 1000 years. By 40 known writers.

We have no idea who wrote the books of the Babble.

Oh yeah, and it just so happens to be the most widely read and published book in human history.
Tale of Two Cities - 150 million.
The bible - over 6 billion!

A lot of copies of the Babble have been sold.

Yeah.... so what?