I can understand people believing in God. And I can understand people that read the Bible and take its message to heart.

But what I can't understand is how anyone can take a scripture written by other men as the final word of God. Especially when its a well known fact that this Bible has been manipulated for political gain through out history. A fine example of this is the exclusion of certain gospels, deemed uncomfortable by the ruling priests at that time.

To me, the Bible is in many ways an interesting historical document and a book filled with good lessons to learn but through the course of history it has primarily been a tool with which to oppress people.

The scariest thing is that people actually accept it as undisputable fact, even though historians have proven many things wrong by looking at archeological finds and other documentation from the same era.

However, if people find comfort in the Bible and it makes their life easier to live, more power to them. I have friends who read Playboy with the same determination. And others who favor Car and Driver.

To each is their own.