1. Divinity of the Bible:
As for the divinity of scriptures I understand it is hard to believe, but before passing judgment on the topic we have to have the right starting points. As I mentioned briefly before we cannot start off by assuming that a work claiming to be divine is fallible simply because all non-divine works are fallible. This is an assumption and by definition, not logical.
So how then can we pass judgment fairly on it? Only by subjecting it to tests and trials, it is logical. Essentially by "putting it to the test" and thereby finding that it is either a mess OR that it produces evidence for divinity "beyond reasonable doubt". Beyond reasonable doubt implies that it would then be illogical to disbelieve that it were divine. This would be a fair “proof” then, no?
So does it contradict? Does it have relevance? Has it really been shaped by generations of men? These are some very core questions that can be used test the Bible itself and I encourage you to give it a chance to let it prove itself. Bring questions to it and then read it fully to see how it compiles into a divine work. This is a necessary step and logical as well as testing a chapter here and a verse there is not adequate to pass judgment on a work that works as a whole after all.
If you don't want to read the word and would instead like to pose these questions to me to "prove" beyond reasonable doubt (providing evidence and rational reasoning) please do not hold back. I've been around for some time so this is a challenge I not only offer to you but have taken on myself, to date, without fail. In any case it is illogical to pass judgment on it without testing it, relying on assumption or personal desire.
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