On 05/28/2017 09:40 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:

[snip]

The bible is just a big game of telephone. It's merely a "Once Upon A
Time" book of allegories passed through the centuries continuously
edited until the self-righteous religious leaders were satisfied with
it's contents and even now, it's all subjected to each interpretation.

This covers it, in a nutshell:

http://imgur.com/a/w43Lj


And it's also propaganda. Writing meant to persuade rather than inform
or entertain.