I have to disagree that the Bible is "not history at all" because there are many historical events depicted in the Bible, and pretty much all of them have been confirmed to one degree or another. So, it certainly has some historic content.
Containing "some historic content" does not it make it history. All religion, superstistion, and myth contain "some historic content" .. but that doesn't make them history either. Noah's Ark is not history, it's religious myth, as is much of what is contained in the bible.
Amazingly enough, there are also instances of science included in the Bible. For instance, in the account of how God created man, it is said he "spat into the dust" ...scientific studies of abiogenesis theorize life 'evolved' originally from chemical reaction of iron ore compounds and found in clay. So, one can see, the two concepts are not altogether different in nature, just articulated in different ways.
So the basis of life is God's spit?
Ridiculous, and such a ridiculous notion ONLY exists in the mind of the believer. If one wants to understand the human journey, SCIENCE studies DNA, not the bible.
I also refute the assertion "the truth exists ONLY in the mind of the believer." I personally don't believe in the actual "God" defined in the Bible, but I do believe the Bible is full of truths. Indeed, it is philosophy, and it is philosophy we should all seek to follow as decent moral human beings. However, some of us are so dead-set against anything the Bible may represent, we can't be objective enough to give it credit where credit is due, and your comments are a perfect example.
You can refute it all you want .. doesn't make it any less true.
Religion is not based on facts, science, evidence, or even common sense. It's based on FAITH .. which is a belief in something you do not know to be true.
FACTS do not require faith.
I, nor anyone else has to believe in the bible to find morality, and most certainly one does not have to believe in the bible or any religion to find spirituality .. which is more important than religion.
Your comments are a perfect example of how utterly delusional religion is.
