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That the bible is a holey book on this point I will agree.
If by holey you mean full of holes in logic, morals and history.
Some claim the bible was written by god and to doubt it is a sin.
But a critical reader soon discovers it was written by prejudiced men.
Men who thought they were the best around, sort of a superior race.
And they felt it was their god that gave them that special place.
So they conquered and slaughtered their neighbors and said it was god's will.
Although that same god is alleged to have said it is wrong to kill.
The bible condones pillage and rape which are worse by far,
Than stealing and adultery that the bibles commandments bar.
So as a moral guide the bible is poor at best.
You must choose the rules to follow, and discard all the rest.
The stories in the bible that believers swear are true
Were copied from earlier cultures and are therefore far from new.
In them logic is forgotten and mythology prevails.
To illustrate their absurdity just fill in the details.
Take the story of the flood with Noah and his boat.
He needed all the animals and some were quite remote.
Kangaroos and koalas come from Australia's distant land.
While peccaries and roadrunners are from America's desert sand.
Polar Bears and penguins come from opposite poles.
Nutrias are from the water and underground the moles.
There are four thousand mammal species and that is quite a few.
But you must include amphibians, reptiles, birds, and insects too.
Food must be taken on board for at least an extra year.
These are the gross details, but I think the picture's clear.
There is no indication of another of Noah's required deeds
He must replant the entire earth from the arc's storehouse of seeds.
It doesn't mention the races and how they survived the event.
Where the water came from and where the water went.
It was an impossible task and unnecessary as well.
God could have zapped just the sinners and sent them straight to hell.
The bible's “holiest“ story is an enigma too.
It's the story of Jesus Christ and what he had to do.
You have a god so powerful he can see a sparrow fall,
Yet prayers so overwhelm him he cannot hear them all,
He will not ask an angel to help him get this done.
So he told a mortal woman she will have his son.
Once the boy is born he cannot draw an immortal breath
until he lives his life on earth and dies a cruel death.
They say he made this sacrifice for our benefit indeed.
So now they pray to Jesus, so he will intercede.
If it's god who makes the rules about prayer and sacrifice
he could easily just say that prayers alone suffice.
Prophets and priests concocted a fantastic story
Of a father, son and holy spirit ruling heavens glory.
People repeat this story without thinking about what they say.
Because if they thought about it the myth would go away.
The Egyptians left no record of the plagues or Moses' flight
So we have no confirmation that the bible story is right
No Roman ever recorded in seriousness or in mirth.
That all Israelites must return to the city of their birth.
So as a mid-east history the bible has one hitch.
Fact and fiction blend so much you can't tell which is which.
There is one thing in the bible you can easily find.
Every cruelty and perversion invented by mankind.