Garden of Eden was a setup...

[FatAndFaithless]

So after reading the Bible twice and studying the history behind it you arrived at being an Atheist, right?
I'm confused as to whom is did something wrong that precludes you from bowing down to that someone?

Let me put it this way. Neither is it the most enoyable book, nor the most moral one, nor is it - in large parts at least - a logical one.

Quite frankly, you can cherry pick what you want. The bible offers something for everyone. If you want to be a hateful and exclusive person, the Old Testament as well as the new offer you some verses to base your opinion on. If you're a loving person, you discard the old Testament and go for the new one. But only to a certain extent, since Jesus also had some choice words about following him and discarding your family and friends in the process.

Hell, I'd wager the New Testament has shit in it worse than the Old Testament...like, Hell.