I have come to the conclusion in my studies that the Bible is a collection of hand-me-down stories, and letters of dreams, reflections, hopes and aspirations and letters of rebuke and reproach...written to others DURING THEIR LIFETIME.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality." - George Bernard Shaw
Gandhi hit this one right on the head. I think it goes further though, the same could be said about any religion.