To be honest, the more I read the Bible, the more it pushes me away from itself, and from Christianity in general.
As a result of both reading the Bible, its different translations and discussing their contents with members of various Christian groups for a couple of years, whatever faith I had left in organized religion has been shaken to its core, if not utterly destroyed. Not only because the Bible itself is just about the most vaguely written book ever, but also because it's retranslated and -interpreted by just about everyone to suit whatever political and personal aims they pursue. And because the bloody thing is so ambigous and contradicts itself so much, many of these conflicting issues can be considered to be just as valid as the next one, so no one will ever settle on one "true" version of the faith - if there ever was one to begin with. And one's supposed to base their life on this thing?
As far as I can see, whatever holiness the book may have once had was scrapped and turned into a political weapon as soon as it was compiled at the council of Nicea.
EDIT: And I got 13/15 from that quiz. Had no idea about the US regulations about religion in schools and the last question, so I missed a few points as a result.
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