What if you have never heard of God, Jesus, or the Holy Bible?

Hey, Crash-
The point you made is probably my biggest contention "against" christianity and I'd like anybody to reply with their opinions;
1) Is the bible literal or figurative?2) If literal, then science must be ignored and abandoned due to such conflicting accounts, such as the global flood, 6 day creation, special creation (humans), etc.3) If figurative, then why the rules and regulations governing religion? Isn't it by faith that one is saved? Oops, that's literal..4) If both, then who decides which verse(s) are literal and which are figurative?

I apologize for cutting in, but Schraf has raised some of the very points that led my unbelief. The bottom line seems to be, if the final authority regarding "true biblical christianity" is the bible, then the bible needs to put under the light of open and direct inquiry. Since this has happened numerous times and volumes have been written about the results, (I'll provide a book list if anybody would like) then it appears that biblical christianity is on rather shakey ground.
Yet I have this gnawing feeling that perhaps there is something else other what can be observed or proven. As a former believer, I haven't thought about this in over 10 years, but I cannot go back to the bible.
Just far too unreliable.
In my opinion.