Horrible things in the bible

[Aractus]

Where you really a devout christian or did you never really accept christianity once you reached the age of reason?

That's a very good question Lek and my answer is - yes absolutely (read my old posts here on AF).

As far as reading the bible goes, it takes a lot more than a reading to understand ancient writings.

Rubbish. That's what the Roman Catholic Church said in order to control the supply of the written Bible and what lead to the pre-reformation movements.

There's so much you need to know about the purpose, style of writing, cultural factors, etc.

I can partially read Greek (self-taught), can you? Greek I'll agree with you is an extremely expressive language - Hebrew on the other hand is a very primitive written language. Certainly much more primitive than Greek, and this should be obvious because there are literally thousands of ancient Egyptian writings and Greek writings alike that pre-date any Hebrew writings ever found - Hebrew wasn't used by as many people in writing, nor was it used for a very long time, and that's why it's so primitive.