I listened to jiang's lectures about a different view about the origins of the holy bible. Pretty interesting that one of the agnostic views is that the Bible is most likely state sanctioned court propaganda by the kingdom of David to legitimize his rule and his legacy. The person in charge of putting it together was likely a female court historian....the genius of the bible has more to do with the literary genius of its editor. Also the bible is a work of literary fiction influenced by Egyptian and iranian/persian culture, something that is never talked about in sunday school... +Also, an interesting theory is that Jesus was simply just another gnostic religious leader at the time that was put to death by the Romans to make an example of him to the Jews. His stories/resurrection etc. are just made up legends/rumors after he was turned into a martyr. The real Jesus would be appalled that people worship him for 2 thousand years.