See, there is no logic to your statements. ''what was written there was so smart it could not be made by stupid homo sapiens. '' Seriously? What was so smart about the bible. I have seen movie plots far far better and more intelligent than the bible. That's your problem, cognitive dissonance. You are skeptic about everything but your retarded book.
The importance of the Bible is based on the fact that God exists. If God didn't exist, the Bible would still be important, but not nearly as much as it is.
If God didn't exist, the Bible would be important because is shows what works for best free living, for the general populace. This is shown in the historical record of the people of ancient Israel in the the Old Testament. Here is what it amounts to:
1. Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible. For whatever reason, the info in these books is so important in the eyes of many people, that even after 3500 years, the laws in these books are being strictly adhered to by millions. The point isn't WHY. The point is that it is working this way. The WHY might be debatable all over the place. But the fact that it is working is true.
2. The examples of what happened to the O.T. Israel people when they followed/didn't follow the laws of Moses that are written in the first 5 books, fill much of the O.T. WHY did it work this way for Ancient Israel? Who knows?... if there isn't any God. Something in the writings of these first 5 books touches the hearts of people and nations so strongly, that the record shows us that if we obey the first 5, we have a better life. If we don't obey, we are ultimately destroyed as a nation. The examples of this are found throughout the O.T.
3. Much of the poetry in the O.T. - especially the Psalms - seem to strengthen the heart in directions of obeying what is written in the first 5 books. WHY? Perhaps nobody know... if God doesn't exist. But it works. People in churches have a better life from being strengthened by the poetry.
Coincube has listed all sorts of studies that show this in his
Health and Religion thread. WHY does it work? Perhaps nobody really knows. The fact is, it works.
4. One and a half billion Christians and Jews in the world show that there is strength in the Bible. If there wasn't, there wouldn't be these Bible people. WHY does it work like this? Without God, nobody knows. But it DOES work. The evidence that these people exist is available all over the world.
5. There are something like 25,000 hand-written copies of the O.T. from times before the printing press. No other book even approaches that many hand-written copies. WHY? Who knows? It might be a fluke. But there is a good chance that the O.T. touches the hearts of people so that their lives are changed by it. Again, WHY? Perhaps nobody knows... if God doesn't exist. But it is a fact.
Of course, if God exists, the whole reason for the strength of the Bible becomes a bit clearer.
You can say anything that you want. But the fact of some kind of strength in the Bible regarding how it acts within the hearts of people is very evident around the world. WHY does it work this way? Without God, nobody knows. But it does.
