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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really like the God and Jesus stories.  Both old and new testament.  But, I don't care too much for the idea of human sacrifice and that seems to be the only way God can really be pacified.  So, he creates you to be how you are, then he doesn't like how he made you, so he has to punish you, and then that doesn't get it done, so he sends an emissary, who then has to be killed to pacify him for making you how you are.

Human and animal sacrifice seem to be SOP in the bible.  I just don't get that at all.

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I think anytime you read the Bible like a Fundamental Baptist, you completely miss the point.  Read the Bible always mindful of the context.   Consider the time and place.  In the OT, people were trying to make sense out of their world.  When good things happened, they assumed God was happy. When bad things happened, they assumed God was angry.  Many of the laws were written to keep people healthy.  It's critical that we don't read the Bible as if it were written in our time by people like us.

If you read metaphysically, you'll find the Bible full of amazing stories of love, faith, perseverance, humility, compassion,  bravery, ......  The Genesis stories are beautiful poems that were never meant to be read as literal.  Instead of questioning the idea of a talking snake, ask yourself what the author might have been trying to convey.  What does the snake symbolize?  The apple?  The tree of knowledge?  Eve?  Read with a metaphysical mind, the Bible is fascinating.   No one with the ability to think critically would read the Bible as literal.
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