How to explain disbelief in the all-important Bible?

Do you believe the purpose of the bible is to promote god? Could god not have come up with something a little more creative than a book?
The majority may believe but it doesn't always make it true.

"The majority of people do not believe in the Christian God, or that the Bible is "true" or the word of God."How do you know this? Also how does a christian god differ from the one god professed by many religions?

No I'm not a buddist at heart. I went to one meeting and as soon as they said to stand when the monk entered the room and gave us a prayer to say in his honour I was ready to leave. If anyone wants reverence from me they are in for a long wait. I had to laugh.I don't believe in organised religion at all in any shape or form, so I don't know to what you are referring with freedom as long as you accept jesus as your saviour. Huh?However, the point I was making was we cannot know how many believe in god, but statistics of the sale of the bible show it plays an important\huge global role. In that there 'may' be a majority rule, it doesn't always make it true. This applies in any situation.I wonder if the bible was not believed to be inspired by god and taken as a literary novel, would it be a best seller?

"Bible: 4-6 billion sold
Shakespeare: 4 billion soldDoes that answer your question?"No. They are not comparable. Shakespeare did not claim to be inspired by god and his works are judged on literary merit not if they are true or not.

"How do I know that the majority of people in the world aren't Christians? Can't we just take their word for it?"I don't know. How many people have you asked? I thought you were stating it as a known fact."I think it's something to do with coming to earth himself, as his son, to save us around 2000 years ago, plus numerous other details."This god doesn't seem worth his salt if this is the best he can do. Kills his son, inspire the bible and then have the human race fighting over them for 2000yrs. Maybe this partly explains disbelief in the all important bible?

"You honestly believe the majority of the world are christian?"No. I haven't a clue. It is not what I was saying at all. Bluejeans was stating categorically that the majority are NOT christians. Given the bible is so widely promoted, (even by the president of the United States and the pope,) I asked how did he know this to be true?

Thanks. I wonder who compiled those statistics?"We present data from both primary research sources such as government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics."Hmmmmm..................

That's certainly one way of putting it. Do you think the content of the bible could make it a best seller without the religious connoctations?

Did you see post 41?

I asked because you said, ""How do I know that the majority of people in the world aren't Christians? Can't we just take their word for it?" and it seemed you didn't know the answer.The initial point I was making in response to the original post was that 'belief in anything does not make it true, no matter if it is believed by the majority'. Given the statistics in post 41, billions believe in a god that they do not know, that they have no experience of and those who claim to, experience god only from within, including jesus.It is the minority who make these claims of a real god through personal experience and they are believed by a majority who really haven't a clue. This imaginary god that is unique to each individual is causing huge divisions within the human race. It seems to me that the belief in a religious god has been proved to be false.The time is coming when we shall not attribute the good things in life to god and the bad things to the devil. We will take responsibility for our own creations, experiences, humanity and the world. Amen to that!

Yes, technically there is no proof that one religious god does not exist and none to prove it does, but does it have to be proved physically? Cannot reason and logic give us the truth?It seems to me the majority of believers have all their beliefs of god based on a 'holy' book, totally void of any experience. The beliefs are strong because of emotional attachments, especially fear and it is fearful. Without belief in god, what is there?