I'm a non religious person that needs help with the bible [View All]

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I know pretty much nothing about religion. I personally don't believe in religion, church, heaven, or any of that. I am an atheist.

I am not looking for a religion debate, I would just like to get some information if possible and I am hoping that I can look to my DU sisters and brothers for help.

As I stated I am an atheist, however; I would like to read the bible (new version and old version) so that I can educate myself about the bible and how people form their beliefs.

I am tiered of hearing contradiction of people that claim they are religious and believe, yet don't practice what they preach. People that use religion as an excuse to hate and kill humans. I hear about this all the time and while I don't doubt it at all, I would like to read for myself and learn so that I just don't form my opinion based on what others preach. I want first hand knowledge because I read it like many others.

What really has made me come to this point in my life is #1 the war, and #2 Gay marriages and other prejudices which have been going on for years and years.

I want to form my own opinion because I took the time to figure it out for myself.

Ok, here are where all of you come into play. I am not sure that I can fully understand the bible if I were to sit down and read the whole book. I would like to know if there are any books or sites on the Internet that breaks down the bible and makes it easy to understand clearly and accurately. I hear that there are translation errors in the english version about homosexuality. Basically I would like to learn about all the versions of the bible. I want to learn from a religion perspective what makes people believe what they do and help understand their background.

EXAMPLE:
Just like the gay marriage issue. I hear people mention the bible and that its wrong, then I hear how others say there is nothing in the bible that says its wrong etc. I personally believe that if two people love each-other, it shouldn't matter if they are the same sex or not. But I could not get into a debate like this if someone starts throwing religion around - cause I don't know jack about religion.

Maybe there is a site that shows something in the bible, then breaks it down to understand easier?

Thanks for any help.