Do you ever wish you believed in the bible?

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The Christian "god" offers me nothing in terms of benefit. I have no need for religion.

Start with the Gospels. They are brief, easy to understand and include a lot of ideas. Don't feel that you must read the bible from start to finish. Large parts of the bible is difficult to understand even for biblical researchers. Skip around and read what you choose to read. It can be a lot like reading Tolkien; it gets easier as you progress.

I agree with kraftiekortie; some newer versions including the Modern English Version (MEV) use contemporary English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_En ... anslations , but I would avoid the New International Version. It it published by Rupert Murdoch's Zondervan publishing company and is notoriously propagandized in incorrect ways.

Online, visit https://www.biblegateway.com/ for both written and audio files of many versions. Also, http://www.theword.net/ for written files of hundreds of versions in several languages.

Good luck!

^ here is a better method, read across the gospels. IE read each account of the same story across the gospels and you will see straight away how the stories differ and then look into the actual historicity of the gospels IE who wrote them and when. My favourite is the differing accounts of when Jesus becomes Gods son. first at his death, second at his baptism, third at his conception. Out side of the bible this debate raged for 3 centuries as the time went on Jesus gradually became more of a deity before his birth. THe matter was finally settled at the council of bishops in Nicaea in 325 when after much debate it was decreed that Jesus and God were one and the same.

Reading across the bible prevents conflation of events and stories and you get to see the myriad of inconsistencies, which is somewhat strange as it is supposed to be the word of god.