What were Jesus and early Christians like?

[dyresand]

The fact being the bible is too contradictory and the only way to make it comprehend able is to cherry pick it to hell. The original writers and the people who wrote in the bible contradicted one another's stories. Even still one would think not to take it literal in the first place. Because really 2 of every animal on a boat for a year with no explanation of how they would eat same goes with the people. Also the animals willing getting on the ark and also crap loads of crap they would need to clean out every pen the animals had. Then the other part with the firmament okay the water came from the sky flooded everything they are on a boat i am no scientist when i say its complete bullshit for all that water to evaporate in a year. And the boat is physically impossible to build because Bill said it best and even ship wrights the boat would have broken apart because of its massive size. So the water, food, shit, boat and the only answer is magic...

I am aware of the absurdities of biblical claims. I'm asking how you know that the creators of the bible didn't intend for their words to be read literally, when in the bible it claims that it is the inspired word of God.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/tonyjones/2...hat-haunt/
and
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/01/02/thats...94018.html