It is simply not a good book. I refuse to debate or discuss it but I do encourage others to Google all they can about "how we got the bible." Do not use church approved literature for this as it will be biased in favor of that church or religion. You will go in circles.

Be aware that our bible came into existence some 300 plus years after the time of Jesus. Also be aware that in the 1700's it was believed that there was a "fountain of youth" in Florida. Many tried to find it, and that was just 300 plus years ago.

Might as well call the bible "Advice from a Leprechaun" then....

Or what about the councils of people that had to decide which books were canon, and which were "apocryphal"? If Constantine was inspired, then we owe our "Word of God" to a pagan tyrrant. Fun little fact: James was one of the books considered part of the Antilegomena. Those were books whose authenticity were disputed. Funny thing is: I learned about the Antilegomena at Bob Jones.

You’re asking the questions he was afraid to.. And as a father of daughters myself, he should be proud

Regarding his deadend rebuttals.. I’ve had that ‘same go-round’ with preachers on the street. Their book/s were ‘written by men,’ not handed down by a god.. They’re also interpreted by the same, not explained by a god. Not even written in ‘our language,’ and limited to the knowledge on hand (a flat planet with a sun orbiting earth in a static sky), they are the equivalent of Grimm’s fairy tales to modern humans.

Again, he should be so proud of you..

Inspired? Then why not call god a muse ?
Even if it was inspired, inspiration does not define it as Non Fiction.

I do not know the specifics of Your World there, but I would discourage taking the Bible's topics one at a time in debate. exausting endeavor. if it is better for you stay in the closet, then stay. there's nothing wrong with that, as long as you can or wish to. it would seem tedious however. in my "coming out" I dismissed the Bible on the whole because of its obvious man-made manufacturer and use and revision etc. my faith did not go so far as to believe those fantastic stories past my childhood. good luck to you no matter your path.

The problem with people who use the bible this way (and with trying to "reason" with them), is that they are convinced that this "book of books" was quite LITERALLY written by the hand of their mysterious, invisible "god." Therefore there is NOTHING anyone can say to that will open up their closed mind.

It's a called "Begging the Question" (a term used incorrectly more than ever today):

"In classical rhetoric and logic, begging the question is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it. It is a type of circular reasoning: an argument that requires that the desired conclusion be true. This often occurs in an indirect way such that the fallacy's presence is hidden, or at least not easily apparent. In modern vernacular usage, however, begging the question is often used to mean "raising the question"."

Yes it is circular reasoning, and if you push any theist hard and far enough, you will almost invariably come down to two bits of nonsense. Either. The bible is right because the bible says it is. Or. You have to take it on faith and faith is good because the bible says it is good, and I have faith in the bible. Don't however think that you can win by reasoning, remember the old saying. "You can't reason someone out of something they did not use reason to get into."

knowing about the council at nicea is much more damaging to their buy-bull's legitimacy