I'm not trying to convert you or convince you that the Bible is the most historically accurate thing in the world. That being said, not all the book is fiction, we have historical records of things like the Hebrews going on their exodus from Egypt, believed archaeological ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah, tombs with inscriptions that date back to the correct time period and indicate the remains inside are disciples of Christ, and stuff like that. Now, was Christ the son of God and did all the events said happen exactly as they were said to? We don't know and can't really tell for certainty, so that's up to you to decide. While it might be concerning that the oldest known copies of the books of the Gospel weren't written until a couple hundred years after Christ's death, that doesn't really invalidate the stories. Sure, some became slightly different, but all keep to the same thing and are still pretty consistent. Even modern translations have shown that the oldest copies we have of the Gospel are almost exactly the same to what we had before we found them. [quote]Theists can talk about what ever they like, but this still won't make me feel like religion isn't up its own ass and hates to look at the real world.[/quote] Now, why would you say that?