My honest review of Christianity

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You might want to hold off on claiming that, as many scholars are still arguing on that point.

Only a handful of fringe scholar I think you mean. They do argue over how much is accurate, however.

How old was Mary when she got impregnated by the supreme being?

Probably 14-15, and Joseph would have been about 17.

And about rape, did the bible support concubines and sex slaves?

Yes but concubines were women (ie sex slaves) owned by men with less rights than wives; but the bible still doesn't condone rape anywhere.

And could you get away with rape if you just paid a fine and married your victim, or if the father of the victim didn't have a bloody sheet?

Yes the punishment is not too extreme, unlike Islam where adultery is punishable by death.

Literacy or illiteracy? Also not "high literacy", but comparatively higher than their previous attempt.

Pretty high by ancient standards. Not saying everyone was literate - but certainly lots were. There are lots and lots of ancient artefacts with Hebrew lettering dating back to about the 6th century, showing that writing (and hence reading) was quite widely practised.

How do you know about the intentions of that old book or the original authors?

Because it's a simple matter of what is possible and what isn't. Whoever was in charge of religion was also in charge of the nation - he was the king at that time of the kingdom of Judea/Israel. He already controlled the people. The Bible was written as a way to unify the people together, and to tell them that they were more powerful than the powerful Egyptian empire (which of course wasn't actually true, but believing it would create stability).