Fuel against the fundies

[Dotard]

Why shouldn't I read it just because I maintain there is no God? I have read it.

Whether this God actually wrote it, inspired it or actually spoke audibly to the writers my inquiries still stand.

If this God inspired these words for all of mankind then he fucked up in his endevour. You say it is not inerrant, just a book written by man, definitions or meanings of words have changed. How are you deciding what is an errant load and what is commanded by God? Oh that's right, Jewish people have the authority to tell you what God really meant. (edited to add: If you really believe that, then why are you not denouncing Jesus as the messiah? The Jews have a better grasp on the true meaning of "God's Word" and they say he AIN'T the messiah)

The Do's and Don'ts concerning the treatment of slaves is found in the bible. Would a Jew not agree? If you were supreme president of the world and were against slavery and labeled it wrong, would you allow your words to be "mis-translated" to show no condemnation of slavery, just how to treat the ones you owned, and spread around the globe without ever raising an eyebrow? Or would you take steps to ensure your true meaning was disseminated? How about if your subjects very lives were dependant upon them understanding what you want of them?

Or would you just sit back on your laurels and say "Boy those writers and translators really fucked that all up. Ehhh screw it, if people want to know if I really meant that they better seek out someone from a small sect of people who have copies of the originals ('cause I let the originals get destroyed even though I had the power to preserve them). If they cannot or will not do that then fuk 'em, let 'em burn for an eternity."?

If I were to give you your assumption that this God o' yourn is real and he inspired that book we call the Bible in order to let mankind know what it is he expects from us, and the existance of our very souls was dependant upon our understanding of it, then what you are advocating is not unlike a Wookie living on a planet with a bunch of Ewoks. It does not make sense.

But then again, maybe you just ain't explaining it right. What to take another shot at it? Maybe you can make your position on the matter a bit more coherent and cohesive.