In my opinion the Bible and all other religious texts are unreliable for the following reasons.
To some extent that really depends on what something like the Bible is to be relied on as an authority.
First, not only are there different translations of the Bible, there is no one universal canon. That means the actual books included in a canon will vary from Christian Church to Christian Church. The Western canon is different than the Ethiopian canon which in turn is different than the Samaritan canon.
What purpose did the various documents serve, were they like Numbers, Acts and Judges designed to document the history of a people or movement, like Leviticus and Deuteronomy designed to lay down laws and procedures that should be followed, like the Gospels that record different views of a personal experience or like the two creation stories found the Genesis that were meant to show different views and aspects of God.
To quote from the
Clergy Project:
Within the community of Christian believers there are areas of dispute and disagreement, including the proper way to interpret Holy Scripture. While virtually all Christians take the Bible seriously and hold it to be authoritative in matters of faith and practice, the overwhelming majority do not read the Bible literally, as they would a science textbook. Many of the beloved stories found in the Bible - the Creation, Adam and Eve, Noah and the ark - convey timeless truths about God, human beings, and the proper relationship between Creator and creation expressed in the only form capable of transmitting these truths from generation to generation. Religious truth is of a different order from scientific truth. Its purpose is not to convey scientific information but to transform hearts.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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