Really, honestly, how can you believe that old book???

[einbert]

The child mind is extremely malleable. Tell a child from a very young age that if he doesn't worship Jesus, he's going to BURN for eternity, and the result is simple. The vast majority of the time you get an adult who worships Jesus and "believes" the Bible wholeheartedly. Most of them never take the time to really question it, because if you think about it what practical value could actually come from that? If they question it and they're wrong they go to hell. If they question it and they're right they get no value out of it other than the satisfaction of knowing the truth. Don't forget that questioning the Bible is really held on par with blasphemy in the Christian church. Blasphemy is pretty important, as to some it's the only unforgivable sin (Matt. 12:31).

I think there are really good reasons for all these established structures within the religion. If Christianity were set up in a different way, it never would have lasted for almost two thousand years and been so widespread among the world population.

Let's just be thankful that the United States is overrun with people who generally just pray for the armageddon. It's a good thing they don't actually believe the rules of the Bible, because if they did the government would still be killing homosexuals because they are "an abomination unto the LORD", killing apostates for blasphemy, killing people for picking up sticks on the sabbath (Numbers 15:32-36) and who knows what else.