Look, I really like the Bible and I am a born again Christian, but the Bible is not perfect. There is shocking injustice and cruelty, violence and murder in its pages, and discrimination of women, oppression, of women, a lot of pain and suffering. A law of the old testament, there are several laws, far many than just the 10 commandments, says that if a virgin who is not engaged to be married must marry her rapist if she is raped. If she is engaged, the rapist is put to death. But if the girl is not engaged, the rapist must pay her father a sum of money, the bride price, and marry her, and they cannot get a divorce. Also, if a man and woman are married, and the man is not satisfied on the wedding night, because she does not 'bleed' like a virgin, the girl is put to death. Some girls are born without a hymen, it does not always work that way, sometimes its more like a ring than a curtain to be pierced. And what about the man? Should he be expected to be pure too? No! men got away with doing anything they wanted, as long as they were not gay or did not have relations with another man's wife.
There is a story about a man in Exodus who God orders to be stoned to death for gathering wood on the Sabbath, how petty and cruel. And what about genocide? When the Israelites were taking over the promise land, they massacred the people already living there, commit genocide. They were ordered to wipe out every living thing, old people, women, children babies, everything. Modern day Christians throw a fit over abortion like its the worst thing in the world, yet God ordered that all the babies and young children in these towns and cities by killed without mercy.
The Jews kept disobeying God and practicing idol worship. How stupid were they!
I like the New Testament. Jesus is kind, loving, and merciful. How many Christians actually obey His teachings? How many people love their enemies, don't hit back when people hit them, forgive all the time, give away money and expensive possessions, help out weaker people whether they are a brother, sister or not, has patience with unbelievers, does not judge and condemn sinners, yet he tries to tell the sinners about the gospel and let them know God loves them, how many people refuse to drink alcohol or use drugs or have extra-marital or pre-marital sex, how many refuse to watch dirty movies, watch their thoughts and tongue not to say bad words or take the Lord's name in vain, how many obey the ten commandments and do not work on Saturday go to church not just on Sunday but wedsnday, How many constantly pray and read scripture and study to learn knowledge so they can be better equipped to follow Christ?
I don't do all these things myself, i do most of them and try to do all of them. I know I need to meditate upon God's grace more often. i want to love people more. Although I criticize the Bible I still try to understand it, I believe there is a lot of good and wisdom in the Bible. It may not be 100% perfect, but neither am I, neither are you. God is perfect, he is found as tiny kernels of truth within other religions, which lead to the Christian fath. he is found within the people we love, within nature's beauty, the intelligent civilizations fantastic cities with grand architecture and art, people love and wisdom. The things we do to honor God with the talents He gave us.
Not all 'new age' is bad. It has driven a lot of hypocrisy out of the church. Hypocrisy drives many people away from the church. Trump fans are big hypocrites. Trump is an evil lying megalomaniac that is destroying America. No true Christian would ever support him, or vote for him, he is evil and spoiled always demanding his way, he is full of hatred and poison. We must beware he is like the pharisees who had Jesus killed.