The Bible is defined by God
WRONG. Huge misconception by many Christians and others alike. The Bible is a "historical" record of the Biblical era, which is used to
convey the message of God's word. I say historical in quotes because a lot of the Bible is metaphorical (I.e. Noah's Ark, the world didn't actually flood.) and that depending on your beliefs, certain things may or may not have really happened in your mind (such as Jesus not really being the Son of God).
See, the biggest problem with religion is that people take it wayyy too literally. That's why we have radical Muslims who blow up cars to get into heaven. It's not just religious people either, it's atheists who obsessively try to debunk religion as well. Is religion bad? No. Just like most things in life, it's ruined by halfwits who defile it unknowingly. Realistically, religion is a wonderful thing when used correctly. It's when you have bigotted, ignorant, fundamentalist, Christian ******bags who throw away hundreds of dollars of their twenty one year old son's 360 games out because they fear it will corrupt him (true story about my friend by the by), that you encounter problems.
And atheists, don't think you're all innocent sitting there in the corner. You do the exact same thing as them. Nearly every time I witness an atheist's angry ramblings about religion, they cite ridiculous stories that are outdated/allegorical in attempts to portray Christians or any religious people as insane idiots. A lot of atheists seem to forget something about science. Nothing in science is 100% proven. Especially elaborate theories like the Big Bang theory. It's funny how atheists are the first ones to denounce religion as a group of people shouting that their opinion is fact and that everyone else is wrong. Simultaneously, atheists are doing the same thing everytime they defend any scientific theory that doesnt include the word "gravity". You can call theists ignorant and stubborn as much as you want, but atheists in general tend to have an arrogant, condescending mindset considering that they have this belief that they know this grand, ultimate truth and that you're this small child who believes in the Easter Bunny (religion) still.
Point and case, religion and science are both flawed, both are not 100%, and both have holes. Any sane, informed individual can see that science and religion are a match made in heaven. The religion, science jointventure works better than any set of scientific theories or religious stories alone could ever hope to.
Where do I sit? I'm a Christian, more accurately a Lutheran since the Catholic Church is insane and a little evil. However, as I said before, religion and science can't rest alone. I belief in evolution and I believe in creationism. I don't believe that prayer alone will get you where you want in life. My principle belief in Christianity is that it, like all religion, should be a standard guideline of morals and ethics. I base my own personal moral system off of that in Christianity. I still believe in Jesus and resurrection and all that jargon, but really I see God as a clockmaker more or less. He sets the clocks and then sits back to watch them work.
And before someone shoots their mouth off calling me a bad Christian or lazy or whatever, spare me your chastisement. I'm a Deacon at my church, that is to say that I attend it regularly and I'm the guy who gives people part of their Communion, including the Pastor herself. I know more about Christianity than probably half of the people who claim to be Christian in this entire country, so I don't want people coming in here to call my ignorant of my religion.
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