Danes feel Obama is greater than Jesus

[Delc]

Not necessarily so. No one claims that the works of Plato (for instance) are inspired by god, yet his writings are still studied and still contribute to the foundations of our present ethics. There are concepts of value in the Bible. There are quasi-historical tales that, like the Iliad of the Greeks, may be based on actual events. There are fictional tales that give us an insight into the behavior of people in that region and at that time. Some of the stories have been 'borrowed' from adjoining cultures, and that gives us indications of how different people related to each other and how the stories evolved.

The differences between divinely inspired, and interesting work of fiction are huge though. If the bible is the word of god, then Christian beliefs are truth. If its a collection of myths, then its a house of cards built on lies. When people base their world view on that house of cards, how easily do expect them to change?

If you know that god is real because the bible tells you so, and you know the bible is true because god wrote/inspired it, what happens when you try to admit that half of that may be false, but can't accept that the other half may be as well?