To those who believe Bible is not literal...

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1-No I take the events depicted as true and read it with an open mind and heart. I try and read it like a police report with various witness accounts about the same event. You have to take into account their societal, technological, and rational development and mental state (read in context) then sort though the human and subjective bias (depersonalize) as best you can. I try not to rationalize anything or jump to any conclusions. I think I have a fairly standard Christian view of the Bible and they are neither the most unlikely or irrational.

So events are true and really happened? Can you please explain to me the event mentioned in exodus 31?
Or book of job? or noahs ark?
killing every soul for the sins of some people? Including babies... And what kind of sins are they?? worshiping false gods, adultery, homosexuality. Yes these are in the god's black list.
But same god allows these actions. No not just allows them he commands these actions...
"Kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."
Dont tell me context is different! exodus 31 contains more violence than any verse in quran...
And what kind of inspector looks at these events and tells "yea but the one who did these things is actually a good person"
And what about Job? What was his fault anyway? Loving god so much???
It would be a long list if we had criticized bible sentence and sentence..

2/3-Why would a diety ever see need to repeat his covenants? Despite the fact he took the time to dictate a second set to Moses. I'm not aware of Jesus writing anything or commanding anything to be written. As for why did Moses, idk.. I have a whole bunch of WTF for him as well. Biblically according to the story he came down saw the partying and worshiping a false idol and threw down the stones and then started an internal war, destroyed the idol, chastised the people then went for atonement.

I dont know maybe becouse his first one is destroyed???
But according to bible Moses was a good guy right? If he is the most trusted guy of the god then his actions confirmed by god. Questioning Moses is like questioning god. So your bunch of WTF is for to your god aswell.
But my point was If he can send his commands why he didn't just send it clearly and in a way that everyone in the world can reach? Why did he send it to a man who lives in a little tribe knowing that it will be destroyed(all knowing) Instead of sending it to the whole world?(all powerful)

4- I wasn't speaking specifically of you being dismissive, just a general statement. If you don't dismiss evidence just misunderstand.. idk what will happen. Is it your fault for not getting clear info, no I don't think so.I guess the question would then become did you use enough effort to try and get it straight or just give it up?

I have read bible (and I have to say It was like I was reading quran again) and thougth bible is bullshit.
And most of the ex christians here did the same thing.
But you are saying that bible has another meanings other than we understand. That means we have been mistaken. Are we going to suffer eternally just for that reason? I never did anything wrong.(like killing raping etc)

5- But God is a personal God, not just the God who visited Moses or Abraham. If you told all of your millions of employees that the pen is mightier than the sword in a memo and then told one to build something mightier than the sword, wouldn't you expect a pen? I'm a big proponent of personal accountability so I'd say it's the individual's responsibility for what they produce. Misguided instructions are no excuse for not using common sense, conscience, and rationality (and the Holy Spirit in Christian cases).

Problem is he didnt tell us that pen is mightier than sword. We had to figure it throughout thousands of years wars and destruction.
Common sense: Its not a common sense to punish someone who did nothing wrong in his life(book of job)

Conscience:killing everyone for some people's sins has nothing to do with conscience!(several times in bible)

Rationality: Its not rational to go on a suicide mission to forgive people's sins which is created by yourself and since you have the power of forgiving them without doing such thing.(jesus fuckin christ)
So god has nothing to do with those virtues..

6-IDK, but if you're talking about a non-physical body experiencing pain.. it doesn't seem to make sense that it would be anything remotely close to physical pain. However the Bible does say there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, which seems indicative as more of an emotional anguish and pain than a physical.

So there will be a pain nonetheless.
Do you think I (or anyone) deserve such pain just becouse I didn't believe in god??