The bible... why take it seriously?

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Indeed, I've read a lot about christianity being a cut and paste, just stealing loads of the "best bits" from other myths and religions. This is very clear if you do any amount of research, and heavily reduces the credibility of the whole thing.

What christians actually do with the bible now is they act on the parts they think are good, and they ignore (or try to argue away) the bits they don't think are good. So what they are really doing, is just doing what they think is good anyway, and using the bible as evidence that they are right. This shows that they do indeed have their own morals, and don't need a book to tell them what they are.

I would love to hear from any christian who actually follows all the instruction in the bible. Which would actually be impossible anyway, as it gives contradictory instructions at different points.

Why would god make it so unclear what is metaphor and what is literal? Why screw around with the "most important document ever" in ways that he knows will be misinterpreted?