All the problems with Christianity

[Esquilax]

There is one place I can go to know what God wants from me, and it's this 2000-year-old book you want me to forget about.

The entirety of that book, or just the bits that appeal to you, with the rest falling to spin and interpretation? For example, do you own slaves? That's a pretty consistently endorsed thing, so we avoid the excuse of "that's the old testament!" but by the same token, do you follow the old testament laws or not? If not, it's based on Jesus bringing a new covenant, right? But he said he hadn't come to change the law, so...

That's the big question: how do you know the interpretations you simply need to employ to avoid being arrested are a part of god's plan to begin with?