Meh.  The person who wrote this obviously hasn't read the Bible.  Almost everything they're referencing boils down to one of three things: "Medicine now is better than it was several millenia ago", "Ancient Israel had some strict laws", and "I don't understand what I'm reading."

jesusluvspegging wrote:

This is a bit better.

25 Reasons Why I Am No Longer a Christian wrote:

Prior to earning degrees in Philosophy, Literature, and History, I attended Northwest University to prepare for a career as a pastoral minister. I studied biblical exegesis, hermeneutics, New Testament (Koine) Greek, a little Hebrew, ancient near east history, and doctrinal interpretation. During this time I was 'on fire for the Lord'. I witnessed to anyone who would listen and brought several friends to Christ. Always a voracious reader—sometimes reading three or four books a week—I immersed myself in the study of religion and took full advantage of the extensive (and expensive) scholarly volumes in the school library.

Ironically, it was during my years at the Bible college that I was inadvertantly introduced to information that would eventually lead me to question my faith. The more I researched, the more I uncovered cogent evidence and religious information typically hidden from the general church-goer (see DESCENDING BABEL for further discussion).

for thiry-odd years I've been a student of comparative religion

Yes, it did say thiry.... We have a guy at my firm that is about 35 or so, he's been there forever, still in the mailroom.  A mormon republican, who has a degree in "comparative religion"  I've never heard him utter a coherent sentence, ever.  The dumbshit didn't even realize jebus didn't write the bible......he was shocked when I revealed that.