On to our discussion. My first sections will be aimed at dicrediting certain books of the Bible. Please do continue reading before you make judgment on that. The Bible was not originally one big book published in it's entirety. Each book of the Bible has it's own history attached. I will be addressing the Old Testament at a latter date and will be starting with the New Testament.
The "fact" that the Bible is true is based on a few simple assumptions. One being that God would never allow words to be written in his Bible that were not influenced by him and therefore the truth. Suppose someone sat down today and wrote a letter professing to be a man of God to a church or person, and in this letter described the way women should act, how the Clegy should be chosen, and other general guideline concerning God. Would this letter become a part of the Bible? I should hope not. A letter from one to another of their opinions is not the word of God.
The book of Romans (also entitled The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans) was a letter written from Paul in Corinth to the church of Rome. This book of the Bible is often considered Paul's Theology. This book has a begining and ending salutation and even a passage in Chapter 15 where Paul explains his delay in visiting Rome. Why would a personal letter like this, whether or not the basis of his words comes from the teachings of Christ or not, be considered aprt of the Bible and the Word of God. It is a personal letter and should be dismissed as part of a History book more that a part of the Bible. Let us also consider the fact that this was written to assist the church of Rome and unless and unless you are a Clergy member of the church of Rome this book would not apply to you anyways.
First Corinthians (also entitled The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians) is a personal letter from Paul to the chrch of Corinth the first city of Greece. Corinth was a city of 700,000 people, and it was the most immoral place in the world at that time. In fact the Roman verb "to Corinthianize" meant to live shamelessless and immorally. In Chapter 7 verse 25 he states, concerning virgins, "...I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgement, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful." Need I say more on this passage? Also in Chapter 7 Paul tell us (paraphasing starting at verse one please refer to your Bible here to see the truth of my words) that it is good for a man not to touch a woman and to avoid fornication men and women should marry. That the unwed and widows should live without sex and if they cannot they should marry because it is better to marry than to burn. In verse 26 he tells us that if you're married stay married and if you're not married stay that way. And he goes on to say that an unmarried person focuses on serving the Lord which is better than a married person deviding there attention between their spouse and the Lord. So here Paul has told us that it is better not to marry so that we can serve God and the Church believes that this is the will of God? And if all men took Paul's advise how long before their would be no children in the world? Considering that this is a personal letter and that it gives poor advise to the followers of God let's dismiss this book of the Bible as one for the history books too.
Second Corinthians (also entitled the Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians) was actualy two different letters to the church of Corinth. The first one is chapters 10-14 and was written after the factions united and denounced Paul as an Apostle. Chapeters 1-9 was the second letter written after the last 4 chapters has been recieved and accepted by the church. Paul had managed to convince them of his apostolic authority and proceeded to write a letter explaining his satisfaction in their choice. Both of these letters are personal and like First Corinthians should be dismissed.