While I'm not an atheist or agnostic, I really do have an issue with Christian-based religions. The clergy, citing the Holy Bible as an authority, have a moral responsibility to tell nothing but the truth. Why is it then, that when you ask them a question they can't answer, they brush it off without bothering to do the research? What about the followers? Too many that I've known over the years take the words of the church leaders as facts without checking the references for themselves.

I want to use a controversial topic as an example: Polygamy. I heard a national broadcast where a preacher answered the question of why Solomon had so many wives. The preacher said that Solomon married them all to get around the issue of adultery. This is complete and utter hogwash. People actually believe this lie! The reason polygamy existed before the Christian-based churches denounced it was because the definition of adultery in those days was the not same definition we have of it today. If our current definition of adultery IS the same, then why were some specific people in the Old Testament blessed by God despite living in this sin? It doesn't work both ways.

I not only have an issue with the church leaders, but the followers as well. The followers need to crack open the good book and read for themselves instead of asking so many questions. If they can read, they can understand the majority of it. The only help they ever need is interpretation of ambiguous passages.