Hello C4RM5. It isn't exactly the place for it but it is the first time I am meeting you.
I wonder if it ever occurred to you that you can keep your god belief without the bible? Above I read good arguments for rejecting the bible as any kind of evidence for anything. In your shoes I don't see any reason why you can't concede that and carry on in faith.
Seems to me that if any one decides to believe in God it will not because they stumbled upon the bible and were overwhelmed by its logic and authenticity. If you pray and genuinely feel in the presence of your God when you do, why should you give that up just because you can't justify your belief (to us at least) using the bible. It is your private experience which leads you to accept god belief, why not simply do so as an act of faith without any evidence? Certainly is your choice.
It will be seen as a mark of honesty if you admit as much.
I wonder if it ever occurred to you that you can keep your god belief without the bible? Above I read good arguments for rejecting the bible as any kind of evidence for anything. In your shoes I don't see any reason why you can't concede that and carry on in faith.
Seems to me that if any one decides to believe in God it will not because they stumbled upon the bible and were overwhelmed by its logic and authenticity. If you pray and genuinely feel in the presence of your God when you do, why should you give that up just because you can't justify your belief (to us at least) using the bible. It is your private experience which leads you to accept god belief, why not simply do so as an act of faith without any evidence? Certainly is your choice.
It will be seen as a mark of honesty if you admit as much.