Tim and Taye:

I respect your beliefs. Even so, it is important to keep logic in the forefront. How do you make the conclusion that the bible is the 'word of God'. You are creating a god that is still in its childhood. The only way, as I see it, to give the people that wrote the bible credit for anything is to acknowledge the stuff they tried to hide in the bible for their private secrets to feel superior to the rest of the know nothings. I will not belabor the issue. Give some thought to relaxing your convictions.
jjw