The bible is not internally consistent, therefore it is impossible for it to accurately describe a coherent deity. The question is nonsensical on its face. You have to instead start picking and choosing which parts of the bible to believe and which parts to ignore (or trust someone else do to that for you), which is why we have tens of thousands of varieties of christianity.
So you must return to the fundamental question of rationality: what do I think I know, and how do I think I know it? Or more specifically—what is your criteria for deciding that part X of the bible is accurate, and part Y is not? Or alternatively, what is your criteria for deciding to trust Priest A over Theologian B?
Seeing as there is no good physical evidence to make these distinctions, it is appropriate to weigh them as strongly as you’d weigh any other bedtime story. The only remaining question is “How confident am I that my senses are entangled with reality as it actually is, and not the product of hallucination/dark lords of the matrix/other reality-shattering plot twist?” Which really has nothing to do with christianity.
To answer your question: I’d be willing to bet $10 vs my immediate termination that any particular sect of christianity (as defined by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity ) you presented to me is inaccurate. I’d fully anticipate having several hundred thousand dollars afterwards and still be breathing if this was repeated to exhaustion.
The bible is not internally consistent, therefore it is impossible for it to accurately describe a coherent deity. The question is nonsensical on its face. You have to instead start picking and choosing which parts of the bible to believe and which parts to ignore (or trust someone else do to that for you), which is why we have tens of thousands of varieties of christianity.
So you must return to the fundamental question of rationality: what do I think I know, and how do I think I know it? Or more specifically—what is your criteria for deciding that part X of the bible is accurate, and part Y is not? Or alternatively, what is your criteria for deciding to trust Priest A over Theologian B?
Seeing as there is no good physical evidence to make these distinctions, it is appropriate to weigh them as strongly as you’d weigh any other bedtime story. The only remaining question is “How confident am I that my senses are entangled with reality as it actually is, and not the product of hallucination/dark lords of the matrix/other reality-shattering plot twist?” Which really has nothing to do with christianity.
To answer your question: I’d be willing to bet $10 vs my immediate termination that any particular sect of christianity (as defined by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity ) you presented to me is inaccurate. I’d fully anticipate having several hundred thousand dollars afterwards and still be breathing if this was repeated to exhaustion.