Exactly so. IMHO the Bible has very little original context and the little there is not worthy of admiration.
Earlier religions contained the Golden Rule but the Bible somehow was able to poison even that by putting loving an imaginary deity above all else.
It would prolly be politically correct to applaud the Bible for standing the test of time but then again, so have:
Instructions of Shuruppak (3300 BCE)
Epic of Etana (2600 BCE) and
The Epic of Gilgamesh (~2000BCE)
Basically this atheist has to say that as the Bible is pretty void of any original wisdom and the inspiration is at best alright and at worst horrendous, I cannot appreciate it as anything but an old book.
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