Life/Religion

[Siddhartha]

Yes, it is a lot safer to ask a christian personally than be misguided by articles found/read in the net.

No Cherish... What you actually mean is "ask a practising christian".

I have met one Christian too many who has pointed flaws in the Bible out. In fact, it was only a few months back that I met a very practical American lady who was born in a family of staunch believers, and decided to study the Bible to bolster her faith in the religion. What happened as a consequence of this decision was that she studied the book in the utmost possible detail, and came up with inconsistencies and contradictions aplenty that challenged her faith in the religion. Finally, she has ended up being a non-believer.

I must add that she isn't the only such person who has studied the bible from an academic perspective and has ended up being a non-believer I know of. I have met others too.

I know many of them personally and very well.

Similarly, I have also met many advocates of Christianity. These have rarely been people who have studied the book from a practical, academic or self-interrogatory perspective - i.e. questioning every sentence and comparing against all that's been said. It is the nature of believers (of any religion) to be prejudiced towards the faith.

Having said all this, I must add that I am not saying anything against or for the book - I fully agree that it is one of the most influential masterpieces of modern religion that apart from religious values has also polarized / fostered art forms - many pieces of which I adore and enjoy very much.