You have said probably many truths here, but my point of view about the 
Bible I think is still valid and the same as I wrote in my previous 
post. A guide gets outdated and sometimes have some erroneous facts but 
have to cope with that and take the good and the truth and apply it to 
our life for constructive benefice which is basically what religions, 
governments and society in general strives for, right? unless you deal 
in absolutes, which I think this is a serious character flaw, and just 
take the flaws of the Bible or any other text as a pretext to deny them 
entirely; and AFAIK trying to follow a "perfect" path in life is just 
utopia, I think at the contrary we have to make constant but gradual 
changes in our life doing our very best.

And I don't re member well but I think that the Bible/Jesus don't say we 
have to hate everyone including ourselves, but to deny ourselves meaning 
detach from intellectual, personal or any other kind of pride that will 
disable our capability of being ourselves: be in touch with our feeling, 
flaws, virtues, etc and won't allow us to be humble to learn, improve, 
find the better part of ourselves and greater good than what we think 
we're capable of. In short is a meditation not a literal advice.

Cheers.

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