Quote Originally Posted by MAGGIO View Post
Unfortunately what is written in the bible is not even close to reality. The bible is littered with fairytales, fables and stories of moral guidelines. Understanding that fact in itself sets me apart from most christians. Fact is that most of the stuff in the bible is not true, and one person arbitrarily selected the writings of particular "gosples" to be included and arbitrarily refused the writing of other gosples. The bible was a planned series of stories and events in order to control and empire divided by two major religeon. I mean that is what history deplicts.
You are quite wrong on this. Every single place that history has been tested against the historical record in the bible are dead on.

What are your reasons for disbelieving the historical record of scripture?