responding to common objections to bible

[Brenus]

“Remind me, why do we care so much about the so-called plagiarism in Christianity? Every religion does this.” Err, because this one is one the pillar of the religion: Original Sin... It is not a so-call, it is a pure and simple real copy and paste exercise that had a powerful effect on 3 monotheistic religions (in their main streams, at least).
TR question is about the Bible. If the Bible appears to be more and more as a collection of Myths and Legends (and it is more and more likely) for the Mesopotamian Region and surroundings, with so-called Prophets who just put together a digest of all they could find in order to sustain their own beliefs, the question of the legitimacy of the Religions derived from it is on the table.
The bases of the Bible are de facto Pagan Myths, as later the annexation of Pagan Myths of the Medieval Ages Europe will be added to the liturgy. Nothing wrong with that until you claim that was the words of a God.
The long effects of these choices are visible in nowadays societies, and the added holiness of it makes changes very difficult.
As explained, the choice to put on Eve (or Lilith) the blame for the loss of the Paradise shaped the reflexion of Theologians all the past centuries, and still does. You can’t brush aside this fundamental question just with a “who care”, because wars and killing were based on these texts. Do you know what the differences between Serbs, Croats and Muslim are? Religions. Not ethnicities, or language or clothing or brand of coffee they drink, no, they are divided by the interpretation of the Bible…