Exactly. To me the 'holy' bible is essentially a reference book for verifying or demolishing (as appropriate) xtian assertions about the book. Have I read it? Yes, I have; several times right through, though not in single sittings and with regular vomit-breaks etc. More often on an ad hoc basis, with reference to my first point. Do I understand it? I would say, with all modesty, probably about as well as any casual reader with no vested interest or career-based obsession. If any of this says that I am talking out of my barrel to you, that says a lot more about you than it does me.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
